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Booming Albay eyes investment influx

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay (PIA) – The province of Albay has made a significant leap in an index that gauged the capacity of a local government unit to compete in various aspects of governance that could ...
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DOH: Albay drug stores comply with price freeze amid state of calamity

The Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol confirmed on Thursday that all drug outlets and establishments selling medicines in ...
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Nearly 290,000 Filipinos are still displaced as Mayon keeps spilling lava — one of the longest eruptions in the volcano’s recorded history grinds on

Three years into a volcanic crisis that has upended life across Albay province, tens of thousands of Filipino families are still sleeping in converted classrooms, gymnasiums, and makeshift shelters ...
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Albay inflation higher at 4.1% in June but still within target range

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay (PIA) – The inflation rate in Albay province rose to 4.1 percent year-on-year in June, up from 3.6 percent in May due to higher prices of key consumer items, according to the ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

On-site classes in Albay suspended due to transport strike

Mayon Volcano looms majestically in the background as vehicles pass along the main road in LegazpiCity, Albay. —Photo from MICHAEL B. JAUCIAN LEGAZPI CITY, Albay—In-person classes in Albay province ...
Newsday

Nearly 200,000 people affected as over 5,400 flee ash from Philippine volcano

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 200,000 people in 124 villages in the northeastern Philippines were affected and over 5,400 fled massive plumes of ash that billowed from Mayon volcano over the weekend ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Albay towns ease shelters as Ada evacuees return

GOING HOME | Authorities on Sunday assisted in the decampment of families earlier evacuated from areas affected by lahar flow along the slopes of Mayon Volcano in Guinobatan, Albay. Boulders and ...
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Extreme heat, lack of rain trigger water shortages in Albay

LIGAO CITY, ALBAY, Philippines — Prolonged extreme heat and the absence of rain have caused water shortages in several areas of Albay province, prompting local governments to conduct water rationing.
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Albay lawmaker to pursue power modernization, improve water services

POLANGUI, Albay – Newly elected Albay 3rd District Rep. Raymond Adrian Salceda has vowed to push for the modernization of Albay Electric Cooperative (Aleco), which, residents say, stalls the progress ...
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DPWH vows to fast-track completion of long-delayed Kilicao–Binitayan Bridge in Albay

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has committed to fast-track the completion of a vital bridge in Albay province, which has remained unfinished and unused for 15 years despite its ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Joey Salceda leads survey for gubernatorial race in Albay — SWS

MANILA, Philippines — Incumbent Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda led the gubernatorial voting preference in Albay province, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Monday night. The survey, ...