Manila - Government troops seized hundreds of sacks of a bomb-making chemical and dozens of blasting caps on a southern Philippine island, a military report said Sunday.

Manila  - Environmental activists blocked on Friday a large coal shipment to a power plant in the eastern Philippines in a protest action to push for the use of clean energy.

Manila  - Philippine disaster relief agencies on Thursday stepped up rehabilitation work on northern provinces battered by a storm that killed 44 people, the government said.

The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said floods have subsided in many affected provinces, making it easier for relief workers to reach out to the victims.

The NDCC said eight fishermen from the province of Pangasinan, the worst-hit area, remained missing. Thirty-one people died in the province.

The other fatalities were from the nearby provinces of La Union, Zambales and Benguet.

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