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Updates on #YolandaPH, as of November 13, 2013, 5:00 PM. Click the following to learn more about:

Efforts to provide shelter

Efforts to restore communications 

Efforts in ensuring peace and order in affected areas

Efforts to bring medical aid

Efforts to restore power

Efforts to provide food and water

Efforts to rebuild infrastructure

Keep yourself updated: bookmark the #YolandaPH page on the Official Gazette for the latest news and advisories.

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Our heartfelt thanks to the Tumblr staff for promoting the relief efforts for victims of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). 

Be informed: read collated government advisories and updates on the Official Gazette.

If you are looking for a family member or friend, Google People Finder can help locate missing persons in the area. The Philippine Red Cross has a similar service. 

Looking to donate to #ReliefPH? Click here.

If on Twitter, follow @govph and @pcdspo.

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Typhoon Yolanda, one of the strongest storms to hit the Philippines, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on the early morning of November 7.

Read President Aquino's statement on #YolandaPH, where he cautioned the nation about the gravity of the typhoon, assured the people of government readiness, and called for solidarity among Filipinos.

Visit the Official Gazette, which has been collating updates, advisories, and situation reports on the extent of the damage, government response, and relief operations spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The page also contains a crowdsourced crisis and needs map.

On Twitter? Track updates through the #YolandaPH unified hashtag—and follow @GovPH, @PCDSPO, @dost_pagasa, and @dswdserves for advisories.

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The page on Official Gazette—which has been collating advisories on relief and rehabilitation efforts following the 7.2-magnitude earthquake of October 15—now includes Google's Cebu-Bohol Earthquake Crisis and Needs Map. Assembled and maintained by the folks at Google, it's a panoramic of other areas affected by the earthquake, including evacuation centers currently in use, status of roads, and reports of landslides and damaged structures.

On Twitter? Track updates through the #earthquakePH hashtag—follow DSWD, PCDSPO, and GovPH as well.

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An earthquake of tectonic origin with a magnitude of 7.2 occurred in Region VII—specifically at Tagbilaran City, Bohol and Cebu City—at about 8:12 a.m. of October 15. As of 5:00 a.m., October 17, 2013, PHIVOLCS recorded 1,213 aftershocks, 24 of which were felt.

Visit Official Gazette, which has been collating updates, advisories, and situation reports on the extent of the damage, government response, and relief operations spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Got Twitter? Track updates through the #earthquakePH hashtag—follow DSWD, PCDSPO, and GovPH as well.

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President Benigno S. Aquino III was in Bali, Indonesia to attend the APEC 2013 CEO Summit and the 21st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting. Learn more about his participation in APEC 2013 at Official Gazette.

PHOTO: President Aquino with fellow world leaders for the traditional Family Photo Session of APEC 2013. At the Nusa Dua Hall 1 in Bali, Republic of Indonesia on October 7, 2013.

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The Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) is a stimulus package under the Aquino administration designed to fast-track public spending and push economic growth. This covers high-impact budgetary programs and projects which will be augmented out of the savings generated during the year and additional revenue sources. The DAP was approved by the President on October 12, 2011, upon the recommendation of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) and the Cabinet Clusters.

Want to learn more about DAP? Official Gazette has a handy and very comprehensive Q&A—from the context in which DAP was introduced, to the effects of DAP implementation—as well as a briefer on the constitutional and legal bases for the DAP.

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President Benigno S. Aquino III is currently in Bali, Indonesia to attend the APEC 2013 Economic Leaders Meeting and CEO Summit. [Learn more here]

ABOVE: Our latest Instagram post is part of a map that shows the history of Presidential foreign trips. View the rest of the map here.

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Moody’s Investors Service has just upgraded the rating of the government of the Philippines by one notch from Baa3 to Ba1. At the same time, Moody’s has assigned a positive outlook to the rating.

As Secretary Carandang in today's press briefing said, the rating upgrade is "a continuation of the confidence that the international community has in the fiscal management of President Aquino and his team." [The Moody's upgrade puts the Philippines at investment grade status from all four credit rating agencies.]

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Heads up, Tumblr! Makati Traffic has issued a rerouting scheme, to give way for the Anti-Pork March at Ayala on October 4.

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Napapaloob na po tayo sa panahon ng paglilinis at pagpapatibay sa ating sistema at proseso; sa panahong nakakaharap na natin ang sangandaan, na kung tama at tuwid ang ating pipiliin, ay dadalhin tayo sa tunay at makabuluhang transpormasyon ng lipunan. Umaasa po akong ituturing natin ang kasalukuyang pagtibag ng kultura ng katiwalian bilang bahagi ng hangarin nating makamtan ang kaunlarang panlahat.

President Benigno S. Aquino III, at the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals’ Grand Breakfast. [full speech]

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On October 2, 2013, President Benigno S. Aquino III announced some of the efforts of the administration to reform the Bureau of Customs. You can view the full infographic on these reforms on Official Gazette.

We've prepared the BoC Customs Reform Project page on Official Gazette, to collate updates on these efforts. Check back when you can!

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Relief efforts for Zamboanga City are currently ongoing, facilitated by both private and public institutions. Learn more, on how you can help.

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At 10:00 a.m. today, President Benigno S. Aquino III arrived in Zamboanga City to personally assess the situation on the ground. The President was briefed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, and the city government crisis management committee at the Western Mindanao Command. 

Above: President Aquino personally checked on soldiers at the Camp Navarro Hospital in Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom) headquarters. Read bulletin no. 1 on the President's activities in Zamboanga City.

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Hindi ko din ugali ang mag-atas ng trabaho na hindi naman ako makadamay. Maski papaano, dadamayan ko kayo to the extent possible. At hindi ako naniniwala na nasa Maynila ako, kayo namang nandito ay mahina at namomroblema. Matagal ang problemang ito, mula noong mag-umpisa at karamay ninyo ako hanggang matapos natin itong sitwasyong ito. Siguro ang pinaka-importante, trabahuhin ng ating pamahalaan para hindi na maulit pa ang ganitong sitwasyon. Tanggapin po natin na talagang mayroong ibang mga tao na may agenda. Ang sa kanila ay hiwalay sa kapakanan ng nakakarami, hindi ng buong bansa. — The President's remarks to the troops in Zamboanga City. [x]

At 10 a.m. today (September 13, 2013), President Benigno S. Aquino III arrived in Zamboanga City to personally assess the situation on the ground. Official Gazette will be releasing bulletins on the President's activities; Bulletin #01, which contains ongoing developments as well as the entirety of the President's remarks excerpted above, has just been published.

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TODAY IN HISTORY: On September 10, 1902, Vol. 1, No. 1 of the Official Gazette was published.

We here at the PML Tumblr would like to greet our friends over at @govph a very happy anniversary! You don’t look a day over 100, OG!

The Official Gazette was created by decree of Act No. 453, “An Act providing for the publication by the Insular Government of an Official Gazette, under the general direction of the Department of Public Instruction.” It was enacted by the Philippine Commission on September 2, 1902, by authority of the United States of America. Learn more here.

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Today is the death anniversary of Chief Justice Cezar Bengzon. He served as Chief Justice from April 28, 1961 to May 29, 1966.