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911, sometimes written 9-1-1, is the national emergency telephone number of the Philippines managed by the Emergency 911 National Office. On August 1, 2016, 911 and 8888, a public complaint hotline, effectively replaced Patrol 117. [1]
8888, also known as the Citizens ' Complaint Hotline and the President's Hotline, is a 24/7 national public service hotline operated by the government of the Philippines.It was introduced on August 1, 2016, by President Rodrigo Duterte to allow the public to report poor government front-line service delivery and corrupt practices in all government agencies, government-owned and controlled ...
106 – emergency number in Australia for textphone/TTY; 108 – emergency number in India (22 states) 110 – emergency number mainly in China, Japan, Taiwan; 111 – emergency number in New Zealand; 112 – emergency number across the European Union and on GSM mobile networks across the world; 119 – emergency number in Jamaica and parts of Asia
The Environment Agency has been combating a "pollution incident" in a river which flows through a university city. Officials said the pollution was reported at Baits Bite Lock on the River Cam in ...
According to World Bank calculations, the Philippines generates 2.7 million tons of plastic waste every year. Around 20% of the plastic waste makes its way to the sea. [51] One estimate ranks the Philippines as the world's third largest producer of oceanic plastic waste. [52]
The landslide occurred at around 7:50 pm on February 6. [2] An estimated 9.8 hectares (24 acres) of land was buried by rocks, mud and trees that slid over 700 meters (2,300 ft) down a steep mountainside near the Apex Mining Co concession in Zone 1 of Barangay Masara. At least 42 of the dead were residents including 26 mine employees. [3]
The Environment Agency has announced there will be 30 extra officers in the East of England who will focus on investigating pollution incidents by the water industry.
Telephone numbers in the Philippines follow an open telephone numbering plan and an open dial plan. Both plans are regulated by the National Telecommunications Commission, an attached agency under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). The Philippines is assigned an international dialing code of +63 by ITU-T.