REPAIRED HIGHWAY. The eroded portions of the Maharlika highway along Tara, Sipocot and Beguito, Libmanan, CSur spanning a total of 100 meters which was temporarily closed until last Sunday, Dec. 5, is now passable to all types of vehicles after repair works by DPWH.                                                  RONNIE TULAGAN 
 

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	Damage to crops hits P950M -- DA
	By Daniel P. Aureus PILI, Camarines Sur – Total damage to agriculture in Bicol hit P905,843,000 which represent the P29,817,000 lost to typhoon “Unding” last Nov. 19 and the P606,026,000 more wrought by typhoon “Yoyong” last Dec. 2, or 13 days later.

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