#SHORTS: Flexible working hours eyed to ease Metro Manila traffic; Pagasa declares start of dry season; Aftershocks rock Batangas after magnitude 5.5 quake

FLEXIBLE HOURS. The government is mulling to make the working hours flexible, in a bid to address the traffic woes in the Metro Manila, a Palace official said Wednesday.

SUMMER HAS COME. The weather bureau announced Wednesday, April 5, the official start of dry season, signaling "warmer and drier" weather in the country.

AFTERSHOCKS. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded several aftershocks following the magnitude 5.5 quake that hit Batangas and other areas Tuesday night, April 4.