LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police seized over P20-million worth of suspected shabu and arrested three drug pushers during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Daet town, Camarines Norte. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5, identified the suspects as...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Davao Oriental at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its initial bulletin, Phivolcs said the quake’s epicenter was located 41 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso, at a depth of 26...
Destructive typhoon-force winds continued to batter Northern and Central Luzon late Sunday evening, Nov. 9, as Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) crossed the Luzon landmass after making landfall over Dinalungan, Aurora earlier in the evening. As of 10 p.m., the center of the eye of...
Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) made landfall over Dinalungan, Aurora at around 9:10 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. PAGASA said the center of Uwan’s eye crossed the coastal town packing...
Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) is about to make landfall over the central or northern portion of Aurora as it continued to bring destructive winds and torrential rains over Luzon, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on...
More provinces in Bicol and Central Luzon were placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 5 on Sunday, Nov. 9 as Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) remained a powerful tropical cyclone while moving closer to Luzon, based on the 2 p.m. bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric,...
Super Typhoon Uwan (Fung-wong) maintained its strength on Sunday, Nov. 9, as it battered Luzon and parts of Visayas, bringing life-threatening winds, heavy rainfall, and high risk of coastal flooding, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Sunday, Nov. 9, warned of heavy to intense rainfall over parts of Luzon until Tuesday, Nov. 11, as Super Typhoon Uwan (Fung-wong) is expected to cross the country. On Sunday, PAGASA said intense to...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Sunday morning, Nov. 9, raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 5 over parts of Bicol Region and Quezon province as Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) intensified into a super typhoon. As of 7...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, Nov. 7, urged Filipinos to take immediate precautions as the severe tropical storm, internationally known as “Fung-wong,” moves toward the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and could...
As the Philippines braces for the arrival of a powerful tropical cyclone, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is reminding communities of the extreme dangers posed by a super typhoon. A super typhoon is the highest classification of a tropical...
The tropical cyclone with the international name “Fung-wong” has strengthened into a severe tropical storm as it continues to intensify over the Pacific Ocean, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Friday, Nov. 7 As of 4 a.m., PAGASA...
