NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When Pigalo Bridge in Isabela was devastated by typhoons Pedring and Quiel in 2011, farmers who wanted to deliver their agricultural products to Manila or Tuguegarao had to take a 76-kilometer detour via Alicia-Angadanan-San Guillermo-Naguilian Road. Residents of...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the local government units (LGUs) have so far provided relief assistance amounting to more than P1.72 million to the families affected by Typhoon “Bising" in the country's four regions. The DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations...
The Philippine government has released a revised set of water discharge protocols for Magat Dam, one of the biggest dams in Asia, to avoid a repeat of unprecedented flooding that drowned Cagayan province during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses last year. It was last week, during the congressional...
Edrian Liao from Cauayan, Isabela plans to focus on the agricultural applications of aerospace engineering to help Philippine farmers Applying to college is stressful for any teenager, but it cannot be denied that some have greater advantages over others. When Edrian Liao, a senior at Philippine...
Troy Rosario (PBA Images) TNT star Troy Rosario has launched a donation drive to help victims ravaged by the massive flooding that hit his home province of Cagayan Valley. Rosario has collected more than P43,000 since Saturday that will be used for relief operations while also asking for donations...