Taking a pitch on prospective reduction of dependence on imported fuels, the Department of Energy (DOE) has approved progressive increase in coco methyl ester (CME) blend for diesel products – starting at 3.0% by October this year from currently at 2.0%. Additionally, the DOE has given go-signal...
Almost 3,000 individuals in Bicol (Region 5) and Western Visayas (Region 6) were affected by tropical depression “Ester,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Sunday, July 31. BARANGAY Catungan-Bugarot in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique is flooded due to...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Tropical depression Ester is expected to leave the country’s area of responsibility on Sunday, July 31, but the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat” will still bring rains over the western sections of Luzon and Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) is mapping its next steps to carry out relief operations in areas hit by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Northern Luzon amid the threat of rains brough by habagat (southwest monsoon) and enhanced by tropical depression...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Tropical depression Ester will likely leave the country’s area of responsibility on Saturday afternoon, July 30, but will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon or “habagat” in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The low pressure (LPA) east of extreme Northern Luzon developed Friday, July 29, into a tropical depression and was named Ester—the country’s fifth tropical cyclone for 2022, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). As of...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, July 29, said the low pressure area (LPA) east of extreme northern Luzon is “highly possible” to become a tropical depression within 24 hours. As of 3 a.m., PAGASA had...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is monitoring a new low pressure area (LPA) east of Davao City, which may develop into a tropical depression in the next few days. In the PAGASA’s public weather forecast on Friday morning,...
