Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach is appealing to her 11.5 million Instagram followers to help the victims of typhoons in several parts of the country. Pia made the appeal as she headed to Manila following weeks of vacation in London. Her full post on Instagram Nov. 14: "Our partner fishing...
Photos by ONE Championship Compared to the crises faced by the Philippines right now, Kevin Belingon's recent loss to Brazilian John Lineker in ONE Championship is just the tip of the iceberg. Team Lakay's Belingon assured the public in a Facebook post Saturday that the medical team had him cleared...
Quinta and Rolly's damage to agri sector now at P9B Rescuers evacuate residents from their flooded homes after Typhoon Vamco hit, in Marikina City, suburban Manila on November 12, 2020. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) Thousands of farmers and fishermen in Quezon province and Bicol region are reeling...
The combined damage of Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Rolly to the agriculture sector rose to nearly P8 billion, affecting 89,259 farmers and fisherfolk and 162,693 hectares of agricultural areas. The latest data from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
The damage and losses that Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Rolly incurred to the agriculture sector and to farmers should be way bigger than the government estimates, since the Department of Agriculture (DA) only looks at actual damages and not the consequential damages. Asis Perez,...
The agriculture sector may be severely battered by Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Rolly, but the country is still seen to end the year with higher palay output of 20 million metric tons (MT). "We hope and pray that in the remaining eight weeks of the year, we will be spared from strong...
As the nation braced for Super Typhoon Rolly last weekend, GMA Network ensured the timely and comprehensive delivery of Serbisyong Totoo to the public – even amidst the pandemic – across all of its platforms. At the height of the super typhoon's onslaught last Sunday (November 1), GMA-7 and GMA...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has cautioned power utilities in typhoon-hit areas that they would still need to comply with prescribed service levels that’s why they cannot afford to be moving too slow in the restoration of electricity service for their customers. Citing prevailing rules...
Just due to Super Typhoon Rolly alone, the agriculture sector already incurred as much as P3 billion worth of damage and losses, bringing the sector's total damage in the span of two weeks to P6 billion. Based on the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...
Agriculture, the country's most promising sector for this year, is now reeling from damage and losses nearly P5 billion after being hit by two strong typhoons in the span of two weeks. The latest data from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRM)...
Typhoon Rolly, declared as the world's strongest tropical cyclone so far for this year, has already incurred damage and losses worth nearly P2 billion to the country’s agriculture sector, which is still reeling from the impact of Typhoon Quinta. The latest data from the Department of...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is mobilizing its resources to quickly deliver much-needed food relief to the Bicol region and other provinces hit by super typhoon Rolly. SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang said that the company...
