The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is now working with the local executives of the National Capital Region in coming up with a drainage master plan amids the persistent flooding problem in Metro Manila. MMDA chairperson Don Artes said the goal is to have an integrated drainage...
A total of 154 cities and municipalities have already been placed under a state of calamity due to Super Typhoon “Egay” and enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat”, including the municipality of Macabebe in Pampanga province which has been submerged in flood for nearly one month already,...
Senators on Tuesday, August 1 wanted the perennial flooding problems that affect the country annually eased or solved. This followed a manifestation on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regarding the continued flooding...
This photo taken on July 31, 2023 shows an overflowing Yongding River under the New Shougang Bridge in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua) BEIJING/SHIJIAZHUANG, China -- Two people have been killed during rainstorms in Beijing, and 52,384 have been relocated to safer places, as heavy downpours...
Mayor Baby Manlapaz, Vice Mayor Charo Sy-Alvarado Mendoza, Richie Mendoza, and councilors brave waist-deep flood waters to distribute water buckets to thousands of flood victims in Barangay San Juan, Hagonoy, Bulacan on Sunday, July 30, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Marcel Bayan) Another town in the...
More than 1,600 individuals were affected by flooding and heavy rains brought by the combined effects of Tropical Cyclone “Dodong” and southwest monsoon or “habagat”, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Sunday, July 16. The NDRRMC said 491 families...
Small seacraft in northern Palawan were barred from travelling due to the combined effects of Tropical Depression “Dodong” and southwest monsoon (habagat). *Philippine Coast Guard personnel rescue residents of * *Brgy. Corong-Corong in El Nido, Palawan on July 13, 2023 due to flood caused by...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Works, on Thursday, July 13, urged the leadership of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately act on the flooding of roads in the Metro. ...
The national government has provided more than P2 million worth of relief assistance to thousands of people who were affected by intense rains and flooding in Mindanao due to the effects of intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). *Personnel of the Office of Civil Defense in Region 10 (OCD-10)...
BACOLOD CITY – Suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) allegedly burned and destroyed two backhoes in Sitio Bulod, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 14. ONE of the two backhoes that were burned by suspected NPA rebels in Barangay Carabalan,...
Typhoon Chedeng and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” brought rains which flooded many areas in Metro Manila and Davao Region (Region 11) on Sunday, June 11. *Motorists pass through gutter deep flood along West Riverside corner Valencia Street in Quezon City on June 11, 2023 due to heavy rains...
Mapua subdued Jose Rizal University, 79-73, to extend its perfect run to five games on Friday, June 9, in the Pinoyliga Collegiate Cup at the Philippine Buddhacare Academy. *Clint Escamis of Mapua Cardinals against three JRU Heavy Bombers' defenders. (Pinoyliga Photo)* Clint Escamis showed the way...
