The low-pressure area (LPA) east of southeastern Luzon has developed into a tropical depression and was given the local name “Kiyapo,” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Wednesday evening, July 22. PAGASA said Kiyapo developed into...
A low-pressure area (LPA) has formed from the cloud clusters being monitored outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and has the potential to become a tropical depression in the coming days, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said...
The southwest monsoon or “habagat” remains weak but continues to affect the western sections of Northern and Central Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday, July 19. PAGASA weather specialist Aldczar Aurelio said Ilocos...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it will begin distributing cash assistance under the government 's Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) program next week, with about 7.5 million poor, near-poor, and low-income households set to...
A low-pressure area (LPA) east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar has a high chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Monday, June 29. As of 8 a.m., the LPA was located 390...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Saturday, June 13, that no low-pressure area (LPA) or tropical cyclone is being monitored within or near the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), although localized thunderstorms continue to...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned on Sunday, May 24 of possible floods and landslides in Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, and Palawan due to rains brought by the trough of a low-pressure area (LPA) spotted outside the Philippine Area of...
The low-pressure area (LPA) being monitored inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) remains unlikely to redevelop into a tropical cyclone and continues to have no direct effect on any part of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Sunday, March 15, welcomed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) decision to exempt approved socialized housing projects from its land use reclassification moratorium. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling said the move will help...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the University of the Philippines (UP) broke ground on a rental housing project aimed at low-income housing for the university community. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling and UP President Angelo Jimenez on Friday led the...
Low- and mid-rise buildings in Metro Manila are the most vulnerable to collapse if the long-feared “Big One” strikes, with simulation estimates showing that up to 13 percent of such structures could be heavily damaged or collapse during intensity 8 shaking along the West Valley Fault,...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Sunday, January 25, said cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms across several areas of the Philippines are expected due to the shear line and the northeast monsoon (amihan). In its...
