CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – Five people, including three minors, drowned when their wooden boat capsized along the Cagayan River in Barangay Naguilian Sur here on Friday, July 7. Report reaching the Ilagan City Police Station identified the victims as Mervin Balubar, 36; Crisel Alvarez, 43; and...
Nearly two years since it launched its ambitious, P2-billion Pasig River cleanup initiative, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) reported that it breached the 1-million metric ton mark of silt and solid waste removed from the historic but polluted waterway, adding it is optimistic the project can be fully...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued a flood advisory for Pasig-Marikina and Tullahan river basins amid heavy rains on Wednesday, June 7. The advisory is in effect until 2 p.m., Thursday, June 8. (PAGASA) PAGASA issued a flood warning for...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Four persons were rescued from a rampaging river in Sudipen, this province, on Tuesday afternoon, May 30. AMBURAYAN River (Wikipedia) Police identified them as Sudipen residents Mariano Mostoles, 65; Mark Marquez, 29; Domingo Ramos, 47; and Luie Piaoan, 33. Mostoles was...
The Pasig River Coordinating and Management Office (PRCMO) and the Renacimiento Manila will be hosting the Pasig River Heritage Walks every Saturday this coming June for Philippine Environment Month. The walking tours will be on June 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The heritage walk aims to...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) in San Carlos, Negros Occidental has implemented a preemptive evacuation on 10 families on Friday, May 12, after a portion of the retaining wall along Palampas River in Purok Tindalo, Barangay 1, showed early signs of...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A 39-year-old man and his nephew drowned in the Cagayan River in Barangay Centro 1 here on Saturday, May 13. The victims were identified as Michael and his nephew, an eight-year-old Grade 2 pupil. Police said the victims from Barangay Ugac Sur, this city, and their...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A man drowned while taking a bath in the Magat River in Barangay Bagong Silang, San Mateo, Isabela on Sunday, April 30. Police identified the victim as Moises Dumlao, 36, of Barangay Bagong Silang. Investigation said the victim decided to take a bath in the river after a...
ILOILO CITY – The P11.2-billion mega dam project in Iloilo province is more than 65 percent complete as of the end of March. THE Jalaur Afterbay Dam is one of the three dams of the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project-Stage II (JRMP-II) in Calinog town, Iloilo province. (JRMP-II PIO) The National...
The body of a 10-year-old boy who went missing in the Pasig River in Punta, Sta. Ana, Manila was recovered on Tuesday afternoon, April 11. According to the initial report of the Manila Police District (MPD), the boy was last seen playing with his playmates along the riverbank at about 4:30 p.m. on...
A 19-year-old college student drowned while trying to rescue his cousins in the Chico River in Barangay Calanan, Tabuk City, Kalinga, on Thursday, March 30. The Tabuk City Police Station said the victim, Franz Dumaguing, of Lubuagan, Kalinga and Bulanao Centro, here, along with his cousins and...
San Jose Del Monte City lone district Rep. Rida Robes is equally proud and elated of the transformation that a once-avoided location in Barangay Dulong Bayan, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan has undergone. San Jose Del Monte City lone district Rep. Rida Robes (3rd from left) and City Mayor Arthur...
