LEGAZPI CITY – Two people were killed and over 100 families were affected by a tornado that struck Daet, Camarines Norte early Sunday morning, Sept. 14. Aivin Naing, emergency operations manager of the MDRRMO Camarines Norte, said the fatalities were a 13-year-old boy and his 37-year-old auntie....
BACOLOD CITY – An 11-year-old boy was killed by a lightning strike in Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Sept. 6. Police Lt. Col. John Joel Batusbatusan, Cadiz City police chief, said the victim, a Grade 6 pupil, was playing with other children near a cotton fruit...
Albay Gov. Noel Rosal on Monday assured assistance to a student who was injured when the stage roof of the Penaranda Park in Legazpi City, Albay collapsed on Saturday due to heavy rain. Rosal visited the student recovering in a hospital in Legazpi City and vowed continuous monitoring of the...
Five students were injured when the stage roof at Peñaranda Park in Legazpi City, Albay collapsed at the height of heavy rain on Saturday night. Councilor Vince Baltazar said the victims were practicing when the incident happened at around 6 p.m. They were taken to the hospital and recovering....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A whirlwind destroyed 10 houses in Barangay Kud-kud, Siasi municipality, Sulu province on Tuesday. Nine houses on stilts were totally destroyed while the roof of one house was blown off. Siasi Mayor Ben Sayeed Muksan said financial assistance to the affected families are...
TACLOBAN CITY – Around 20 people were trapped between two landslide sites in Barangay Candelaria, Matag-ob, Leyte, Monday night. Responders were able to secure passengers of a mini-bus struck by a fallen tree as a result of the landslide due to continuous rains in the municipality. The Municipal...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Work and classes here were cancelled on Thursday due to heavy rains and strong winds from tropical depression “Crising” and the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” Acting Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco, officer-in-charge after Mayor Khymer Olaso left for the United States,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A foreman was reported missing in a landslide on Sunday morning in Barangay San Ramon, San Ricardo, Southern Leyte. The missing was identified as Dador Moscosa, 54, of 888 ACY construction. Two houses, several motorcycles, the contractor’s barracks, a dump truck, and a mixer...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,431 families were displaced by flooding in this highly-urbanized city and Talisay City, Negros Occidental, following hours of heavy rains from Friday night, July 11, to Saturday morning, July 12. Data released by Mayor Greg Gasataya here on Saturday morning said 301...
DAVAO CITY – Over 100 barangays in the province of Maguindanao del Sur are still flooded after almost a week of torrential rains due to the combined effects of the Intertropical Convergence Zone and low-pressure area, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. As of 5 p.m....
TACLOBAN CITY – Matag-ob and other municipalities in Leyte and Samar were flooded by 18 hours of rain caused by the shearline on Thursday, March 20. RIVERS are monitored in Matag-ob, Leyte for flooding caused by the shear line. Matag-ob, Leyte Mayor Bernandino Tacoy said many farmers were...
The Department of Trade and Industry-Palawan has imposed a 60-day price freeze on basic necessities in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan after a state of calamity was declared due to severe effects of heavy rain and flood caused by the shear line. The DTI reminded business establishments to comply with...
