TOKYO (AP) — An elderly woman who developed heat stroke while taking shelter in a car is the latest fatality from a powerful earthquake that struck Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto last week, officials said Sunday as concerns over heat-related illnesses grow in an area that is also...
Philippine Navy (PN) launched on Tuesday, July 28, an investigation into the death of an officer candidate who suffered a medical emergency after completing a training run at the Naval Education, Training and Doctrine Command (NETDC) in San Antonio, Zambales. The PN identified the trainee as...
TOKYO (Jiji Press)--Japan 's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday that 10,857 people were transported to hospitals by ambulance for heatstroke in Japan in the week through Sunday, up 2.4 times from the preceding week. The weekly number exceeded 10,000 for the first time since...
Tokyo (Jiji Press)--With summer set to start in full, an initiative to grow vines such as bitter melon and morning glory to gain cooling effects without the use of electricity is drawing attention in Japan. Nonprofit organization Midori no Curtain Oendan in Tokyo 's Itabashi Ward has promoted...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all chiefs of police and unit commanders to review and assess the deployment plans following the advice of weather experts for the public to brace for hotter temperatures. Nartatez said the move is intended...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 100 students in Isabela City, Basilan province were taken to various hospitals on Thursday, July 24, due to heat exhaustion. A report from the Isabela City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office said students of the Basilan National High School were holding their...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has issued a heat index forecast of dangerously high temperatures in at least 19 areas nationwide on Sunday, May 25, with Dagupan City, Pangasinan expected to experience a sweltering 46°C. According to PAGASA...
ILOILO CITY – The city government said no deaths were caused directly by heat stroke here. “We wish to clarify that recent reports regarding heat-related illnesses in Iloilo City do not reflect any immediate heat stroke fatalities,” said the Iloilo city government in an official...
Policemen doing beat patrol and enforcers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) were allowed to have heat stroke break amid the increase in the danger-level heat index forecast that forced some local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila to suspend classes. MMA chairman Don...
Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes (Facebook) Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo "Ompong" Ordanes says elderly Filipinos need assurance of ample power supply to energize their homes in order to prevent instances of heat...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Three Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers have died due to heat stroke in Pangasinan. Bernard Tuliao, president of One Pangasinan Transport Federation, said two of the fatalities were members of their group plying the Calasiao-Dagupan route. The third was...
SARIAYA, Quezon -- A biker died from apparent heat stroke in Barangay Bucal here on Wednesday afternoon, May 8. A BIKER died due to apparent heat stroke on May 8 in Barangay Bucal, Sariaya, Quezon. (Photo via Danny Estacio ) Police said the victim was discovered by a resident walking in the...
