Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro on Tuesday, July 22, said that more than 23,380 Marikeños were evacuated from their homes due to the continuous onslaught of heavy rains brought about by the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat that also caused the water level of Marikina River to rise to...
Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced the different areas in barangays that experienced flooding due to the monsoon rains. Several areas in Muntinlupa were flooded as heavy rains continued overnight. Muntinlupa is under blue alert status and personnel from the Muntinlupa City Department of Disaster...
Netizens have started naming the portions of Commonwealth Avenue near Don Fabian Street that were heavily flooded into "Commonwealth Beach" on Monday, July 21, due to continuous rains brought by the southwest monsoon (habagat). The flood waters reached knee-deep on sidewalks and tire-deep on the...
CAVITE – Parts of Bacoor City were flooded following heavy rains on Tuesday, July 22. Evangelista Street in Barangays Maliksi and Talaba was submerged in knee-deep water, rendering it not passable to light vehicles as of 10:00 a.m. In Barangay Niog, flooding reached waist-deep levels, prompting...
A child miraculously survived a fall into raging flood waters in a large road excavation site in Batasan Hills, Quezon City, on Monday afternoon, July 22. Based on initial reports, the child followed his father who was on his way to fetch another child who had been playing in the rain. The father,...
A 29-year-old man has been convicted by a Quezon City court for unfair competition after pleading guilty to selling counterfeit cigarettes worth more than a million pesos, in violation of Section 168.2 in relation to Section 170 of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. In a ruling...
The 28-year-old man who was doused with gasoline and set on fire due to jealousy in Taguig last month has died. James Garmino Villaruel, who suffered third degree burns from the attack, passed away in a hospital on July 20, a month after the horrific incident happened on June 20 in Barangay Pitogo,...
The Marikina River reached third alarm on Monday night, July 21, after its water level rose to 18 meters due to heavy rainfall brought by the southwest monsoon (habagat). The Marikina City Rescue 161, the city 's Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO), said the river 's...
The local governments of Pasig and Marikina have opened evacuation centers for families at risk of flooding brought by heavy rains due to the southwest monsoon (habagat). As of 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 21, 12 evacuation centers across nine barangays in Pasig are open and accommodating evacuees,...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon implemented a blue alert status for the city on July 21 due to continuous rains. Biazon ordered the Muntinlupa City Department of Disaster Resilience and Management to make the necessary preparations under the blue alert level. All response agencies in Muntinlupa are...
MANADO, Indonesia — The number of people saved from an Indonesian passenger ferry that caught fire at sea rose to 575, rescuers said Monday, but three died and two remained missing. The KM Barcelona V-A caught fire around midday Sunday while making its regular half-day journey between two ports...
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam braced for Typhoon Wipha on Monday as coastal provinces were placed on emergency alert and airlines canceled flights ahead of the storm’s expected landfall early Tuesday. The typhoon is forecast to bring powerful winds and heavy rainfall, raising the risk of flash...
