Photo taken by Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN Motorists and commuters were stuck in heavy traffic as gutter-deep floodwaters submerged Taft Avenue and España Boulevard in Manila on Thursday morning, Aug. 31, following heavy monsoon rains. Photo Courtesy of the Manila Police District/MANILA BULLETIN...
The Marikina City local government on Thursday, Aug. 31, raised the first alarm at the Marikina River due to rising water level brought about by the continuous heavy rains. According to Marikina City Rescue 161, the river's water level had already reached 15.7 meters as of 9 a.m. Once the water...
The city governments of Las Pi ñas, Pasay, Parañaque announced the suspension of classes in all levels, both in public and private schools, due to bad weather on Thursday, Aug. 31. Las Pi ñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar ordered the suspension of classes both face-to-face and online...
The local government units of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela (Camanava), and Quezon City suspended classes in all levels in private and public schools on Thursday, Aug. 31, due to inclement weather. The cancellation of classes in the cities was announced after the Philippine Atmospheric...
There will be no water in at least three municipalities in Rizal Province, namely, Angono, Baras, and Rodriguez, for six to eight hours from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1. In an advisory, Manila Water announced that starting at 10 p.m. on Aug. 31, until 4 a.m. on Sept. 1, some portions of Barangay San Roque...
Photo from Manila DRRMO/MANILA BULLETIN Around P500,000 worth of home appliances were reportedly damaged in a fire that gutted an appliances store in Binondo, Manila on Thursday morning, Aug. 31. The fire was reportedly started at around 6 a.m. in Barangay 291 Tomas Pinpin, corner Martinez in...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis revealed Wednesday he will publish an update to his seminal 2015 thesis on the environment in October, just weeks before the next round of UN climate talks. The 86-year-old pontiff earlier this month mentioned plans to write a second part of "Laudato Si" but...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur rejected Wednesday a new Chinese map that claims waters off Malaysia's coast in the South China Sea, in the latest war of words between the Asian allies over Beijing's assertiveness in the waterway. China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Wednesday it had downed more than two dozen cruise missiles and a swarm of attack drones across the country in the "most powerful" aerial attack on Kyiv in weeks. The assault left two dead and came as Russia said an airport near the border with NATO member Estonia had...
GOMA, DR Congo - At least 10 people were killed Wednesday in eastern DR Congo after soldiers attempted to stop a religious sect's planned anti-UN protest, in the latest violence in the conflict-torn region. The Christian-animist group known as the "Natural Judaic and Messianic Faith towards the...
BISHKEK - Kyrgyzstan said Wednesday it planned to ban the popular video sharing platform TikTok, after the Central Asian country accused the app of "causing addiction" among children and affecting their mental health. The Central Asian country's culture ministry said in a statement it had...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor. Bongo, 64, whose family has ruled Gabon for over 55 years,...
