A weak southwest monsoon or “habagat” may affect the western parts of Northern and Central Luzon in the next two to three days, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday, Sept. 7. In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said cloudy...
Capt. Jomark Angue, deputy chief of Coast Guard Staff for Maritime Safety Services (Courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed on Tuesday, Sept. 5, that it has implemented a policy revision to allow voyage of sea vessels in select areas even during the bad weather. Capt. Jomark...
Members of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Special Operations Group-North Western Luzon (SOG-NWLZN) respond to a drowning incident in Tubao, La Union on Sept. 5, 2023 when one of their own, Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class (PO3) Ponciano Nesperos, fell on the river and drowned. (Photo by PCG) A...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Twenty-one houses were partially damaged by a tornado that struck San Vicente and San Ildefonso, this province, on Thursday. Reygee Rocero, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of San Vicente, said 18 houses were partially damaged in...
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 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...
As Super Typhoon Goring (international name: Saola) battered the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Sunday, Aug. 27, expressed its readiness to extend assistance to the affected families. (DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD, in...
The southwest monsoon or "Habagat" will continue to prevail over the western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao in the next 24 hours, the state weather bureau said on Monday, Aug. 21. "For the next 24 hours, we will experience a high chance of rain with cloudy skies over...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, Aug. 18 said the southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” will be the dominant weather system that may affect the entire archipelago in the coming week. In its weekly weather outlook released on Friday,...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Four fishermen were rescued by members of the Bantay Dagat after a tornado overturned their fishing boat in Tayabas Bay in this town on Monday afternoon, August 14. Edwin Frias, head of the Sariaya Bantay Dagat, said the fishing boat was hit by the tornado at around 3 p.m....
Super typhoon “Egay” may have left the country last week but the devastation it left was continuously felt as two more fatalities were reported by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), which brought the death toll to 29 as of Friday, August 4. The NDRRMC said 14...
The Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Wednesday, Aug. 2 bared that more Filipinos families have experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months. SWS said 10.4 percent of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger, up from 9.8 percent in March. It...
