Aside from being resilient, Filipinos are known for being ingenious. Take for example the recent tropical storm Dante that hit the southern part of the country. Bobsteel Gualiza, an 18-year-old student from Agusan del Norte, posted a viral photo of what seems to be an alligator swimming right...
The damage wrought by massive flooding in Mindanao due to the onslaught of tropical storm "Dante" is now at P14.6 million, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday, June 2, citing initial result of the assessment. (File photo/Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) According to the latest bulletin...
Was it because Jolina Magdangal was quite huge in the 90s? Well, maybe. The use of Jolina as typhoon name came about around the same time with the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) organizing a contest in 1999 allowing people to name storms that...
Displaced residents of Lupi town in Camarines Sur province built their own homes in Angat Buhay Village after receiving training from the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) private partners. Vice President Leni Robredo proudly showed off the beneficiaries of her third Angat Buhay Village, which...
Authorities have recovered two more bodies of missing crew members of a cargo vessel that ran aground the shoreline of Surigao del Norte after the onslaught of typhoon “Bising,” the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) confirmed on Saturday, April 24. The recovery of two more crewmen of the cargo...
The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) are stepping up restoration efforts to bring back electricity supply in many areas that had been recently pummeled by typhoon Bising – primarily those in Visayas and the Bicol region. The National Electrification Administration (NEA), which has...
Mining operations within the Marikina River Basin should not be blamed for the massive flooding that engulfed some parts of Marikina and Rizal province during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses, the deadliest and most destructive typhoon to hit the country in 2020. This was indicated in the recent...
The Philippine government has released a revised set of water discharge protocols for Magat Dam, one of the biggest dams in Asia, to avoid a repeat of unprecedented flooding that drowned Cagayan province during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses last year. It was last week, during the congressional...
Kim Chiu Chinita Princess Kim Chiu wrapped up 2020 by donating food packages for 2,300 families and individuals hit by typhoon "Ulysses" recently. On Instagram Dec. 31, Kim described the year 2020 as "tough." Said Kim: "This year is tough but we can end it happy!" Her full post: "The other...
The Philippines is poised to end the year with an all-time high yield in palay despite losing 419,560 metric tons (MT) of the main staple due to several typhoons that took place during the fourth quarter of the year. Based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the country's palay...
Last year has been tougher than most, but it was also full of moments and milestones for our country that have been the pinpoints of light and hope. It would be nice to remember them on the first day of this new year. Here are our top picks of 2020’s most inspiring events, from the momentous to...
It's less than two weeks before the year ends but the agriculture sector still keeps on incurring damages due to typhoons. As of Wednesday, the total damage and losses the sector incurred due to Tropical Storm Vicky already stood at P111.01 million, affecting 15,933 farmers and fisherfolk and...
