Nearly half of Filipinos believe it is “dangerous” to print or broadcast things critical of the administration, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. The SWS survey, which was conducted from Dec. 10 to 14, 2022 and made public on Tuesday, May 9, revealed that 47 percent of adult...
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted in the first quarter of 2023 found that, based on the type of food Filipinos eat, 39 percent of families rated themselves as “food-poor,” 35 percent as “borderline food-poor,” and 26 percent as “not food-poor.” In the survey results made...
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey made public on Sunday, May 7 revealed that 51 percent of Filipino families considered themselves as “mahirap” or “poor,” 30 percent rated themselves as “borderline” or in-between poor and non-poor, and 19 percent considered themselves as “hindi...
The state weather bureau on Saturday morning, May 6, said scattered rain showers and thunderstorms may persist in Palawan due to a low pressure area (LPA). (MB Visual Content Group) Spotted 115 kilometers west of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical...
ILOILO CITY – Several areas in Western Visayas have been flooded due to intermittent rainfall in the past two days amid the searing heat. As of May 4, the Western Visayas-Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council recorded flooding in parts of Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo. A...
BACOLOD CITY – Classes here and in some parts of Negros Occidental were suspended on Thursday, May 4, due to heavy rains caused by the intertropical convergence zone and low-pressure area (LPA). AN area in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental was flooded early this week following torrential...
Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms may persist in Mindanao and parts of Visayas due to a low pressure area (LPA) and the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Tuesday, May 2. The LPA, embedded...
Six areas in the Philippines sizzled with a “dangerous” heat index on Sunday, April 30, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) disclosed. (Unsplash) The humid weather condition continues to prevail in most parts of the country following the...
Cloudy skies and scattered rain showers are expected in Mindanao due to the prevalence of rain-bearing cloud clusters associated with the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), said the state weather bureau on Sunday, April 30. (MB Visual Content Group) Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and...
The state weather bureau said the highest computed heat index on Saturday, April 29, was recorded in Cagayan. The highest computed heat index on Saturday, April 29 compared to the so far highest recorded heat index in 2023 (Photo courtesy of PAGASA) Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and...
Residents of Eastern Visayas and Caraga were told to be vigilant against possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains that the combined effects of easterlies and intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) may bring. (MB Visual Content Group) Philippine Atmospheric,...
Labor Day will likely be cloudy, with some areas of the country possibly seeing rain showers and thunderstorms, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, April 28. Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, and Mindanao will experience cloudy...
