PANGASINAN-A portion of the Pangasinan-Zambales Road in Barangay Bolo, Labrador, Pangasinan is experiencing flooding amid the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat. The affected section, located from K0350+700 to K0351+150, recorded an estimated flood depth of 300 millimeters as of 9 a.m. Monday,...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways-Cordillera reported an initial P1,454,897,648 damage to roads wrought by typhoons Luis, Maymay, and the habagat. According to Engr. Patrick Cerilo, of DPWH-CAR, a total of 186 road sections were affected in the entire region, with 179...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong announced the declaration of a "no-build zone" at ground zero of Barangay Guisad Surong, after severe landslides buried three houses and killed 10 people at the height of the southwest monsoon in Baguio City. According to Magalong, affected residents will not...
BAGUIO CITY – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured victims of the recent landslides here that the government will provide them with financial assistance. Gatchalian, along with Mayor Benjamin Magalong, personally visited the landslide area in...
BAGUIO CITY – The search for the 13 victims of the landslides that struck Barangay Guisad Surong, Baguio City, last Sunday, August 9, has ended. And the final toll was 10 dead and three survivors, according to a report by Mayor Benjamin Magalong, on August 11. According to Magalong, the heavy...
BAGUIO CITY – A dog which belongs to one of the victims of a landslide here was rescued by rescuers from the Baguio City police, bringing a small but meaningful moment of hope in the midst of the heartbreak 24 hours after the collapse occurred. The dog’s owner was reportedly among the victims...
BAGUIO CITY -- Four persons were killed in a landslide in Barangay Guisad Surong here on Sunday night. The fatalities were a 17-year-old female student, a nine-year-old male student, a nine-year-old female student, and a 56-year-old man. Three houses were buried and three were rescued...
Four persons were rescued in a landslide due to relentless heavy rainfall in a residential area in Barangay Guisad Surong, Baguio City on Sunday night, Aug. 9. The landslide happened at 7 p.m. and affected three houses, the Philippine Red Cross said. The PRC said the four...
SANTA TERESITA, Batangas -- A 69-year-old construction worker was killed in a landslide that buried their barracks in Barangay Calumala here on Saturday night, Aug. 8. Police identified the victim as Teodoro Latumbo of Barangay Calumala. Investigation said the victim and his co-workers...
A landslide occurred in a barangay in Taguig, prompting the city government to evacuate affected individuals. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the heavy rains in Metro Manila and other areas are caused by the southwest monsoon. ...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Two cooks were killed and another survived a landslide that buried a restaurant due to heavy rains from tropical cyclone Maymay in Barangay Shilan here on Thursday morning, Aug. 6. The landslide occurred at around 8 a.m. Rescuers conducted retrieval operations and first...
At least two people died while more than 80,000 people were affected as tropical cyclones Maymay and Luis, along with southwest monsoon or habagat, continue to unleash heavy rains in Luzon and several parts of Mindanao. The two fatalities were due to a landslide that hit a popular eatery in...
