The Department of Public Works andHighways (DPWH) has completed a flood control project at the Porac River, which it said, will protect the low-lying areas in Floridablanca, Pampanga from flooding during heavy rains. DPWH Regional Office 3 Director Roseller A. Tolentino said the 171.3-lineal meter...
Around 93 families residing near the Marikina River were evacuated on Tuesday night, Aug. 23, as the river’s water level rose to 15 meters and prompted a 1st alarm alert. The Marikina River water level at around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24. (Screenshot from Marikina City Rescue 161 Facebook...
BAKUN, Benguet – The body of a farmer who went missing in Bakun river was found on Saturday morning, Aug. 20, four days after he was swept away by the river’s raging waters in Likew Section, Sinacbat, Barangay Poblacion, Bakun in this province. Photo from Zaldy Comanda The Municipal Disaster...
In a bid to multiply green spaces within Pasig City, the local government began on Friday, Aug. 12, the rehabilitation of the kilometer-long Pineda Linear Park in Barangay Pineda, in partnership with the Pasig River Coordinating and Management Office (PRCMO). Photo courtesy of Pasig City Task Force...
SAINT-PIERRE-LA-GARENNE, France -- A beluga whale stranded in the Seine river in northern France for more than a week was removed from the water early Wednesday in a risky rescue operation, but officials warned it was in poor health. Rescuers pull up a net as they rescue a beluga whale stranded in...
Science and Technology Undersecretary and Phivolcs OIC Renato Solidum Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Science and Technology Undersecretary Renato Solidum Jr. on Wednesday, July 27, said the major 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Abra was most likely generated by the movement along the Abra River...
The missing participant in a fluvial parade marking the Taguig River Festival and fiesta of Barangay Sta. Ana was found dead on Wednesday, July 27. The fluvial parade in the Tuktukan River in Barangay Tuktukan, Taguig turned into tragedy when two boats collided, leaving six persons injured. The...
The Taguig City government and the Church of Sta. Ana have issued a joint statement regarding the fluvial parade accident on July 26 that left one person missing and six others injured. An initial report by the Taguig City Police Station’s Substation 4 two boats collided at about 4:40 p.m. in...
WILLIE Wendam shows the 27-kilo barramundi fish or the Asian sea bass that is locally known as ‘salonsong’ that he caught on the Iloilo River Sunday, July 24. (LPU Kids) ILOILO CITY – A giant fish was caught on the Iloilo River Sunday, July 24. This time, Willie Wendam was able to catch a...
A crocodile that has been spotted three weeks ago in the Bulacan river was finally caught by the Oplan Buwaya Rescue and Recovery Team and residents on Sunday, July 17, in Sitio Tabon, Barangay Malis, Guiguinto, Bulacan. The crocodile captured in the river of Sitio Tabon in Barangay Malis,...
APALIT, Pampanga — Police reported the death of another participant in the Pampanga river parade, bringing into three the death toll in last Tuesday’s tragedy here. Investigators identified the latest victim as a certain Charben of Betis, Guagua. A number of motorized boats took part in a...
APALIT, Pampanga -- Two participants died while four others sustained minor injuries when their boat taking part in a river parade in celebration of the town fiesta and in commemoration of a patron locally known as Apung Iru hit the high tension wire of the National Grid Corporation Tuesday...
