TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – Lightning struck at least three individuals at a tricycle terminal on Thursday, Aug. 18. Maverick Rodriguez of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) told the Manila Bulletin that they received a report about the incident past 4:00 p.m. Upon...
PANGASINAN – An official of the PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) has advised the public to take precautions, especially monsoon season (July-Sept), because of lightning. Lightning strikes as seen in the municipality of Calasiao on June 10....
NATIVIDAD/BOLINAO, Pangasinan – Two separate lightning strikes killed a farmer and a fisherman in Natividad and Bolinao, this province, Saturday, July 30. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office identified the victims as Dionisio Domondon, 41, farmer, of Barangay San Eugenio, Natividad, and...
CATANAUAN, Quezon -- A father and his daughter died after lightning struck their house while having dinner at Barangay Tagbacan Ilaya, this town, police reported on Friday. P/SSgt Michael Adao, Catanauan Philippine National Police investigator, identified the fatalities as Jomar Funtilar and his...
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – Sen. Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. administered the oaths of office to his wife, son, and siblings on Tuesday, June 28. Sen. Revilla's wife, incoming Cavite 2nd District Rep. Lani Mercado Revilla, and their eldest son, Agimat Party-list Rep. Bryan Revilla took their oaths of office...
MABINI, Pangasinan – A farmer was killed while six others were injured in a lightning strike in Sitio Sta. Rita, Barangay Nibaliw, here Sunday, June 12. Police identified the fatality as Marcelo Flores, 40, and the injured were Marvin Mendoza, 37; Richard Flores, 26; Eduardo Dizon Jr., 21;...
CAVITE – Four Revillas won public positions in the province in the recent elections and were proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Incumbent Bacoor City Lone District Rep. Strike Revilla and incumbent Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla will be exchanging positions in their...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Ukrainian helicopters have bombed a fuel storage depot in western Russia sparking a huge fire, the regional governor said Friday, in the first reported air strike by Kyiv on Russian soil. This video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on...
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) conducted a transport strike in Negros Occidental as part of its protest in junking the Oil Deregulation Law amid the bigtime and continuous oil price hikes in the country. The Oil Deregulation Law removed the government’s control on the pricing, exportation,...
As part of its “tigil-palaot” or fishing strike protest amid the big-time oil price hike in the country, fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) suspended their fishing operations on Tuesday, March 15. The protests were simultaneously held in major...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has readied the contingency measures to cushion the impact of the planned March 15 transport hike on the commuters in the metropolis. From vehicles to the Pasig Rover Ferry Service, MMDA chairman Romando Artes said plans were already mapped out...
LVIV, Ukraine – Nine people died and 57 others were injured when Russian troops launched air strikes on a military training ground outside Ukraine's western city of Lviv, near the border with Poland, local officials said Sunday. Russia "launched an air strike on the International Centre for...
