Digital communications, health services provided Leading digital solutions platform Globe has contributed millions in aid to families and communities affected by Typhoon Odette, which ravaged parts of the country in December. Globe collected a total of P36.7 million worth of donations for...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has begun the preparations for the establishment of a temporary housing program for the victims of Typhoon “Agaton.” National Disaater Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Chairman and Department of National Defense...
The partial cost of damage to public infrastructure incurred due to Typhoon "Agaton" has ballooned to P1.45 billion, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced Wednesday, April 20. An aerial view of the flood-hit Capiz province due to rains of tropical depression Agaton. (Photo...
The United States (US) has announced that it will provide an additional P17.5-million assistance to the Philippines for the recovery of areas affected by the onslaught of typhoon Odette. )Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) In a statement Tuesday, April 19, the US Embassy in the...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay on Monday, April 18, said that the damage dealt by tropical storm "Agaton" and super typhoon "Odette" in the country underscores the need for a National Land Use law. Binay explained that such a law will identify hazard and danger areas in...
Typhoon “Agaton” has now killed 167 people as search, rescue, and retrieval operations continue in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) which was badly hit by landslides and flashflood, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Black Saturday, April 16. President...
President Duterte has promised typhoon victims in Baybay City, Leyte that they will be provided houses either under his term or his successor's. President Duterte (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "There are housing units. I would be able to build more houses for you if only I had more time left. But...
The country will experience generally fair weather on Maundy Thursday, April 14 although some areas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers due to the trough of Typhoon "Malakas", the state weather bureau said. (Satellite image from PAGASA / MANILA BULLETIN) According to Philippine...
Bad weather conditions may have prevented independent presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and his vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III from visiting a flood-affected area in Iloilo, but their supporters made sure their presence would still be felt....
(SCREEN GRAB FROM PAGASA YOUTUBE CHANNEL) The low pressure area (LPA), formerly tropical depression Agaton, will continue to bring rains over Visayas, and parts of southern Luzon and Mindanao in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
basyang 5pm 5 p.m., April 12 Typhoon Basyang (international name: Malakas) has further intensified and it is now outside PAR. Its eye was last spotted 1,400 km east of central Luzon. It exited PAR at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, at least three hours after it entered the Philippine boundary....
More than 9,000 individuals were still stranded in various ports nationwide despite the improving weather condition in parts of Bicol (Region 5) and Northeastern Mindanao, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Tuesday, April 12. Passengers at the Batangas Port in Batangas province wait for...
