TACLOBAN CITY – Several schools in Eastern Visayas suspended the National Achievement Test (NAT) due to bad weather brought about by the shear line affecting Visayas on Monday, Jan. 30. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council issued a red rainfall warning in Eastern...
Cloud clusters spotted east of Mindanao are being closely monitored by the state weather bureau as it could potentially form into a low pressure area (LPA). Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Weather Specialist Grace Castañeda on Sunday morning,...
Most parts of the country will continue to experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers over the next 24-hour period, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Saturday morning, Jan. 28. The scattered rain showers and overcast skies,...
The Philippine Statistics Authority’s announcement that the country achieved a 7.6 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022 affirms that, despite high inflation rates, the economy is on track in regaining its pre-Covid pandemic footing. This improves on the 5.7 percent growth in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thirteen houses were damaged by a storm surge in the eastern coastline of Barangay Bolong here on Wednesday, Jan. 25. ONE of 13 houses destroyed in a storm surge in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, Jan. 25. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) Barangay Bolong Chairman Ruben Corros said...
(COURTESY OF MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) The low pressure area east of Mindanao dissipated on Thursday, Jan. 26, but the shear line and northeast monsoon may continue to bring rains over parts of Luzon and Visayas this weekend, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
(COURTESY OF MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) Parts of the country will continue to experience rains due to the low pressure area (LPA) and shear line, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Thursday, Jan. 26. In its 10 a.m. weather advisory,...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) A nationwide survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) for the fourth quarter of 2022 showed that 34 percent of adult Filipinos said their quality of lives improved in the past 12 months, 26 percent said it got worse, and 39 percent said it was the same. The...
(COURTESY OF MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) Most of Mindanao may experience light to heavy rains due to the low pressure area (LPA) east of Davao City, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Wednesday, Jan. 25. As of 10 a.m, the LPA was estimated...
(MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Tuesday, Jan 24 said it is monitoring two low pressure areas (LPAs) inside the country’s area of responsibility. In its 11 a.m. weather advisory, PAGASA said the effect of the...
The damage to agriculture and infrastructure brought by the combined effects of the prevailing shear line, northeast monsoon (amihan), and previous low pressure areas (LPAs) that have affected the country since Jan. 2 already reached P1.02 billion. A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel helps...
Rain showers may prevail in parts of Visayas and Mindanao on Saturday, Jan. 21, due to the trough or extension of the low pressure area spotted outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), said the state weather bureau. (PAGASA) Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...