8 CamSur, Albay towns flooded
By: Juan Escandor Jr.Mar ArguellesFloods brought about by nonstop rains in Bicol over the weekend claimed the life of an 18-year-old girl in Camarines Sur on Sunday and displaced over 3,500 people in Albay.
Floods brought about by nonstop rains in Bicol over the weekend claimed the life of an 18-year-old girl in Camarines Sur on Sunday and displaced over 3,500 people in Albay.
Low-lying areas in this city and three towns in Albay were flooded while the national highway along Barangay (village) Sogod in Tiwi town was rendered impassable by a landslide on Sunday amid incessant rain in the Bicol region since Saturday.
The regional police said it has started investigating a complaint filed by a 21-year-old woman against seven Army soldiers, whom she had accused of gang-raping her inside the camp of the 9th Infantry Battalion in Aroroy town in Masbate last week.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 rocked the provinces of Catanduanes, Sorsogon and Albay on Saturday morning, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted the provinces of Catanduanes, Sorsogon and Albay on Saturday morning but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
In this Year of the Water Dragon, Bicol is poised to take off. The optimism stems from the region’s economic growth in previous years as most of its provinces turned to tourism and services to boost their standings. Some, however, were hobbled by challenges brought about by high power costs.
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – At least two policemen were wounded when New People’s Army rebels attacked a police station in the town of Barcelona in Sorsogon Friday evening, police said Saturday. Inspector Edgar Azotea, Barcelona police chief, said the rebels, who numbered around 30 and were armed with M16 rifles, positioned themselves at the police [...]
Three soldiers on board a military truck dispatched to provide free rides to commuters were hurt as transport groups claimed to have paralyzed almost all jeepney routes in Albay and Sorsogon as of noontime Wednesday, during the Bicol-wide strike called to protest increases in fuel prices.
Transport groups on Monday announced a plan to stage simultaneous strikes in Calabarzon, Bicol, Iloilo, Cagayan and Davao City today as part of a national day of protest against rising fuel costs.
Many communities in the Bicol region are in need of potable water, electricity and work crews to clear blocked roadways, an official of the Office of Civil Defense said Saturday as he reported that Tropical Storm Juaning had left 36 people dead in the region and six others missing.
An LBC Express branch in Sorsogon City lost P375,000 in cash to armed robbers Friday, the Philippine National Police said.
LEGAZPI CITY—Albay Gov. Joey Salceda directed disaster authorities here to strictly enforce the “no human activity” rule inside the 6-kilometer permanent danger zone (PDZ) around Mayon Volcano. In an e-mailed statement, Salceda told tour agencies to secure prior clearance from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO), through the Albay Public Safety Emergency and [...]
LEGAZPI CITY—Tropical Storm “Bebeng” (international name: Aere) left at least 10 people dead and prompted a complaint from Albay Gov. Joey Salceda that the weather bureau had failed yet again to provide an accurate forecast that could have saved lives. A day after the storm battered the Bicol region, hundreds of vehicles were stranded at [...]
