The death toll from Tropical Storm “Falcon” rose to eight on Saturday with the recovery of the body of a 57-year-old man who had drowned in the Cordillera, disaster management officials said yesterday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said 12 other persons remained missing in the aftermath of Falcon’s destructive swath [...]
The death toll from Tropical Storm Falcon rose to eight on Saturday with the recovery of the body of a 57-year-old man who had drowned in the Cordillera, disaster management officials said.
Enjoying a heavy downpour proved to be fatal to a man who was shot and killed while he was standing on the street on Saturday afternoon in Quezon City, according to a police report. Police Officer 3 Gregorio Maramag of the Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit identified the victim as Luis Reyes, 29, a resident of San Pablo Street in Novaliches, Quezon City.
Nearly half a million children displaced by heavy flooding in the southern Philippines could face an outbreak of diarrhea and pneumonia, the UN said Sunday.
Braving heavy rains trailing Tropical Storm “Falcon,” President Benigno Aquino III on Saturday rushed back from a provincial sortie to attend to flood victims in the cities of Marikina and Malabon. The President flew back to Metro Manila soon after inaugurating the renovated Godofredo Ramos Airport in Caticlan, Aklan. From the Villamor Air Base in [...]
Fearing a repeat of the disaster wrought by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” in 2009, Mayor Del de Guzman said many residents from throughout the city continued to stream inside the 15 designated evacuation centers even though their areas had not been badly hit by heavy flooding. He said that as of Saturday morning, only some 10 [...]
Amid the heavy rains, two fires gutted a school and 10 houses in the eastern part of Metro Manila on Friday night. In Marikina City, a blaze began at 9:30 p.m. in the house of Nestor Glutas, located on Malaya St. in Libis Bulelak, Barangay (village) Malanday. Fire investigators said that the cause of the [...]
It was as if the heavens welcomed the highest official off the land.
The Philippine Coast Guard rescued three fishermen after their boat capsized in Manila Bay due to big waves caused by Tropical Storm Falcon (Maeri) but is still looking for nine fishermen from Catanduanes who have been missing since Thursday, a Coast Guard official said Saturday.
(UPDATE) Tropical Storm Falcon (Meari) left the Philippines Saturday morning but gained strength as it moved north-northwest, dissolving a low pressure area that had spun off its tail over the Pacific Ocean on Friday, the weather bureau said.
One of 10 fishermen missing in Catanduanes was found ashore on Samar Island Friday but search-and-rescue teams were still looking for 18 more persons in Southern Luzon who went missing amid foul weather spawned by Tropical Storm Falcon (Meari).
Over 300,000 people in 27 towns and 14 cities across four regions, including Metro Manila and Bicol, were affected by destructive floods wrought by Tropical Storm Falcon (Meari), which brushed the country’s eastern seaboard before exiting Saturday, officials said.
MANILA, Philippines—Youth groups on Friday slammed the Commission on Higher Education for failing to provide timely advice to college students about the suspension of classes as heavy rains and strong winds battered Metro Manila on Thursday. The National Union of Students of the Philippines called CHEd “inutile” and “incompetent in all aspects of its existence,” [...]
