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 [...]
Youth groups have assailed the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) for failing to inform college students of the suspension of classes as heavy rains and strong winds battered Metro Manila on Thursday. The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) said CHEd was “inutile” and “incompetent in all aspects of its existence,” from regulating [...]
Passport applicants who were unable to go to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on their scheduled times due to Tropical Storm “Falcon” can still file their applications this week. In an advisory, the DFA Office of Consular Affairs said the applicants who were scheduled to file their papers on June 23 to 25 could [...]
As though the relentless rains brought by Tropical Storm “Falcon” were not enough, twisters (ipo-ipo) on Friday hit Quezon City and a town in Iloilo, destroying and damaging public and private property, including the house of industrialist Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco. A weather forecaster at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), said eyewitness [...]
Despite the rains triggered by Tropical Storm “Falcon,” President Benigno Aquino III on Friday visited this town where the Angat Dam is located, to supervise the launching of the Gawad Kalinga Center for Social Innovation (GKCSI) in Barangay (village) Encanto.
MANILA, Philippines – Below is the latest traffic and flood advisories in areas affected by Tropical Storm “Falcon” (international name: Maeri), according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management council as of 12 noon: NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION • Makati – All roads and bridges in eight villages that were previously impassable are now passable [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Water was spilling at La Mesa and Ipo dams Friday as the continuous rains had elevated water levels at the two facilities, a spokesman for Manila Water Company Inc. said. Jeric T. Sevilla, Manila Water Corporate Communications chief, said in a phone interview that water had been spilling out of the La Mesa Dam [...]
MANILA, Philippines — Though no storm signal was declared over the National Capital Region, many areas of the metropolis experienced rising floodwaters, and heavy traffic due to the rains brought by tropical storm Falcon (international name: Maeri), the state-run disaster management council said Friday. In its latest situation update, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and [...]
Over 40,000 people were displaced and 11 were reported missing following Wednesday’s downpour caused by Tropical Storm “Falcon” (International codename: Meari), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management said Friday.
At least eleven persons were missing, 10 of them fishermen and the 11th a woman, as thousands of people were forced to flee their homes on Thursday as Tropical Storm “Falcon” (international name: Meari) unleashed widespread flooding in Bicol, according to the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC). Several thousand travelers were stranded [...]
There was no storm signal over Metro Manila on Thursday night. But flash floods that brought back fearful memories of the 2009 killer Tropical Storm “Ondoy” hit various parts of Metro Manila, swamping entire city blocks and stranding thousands in the rush-hour traffic. At the height of the floods, Department of Education regional director for [...]
Makati city commuters seemed prepared for Tropical Storm “Falcon,” armed with umbrellas, rain coats, and even flip-flops for the flood. But they seemed to be caught off-guard by the storm’s strength.
Classes in all levels in Albay were suspended Thursday and the authorities started moving to safer ground villagers threatened by flooding and landslides as Tropical Storm “Falcon” passed near the Bicol region, bringing rains.
