DepEd open to September school opening but demands careful study
By Dona Z. Pazzibugan
The Department of Education (DepEd) is open to the idea of moving the school opening to September to avoid frequent class suspensions forced by stormy weather.
The Department of Education (DepEd) is open to the idea of moving the school opening to September to avoid frequent class suspensions forced by stormy weather.
The government may have spoken too soon. The death toll from last week’s monsoon rains, which brought Metro Manila and the outlying provinces to their knees, climbed to 85, the National Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Sunday.
The social arm of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has decided to take a new tack in cheering up the thousands of refugees from last week’s widespread flooding: scrapping the usual relief packages and letting them choose between cash or voucher to get what they really need.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services on Sunday said the active low pressure area east of northern Luzon has developed into a tropical depression and was named “Helen”
Storm signals have gone down, except in Batanes province, but don’t leave home without an umbrella or raincoat just yet.
Typhoon “Gener” blew slowly out of the Philippines Wednesday, leaving 14 people dead, 4,600 others in evacuation centers, and P2.1 million in damage to infrastructure.
Typhoon “Gener” is forecast to leave the Philippine territory by Thursday, but expect gloomy weather in Luzon, including Metro Manila, the weather bureau said on Tuesday.
The Department of Science and Technology on Tuesday said that the weather bureau had duly observed the short-lived low pressure area (LPA) that struck Metro Manila and neighboring provinces on Sunday night and disseminated information about it.
A Batangas City-bound roll-on and roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel sank on Sunday night off Tablas Island in Romblon due to rough seas caused by tropical storm “Gener,” according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
Two rescue teams from the police and military scoured the downstream sections of the Pampanga River in San Simon town on Sunday to retrieve the body of Noel Tuazon, who drowned on Saturday afternoon, at the height of tropical depression Ferdie.
Typhoon “Kabayan” has claimed the lives of two fishermen although the approaching weather disturbance which is moving northward toward Japan is not expected to hit land in the Philippines. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said the bodies of the two fishermen earlier reported missing in Hagonoy, Bulacan, were recovered on Sunday. [...]
Luzon and Mindanao will experience rainy weather as two new low pressure areas were seen within the Philippine area of responsibility, the state-run weather bureau said Saturday.
