Over 33,000 Bicol residents evacuate due to Paeng

Ma. April Mier-Manjares 10/29/2022

LEGAZPI CITY — More than 33,000 people were evacuated Friday in the Bicol region ahead of the expected landfall of Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) in the region. Gremil Alexis Naz, spokesperson for the Office of…

Stranded passengers in Bicol ports rise to over 2,000 due to Karding

Ma. April Mier-Manjares 09/26/2022

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines – The number of stranded passengers in Bicol ports rose to 2,049 on Sunday night, Sept. 25, due to Super Typhoon Karding (international name: Noru), according to Gremil Alexis Naz, spokesperson of the Office…

Heavy rainfall triggers Mount Bulusan lahar flow

Ma. April Mier-Manjares 06/27/2022

LEGAZPI CITY — The Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) on Monday said rain-triggered lahar flow occurred on the southwestern slopes of Mount Bulusan in Irosin, Sorsogon. In an advisory issued at 1 a.m., Phivolcs said a small-volume…

Typhoon Bising displaces 130,000, leaves 2 dead in Bicol

Ma. April Mier-Manjares, Mars Arguelles, Stephanie Florida 04/21/2021

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines — Floods and landslides caused by moderate to heavy rain dumped by Typhoon “Bising” (international name Surigae), which affected Bicol region over the weekend and Monday, forced 39,341 families or 137,532 people to…

Several roads blocked, 1 injured as Typhoon Bising sideswipes Catanduanes

Ma. April Mier-Manjares 04/20/2021

LEGAZPI CITY – Heavy rains spawned by Typhoon Bising (international name: Surigae) since early weekend rendered several roads impassable and left a 25-year-old man injured in Catanduanes province. Roberto Monterola, chief of the Emergency Operations Center of…

Retired police dead after being buried under collapsed home in Masbate 6.6 quake

Ma. April Mier-Manjares, Mar S. Arguelles, Suzene Cajegas 08/18/2020

DIMASALANG, Masbate – A retired police officer died after he was buried under the walls of his home that collapsed due to the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that struck parts of the Bicol Region and the Visayas Tuesday…

COVID-19 watch: 5 year-old PUI dies in Albay hospital

Ma. April Mier-Manjares 04/05/2020

LEGAZPI CITY — A five-year-old patient under investigation (PUI) for coronavirus disease 2019  (COVID-19), died on Saturday morning at Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (BRTTH) in Albay. Antonio Ludovice, Provincial Health Office chief, said the patient,…

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