Floods causing delays in aid delivery; rescue boats requested

Ma. April Mier-Manjares 10/27/2024

LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY, Philippines — Five days after Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) unleashed heavy rains in the Bicol region, many towns and cities, including Camarines Sur’s economic center Naga City, remained flooded, hampering the…

#KristinePH: Bicol flood survivors face water, food scarcity

Clarence Roi Gillego, Ma. April Mier-Manjares 10/26/2024

LEGAZPI CITY—When Severe Tropical Storm “Kristine” (international name: Trami) swept across Camarines Sur, the family of Ella Mae Baloncio and many others found themselves practically clinging to one another for dear life. For three nights, Baloncio and 20 of…

Kristine leaves over 20 dead in Bicol

Ma. April Mier-Manjares - @inquirerdotnet 10/25/2024

LEGAZPI CITY—Massive floods and landslides caused by several days of heavy rain from Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (International name: Trami) left at least 21 people dead in the Bicol region. This was according to the Office of…

Cebu Daily Newscast: Egay won’t directly affect CV, but it will make habagat stronger — Pagasa

CDN Digital 07/24/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Monday, July 24. Egay won’t directly affect CV, but it will make habagat stronger — Pagasa…

Sea travel suspended in some Bicol areas due to Egay

Ma. April Mier-Manjares 07/23/2023

LEGAZPI CITY – Sea travel in some areas in the Bicol region was suspended on Sunday, July 23, as Severe Tropical Storm Egay brought rough seas along the eastern seaboards of Luzon and Visayas. In its 5…

Pagasa: Zero to one storm may strike in April

Jean Mangaluz - Reporter / @JMangaluzINQ 04/01/2023

MANILA, Philippines — From zero to one tropical cyclone may hit the country this April despite the onset of the hot, dry season, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Saturday. According to Pagasa weather specialist…

Crash site of missing Cessna found in Albay

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 02/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines —  The crash site of the missing Cessna plane reported in Albay has finally been found 32 hours after its disappearance. According to Camalig Mayor Caloy Baldo in a statement, the aircraft crashed on the…

Another Cessna plane goes missing in Albay — CAAP

Jean Mangaluz - Reporter / @JMangaluzINQ 02/18/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A Cessna plane with four people went missing in Albay on Saturday morning, and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has now declared the emergency to be in Distress Phase. This is…

Signal No. 1 in 3 parts of Bicol due to Tropical Depression Rosal

Jean Mangaluz - Reporter / @JMangaluzINQ 12/10/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) Number 1 has been raised over parts of Luzon Saturday morning after the low-pressure area east of the country intensified into a tropical depression, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical…

How a man selling flowers ended in a video that went viral

Doris Mondragon - Social Media Specialist 02/14/2022

  CEBU, Philippines—A TikTok video uploaded by a freelance photographer and filmmaker from Bicol of a man selling little bouquets at a mall’s parking lot is making rounds online. Mark Kelvin Aliliran identified the man as MJ…

295 passengers, 97 vehicles stranded in Bicol ports due to ‘Jolina’

Mar Arguelles 09/07/2021

LEGAZPI CITY––At least 295 passengers and 97 vehicles were stranded Tuesday in major ports in Bicol after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) enforced the no-sailing policy before the state weather bureau raised storm signal warnings due to…

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…

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