Rainy Monday in parts of PH due to ‘habagat’ – Pagasa

Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet 08/14/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Rain and overcast skies will prevail over several parts of the country on Monday due to the southwest monsoon, locally known as the “habagat,” the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.…

Poverty seen from below

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 08/13/2022

The scale of poverty as seen from below, by the people, is very much larger than as seen from above, by the bureaucracy. Nearly half of household heads in the nation rate their families as Mahirap (Poor),…

Cebu City prepares P50 million financial assistance for quake-hit areas in Luzon

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, in an online press conference on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, announced his directive to prepare P50 million as assistance to the earthquake-hit areas in Luzon last July 28,…

Magnitude 7 earthquake leaves P33.8-B in damage to infrastructure

Inquirer One Luzon Bureau - @inquirerdotnet 07/28/2022

BAGUIO CITY—The 7-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luzon on Wednesday left at least P33.8-billion worth of damage to infrastructure in the Cordillera and Ilocos regions, an official said Thursday. Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro, deputy administrator for operations…

WATCH: Drone footage of damage caused by quake in Abra

Reuters 07/28/2022

A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday, July 27, killing at least five people, damaging buildings and sending strong tremors through the capital, Manila. | via Reuters…

Rama: Cebu City, LCP will help earthquake-affected areas

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 07/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, the newly elected president of the League of the Cities of the Philippines (LCP), said the LCP will look into its internal capability to help the victims of…

7.3 quake jolts Luzon

Inquirer One Luzon Bureau INQ 07/27/2022

MANILA, Philippines–A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck inland in the northern province of Abra at 8:43 a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualty from the strong quake…

Tuesday weather in PH: Hot, humid with chances of rain

Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet 06/06/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Weather conditions across the country on Tuesday will be fair in general amid hot and humid temperatures and chances of rain due to thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. This was according to the…

Hot, humid Monday with afternoon rain, says Pagasa

Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet 03/20/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Monday will be hot and humid, with short-lived rain in the afternoon and evening, said  the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). “Sa buong bahagi ng Luzon inaasahan pa rin natin na…

Police: P68M shabu came from Luzon-based Cebuano drug lord

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are tracking down a suspected big-time Cebuano drug lord based in Luzon after the police have linked him to the 10 kilos of shabu seized during the bloody June 10 buy-bust operation…

NGCP warns of power supply shortage in Luzon

Ronnel Domingo 04/19/2021

Lockdown restrictions that have been restored three weeks ago are causing extended power plant outages that may result in supply shortage in Luzon despite lower power demand, according to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).…

LPA spotted off Mindanao; cool Luzon weather due to ‘amihan’ — Pagasa

Katrina Hallare - Reporter / @KHallareINQ 02/13/2021

MANILA, Philippines — A low-pressure area was spotted off Mindanao, while cool weather is expected in most parts of Luzon due to the northeast monsoon or “amihan”, the state weather bureau said Saturday. In its 4 a.m.…

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