PH may expect 5 more tropical cyclones before year ends — Pagasa

Daniza Fernandez - Reporter / @DFernandezINQ 10/31/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The country may expect at least five more tropical cyclones until the end of the year, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Monday. In a Laging Handa public briefing,…

‘Queenie’ expected to enter PAR on Monday

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/01/2018

Another typhoon is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Monday or this evening (October 1). The weather disturbance with an international name “Kongrey”, will be the 17th tropical cyclone that will enter the…

15 southern Cebu towns declared under state of calamity

Peter L. Romanillos 12/01/2014

  The Cebu provincial government declared 15 towns in southern Cebu under a state of calamity after they were hit by typhoon Queenie last week. Damages done in the towns of Argao, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, Santander,…

Weather improves as low pressure dissipates

12/01/2014

The low pressure area affecting the eastern part of Mindanao and the southern part of Luzon is expected to dissipate today, bringing improved weather over storm-battered Visayas and Mindanao, according to the state weather bureau. Cloudy skies…

Kawasan opens, but guides required; Boljoon cleans up

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/01/2014

  Kawasan Falls, which sustained damage from tropical depression Queenie, opened to the public yesterday, but authorities will require tourists to have tour guides. In Boljoon town, residents started cleaning up a flooded school to the resumption…

‘Queenie’ aftermath: Weekend stalls response

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/30/2014

Disasters know no holiday, but some officials apparently blame the weekend for the slow response to storm-affected areas in southern Cebu. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) in the provincial capitol compound was also…

Kawasan Falls: A paradise lost to Queenie

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/30/2014

KAWASAN Falls – the multi-layered waterfalls considered as the pride of Badian town – was an unimaginable picture of devastation as the weather cleared the day after tropical depression Queenie unleashed its wrath over southern Cebu. Badian…

Petition asks DPWH to continue reclamation

Marian Z. Codilla 11/30/2014

  A petition signed by 70 residents of the shoreline sitio of Talisay in Boljoon town asked  the government to continue its original plan for a reclamation project there. James Dellosa, district engineer, of the Department of…

Boy who stared death in the face wants to be a soldier

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/30/2014

Right after playing a game of “bato lata” with friends, Jason Baldado made his way across the Saliring Bridge in barangay Sto. Niño, Malabuyoc town, southern Cebu, like he would do on any ordinary day yesterday. Smiling…

Badian sinkhole doubles in size

Doris C. Bongcac 11/29/2014

The sinkhole in Badian town, south Cebu, continues to grow wider. It was already 12 meters wide yesterday, said Eddie Llamedo, information officer of the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7). The …

Killer ‘Queenie’

Ares P. Gutierrez, Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Peter L. Romanillos 11/28/2014

Seven-year-old Jason Baldado was soundly asleep with his mother, Alona,  inside their shanty in barangay Sto. Niño in Malabuyoc town,  southern Cebu when heavy rains brought by tropical  depression Queenie fell before dawn Thursday. Queenie, the 20th…

Queenie relives horrors of Yolanda

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/28/2014

Over a year has passed since Yolanda battered northern Cebu but its wrath and the fear it brought are still fresh among the people in the south. When typhoon Queenie swept through Argao town Wednesday night, roofs…

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