A Japan-based non-government organization (NGO) distributed fishing boats and shelter assistance to Supertyphoon Yolanda victims in Daanbantayan town and Mandaue City. The 1,000 members of the NGO arrived last Wednesday on board the cruise ship Peace Boat…
Calamity-hit fisherfolk in northern Cebu were given “typhoon-resilient” cages to help them resume their livelihood. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) fish cages were distributed to 12 towns in northern Cebu, where bamboo fish cages were destroyed at the height…
Weather is expected to be bright and sunny when the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings start this weekend, the state weather bureau said yesterday. Engr. Oscar Tabada, Pagasa Visayas Director, said it will be sunny on Saturday…
A typhoon will enter the country this afternoon but won’t affect the country as of yet, the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. The typhoon with the international name “Goni” was spotted 2,050 kilometers east of Central…
A typhoon will enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) Tuesday but will not yet affect the country, the weather bureau said Monday. As of 10 a.m, the typhoon with international name “Goni” was 2,050 kilometers east…
Beijing — A typhoon that lashed Taiwan dumped heavy rain and winds on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, leaving a total of 22 people dead or missing, collapsing homes and trees and cutting power to more than…
He may have resigned as rehabilitation czar for the Yolanda rebuilding program, but former senator Panfilo Lacson isn’t quitting on his efforts to remind the national government about its obligation to those who were devastated by the…
A strong typhoon will enter the country before noon today, packing maximum winds of 215 kilomters per hour and gusts up to 250 kph. A gale warning for strong winds may be issued, said Engr. Alfredo Quiblat,…
When super typhoon Nitang struck Cebu in 1984, a Gabaldon schoolhouse in Jampang, Argao sustained massive damage. Five years later, the building that housed the Jampang Primary School in the early 1900s was still in disrepair. It…
The Korean Air partnered once again with Habitat for Humanity Philippines (HFHP) to build shelters in northern Cebu for the victims of typhoon Hagupit that struck last December. Last April 11, 16 Korean Air employees and outsourced…
The municipal government of Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island, Cebu called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to release the P55.2 million balance of its Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA). Sta. Fe Mayor Jose…
Typhoon Dodong (international name Noul) entered the country at 5 a.m. Thursday, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour with gusts reaching up to 170 kph, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa…
