Real estate group aids Ulysses recovery efforts in Ilagan

PR 11/21/2020

Following Typhoon Ulysses’ widespread destruction last week in the province of Isabela, real estate advocacy group A Better Real Estate Philippines (ABREP) mobilized volunteers to provide crucial support to displaced families in Ilagan. A state of calamity…

Keep them from drowning

Rosario A. Garcellano - @inquirerdotnet 11/21/2020

Tears flow aplenty in this season of grief. But the thing to do is to stop crying, you tell yourself. Stop crying for the couple in their 80s in Alcala, Cagayan, whose lives were upended by the…

UN: Philippines gets P182 million int’l aid for typhoon victims

Frances Mangosing - Reporter / @FMangosingINQ 11/20/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations (UN) has announced P182 million worth of aid to typhoon victims in the Philippines. The European Union, Sweden, Australia, United States, Germany, and New Zealand were among those that extended assistance…

Flood-proofing villages and households

Segundo Eclar Romero - @inquirerdotnet 11/20/2020

One reason the ability of the government to cope with “Ulysses” and other calamities is overstretched is because people who should be able to help themselves, or help one another, do not do so. The irony is…

Cebu mulls sending aid to Cagayan

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The economy in the Province of Cebu is barely recovering from the long quarantine brought by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), but Cebuanos are eager to help fellow Filipinos in typhoon struck areas…

Lapu-Lapu motorcycle groups gather donations for flood victims in Luzon

Immae Lachica 11/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Lapu-Lapu City motorcycle groups have united to extend help to flood victims of Typhoon Ulysses. In the Facebook post of Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Ahong Chan early morning Sunday, November 15, he thanked the…

Typhoon Ulysses death toll hits 67 – NDRRMC

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 11/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The official death toll from yyphoon Ulysses (international name: Vamco) has climbed to  67 as of Sunday with dozens more injured or missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) said. As of…

National gov’t told to level up disaster response capabilities, be more empathic

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 11/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Sorsogon Governor Francis Escudero on Sunday urged the national government to “step up to the plate” on its disaster response capabilities after Typhoon Ulysses ravaged many parts of Luzon. “Sorry, but the National Government…

LGUs ‘blindsided’: Aid rushed to Cagayan, Isabela

Villamor Visaya Jr. - Correspondent / @VillVisayaJrINQ 11/15/2020

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Philippines — Civil defense and local disaster officials on Saturday scrambled rescue teams to save thousands of people trapped in their homes, many on rooftops, appealing for help to escape rising waters as the…

#CagayanNeedsHelp trends as netizens cry for help

Katrina Hallare - Reporter / @KHallareINQ 11/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — #CagayanNeedsHelp emerged as a top trending topic on social media after distressed residents appealed for help  amid massive flooding in the Cagayan Valley region due to Typhoon Ulysses. A tweet by @BTS_NamjinGguk7 showed parts…

Mayon Volcano wows with ‘salakot’ clouds after typhoon

Ves Garcia - @inquirerdotnet 11/13/2020

Mayon Volcano made for an eye-catching view on social media after its peak was capped with salakot-like lenticular clouds anew on Thursday, Nov. 12. Photographer John Cidric Santillan took to Facebook to share snaps of the popular…

WATCH: Marikina houses submerged in floodwater

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 11/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Several houses in Marikina City were submerged in floodwater after Typhoon Ulysses brought about heavy overnight rains over the city. In a video by Radyo INQUIRER, houses near the San Mateo-Batasan bridge could be…

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