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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the creation of an inter-agency committee tasked to oversee preparatory and organizing activities for the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) that will be held in the Philippines next year.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown — the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government but the House slogging through a longshot effort with no real chance of finishing by Saturday’s deadline.
At least 24 people have been killed in landslides and flooding across central and southern Philippines, authorities said Monday, after tropical storm Megi dumped heavy rain and disrupted travel ahead of the Easter holidays.
MANILA: Tropical storm Saola headed towards Taiwan on Monday while bringing heavy rain to the northern Philippines, cutting power to some towns and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said. With Saola forecast to make landfall over southern Taiwan late on Wednesday or early on Thursday, the typhoon's maximum winds eased to 155 kilometres per hour (96 miles per hour), with gusts of up to 190 kph (118 mph), the weather agency said. The seventh tropical storm in the Philippines this year, Saola had sustained winds of 185 kph (115 mph) and gusts of up to 230 kph (143 mph) on Sunday evening. Besides the wind, rain and power cuts, it forced nearly 2,000 people to seek shelter in evacuation centres, the disaster agency said.
MANILA, Philippines — Work in all offices under the executive branch will be suspended from 3 p.m. today to encourage Filipinos to celebrate the 31st National Family Week.
THE Asean Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Center) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) of the Philippines have partnered to map out response mechanisms to various forms of disasters striking different parts of the region.
MANILA, Philippines — Pollution-related smog smothered Metro Manila residents yesterday, leading to some local government units suspending classes due to poor air quality and hazy visibility, while provinces surrounding Taal Volcano experienced volcanic smog.
BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in China after bringing deadly landslides to the Philippines.