House to fund Navotas floodgate repairs
SPEAKER Martin Romualdez has ordered the House appropriations panel to fund repairs for the breached Tangos-Tanza Navigational Gate in Navotas City.
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Senate spouses hold relief operation
THE Senate Spouses Foundation Inc. (SSFI) led by Heart Evangelista-Escudero on Friday distributed aid to 2,600 Marikina City residents displaced by floods brought by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Typhoon «Carina.»
Elderly Marikina couple loses all they have to floods–again
MANY residents of Marikina City are still struggling to recover from the damage that Typhoon «Carina» and the floods brought about by its torrential rains left behind.
'Carina' death toll hits 21
(UPDATES) THE death toll from floods and landslides brought about by Typhoon «Carina» and torrential rains climbed to 21, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.
Sen. Go visits patients, flood victims in PGH
AS heavy rains from the typhoon-enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) pounded the National Capital Region on Thursday, Sen. Bong Go visited the Cancer Institute at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in the city of Manila.
New LPA spotted off Mindanao
(UPDATES) THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Friday said that a new low-pressure area (LPA) was sighted 1,035 kilometers east of southeastern Mindanao, but its effect will not be felt in the country for the next 48 hours. «It was forecast to unlikely affect the country in at least over the next 48 hours, but it would bring rain in some areas,» Pagasa weather specialist James Daniel Villamil said. Monsoon rains brought by the southwest monsoon are affecting the Ilocos Region, Batanes and Babuyan Islands. It could bring occasional rains over Bataan, Zambales and Pampanga, the state-run weather agency said in its 5 a.m. advisory.
Nearly 300,000 displaced in eastern China as Typhoon Gaemi hits
Authorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China on Friday due to Typhoon Gaemi, which brought torrential rains that have already caused five deaths in Taiwan. Gaemi, the strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years, made landfall on Thursday, flooding parts of the island's second largest city. Typhoon also intensified seasonal rains in the Philippines on its way to Taiwan, triggering floods and landslides that resulted in 20 deaths.
Meralco: 125,000 customers still without power in Carina's wake
MANILA, Philippines — About 125,000 customers of power distributor Meralco are still waiting for power restoration due to the combined effects of Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) and the southwest monsoon.