Barge runs aground in Navotas due to Enteng
MANILA, Philippines — Amid the inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Enteng, another barge ran aground in the waters off Navotas yesterday.
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Show of force: 203 China vessels spotted in West Philippine Sea
MANILA, Philippines — Chinese naval and civilian vessels in the West Philippine Sea made their biggest show of force this year, reaching 203 in the past seven days as against the 163 monitored the previous week, the Philippine Navy said yesterday.
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PCG warns mariners: Beware of debris from Chinese rocket
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) issued a warning to mariners traversing waters around Panay Island, Catanduanes after China launched a rocket earlier on Tuesday morning, September 3.
‘Enteng’ accelerates over West Philippine Sea
MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Enteng (international name: Yagi) is now over the West Philippine Sea and is moving northward at a faster pace on Tuesday early morning, September 3.
Tropical storm Yagi kills 7 in the Philippines
Floods and a landslide killed seven people in the Philippines on Monday as tropical storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, dumped heavy rain on the capital Manila and nearby provinces, a disaster agency official said on Monday. In a hilly community in Antipolo east of Manila, three people were killed, including two schoolboys and a 27-year-old pregnant woman, when a landslide hit two houses, according to Relly Bernardo, the city's disaster management chief.
Storm floods northern Philippine regions, including capital, disrupting schools, work and travel
MANILA: A storm unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday, prompting authorities to suspend classes and government work in the capital region and warn thousands of residents to prepare to evacuate from flood-prone villages along a key river. Tropical Storm Yagi was blowing 115 kilometers (71 miles) northeast of Infanta town in Quezon province, southeast of Manila, on Monday with sustained winds of up to 75 kilometers (47 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 90 kph (56 mph), according to the weather bureau.
8 Chinese, 7 Malaysians trying to sneak into the country intercepted
THE Bureau of Immigration yesterday said that government agents intercepted 15 foreigners who tried to illegally enter the country’s backdoor aboard two speedboats last Sunday.