MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday directed government agencies to focus providing assistance in areas that are isolated as Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat continue to batter parts of the country with h…
Day: July 24, 2024
Meralco to restore electricity once flooding subsides
MANILA: The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) assured its customers on Wednesday that power restoration will be immediately done once floodwaters subside in areas affected by Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon (habagat).
“We are also closely mo…
‘Drug peddler’ falls, P6.8-M ‘shabu’ seized in MagSur buy-bust
DATU ODIN SINSUAT: Maguindanao Sur – Police arrested here Tuesday afternoon an alleged high-value target during a drug buy-bust operation and seized from him suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP6.8 million.
Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Sul…
2 missing in La Union amid Typhoon Carina
MALASIQUI: The search and rescue or retrieval operations for the two missing persons in La Union are ongoing amid the heavy rainfall due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by Super Typhoon Carina.
The La Union Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Ma…
Leyte’s Kalanggaman Island closed for 5-day recuperation break
TACLOBAN CITY: The local government of Palompon, Leyte, has temporarily closed the picturesque Kalanggaman Island this week for the destination to recuperate from tourism activities.
The temporary closure started on July 22 and will last until July 2…
NA Vice Chairman visits policy beneficiary families in Lai Chau province
NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai led a delegation to the mountainous province of Lai Chau on July 24 to pay tribute to martyrs at the Lai Chau province’s martyr cemetery and to present gifts to 50 families of war invalids and martyrs. The event was pa…