MANILA: About 183,464 families consisting of 882,861 persons have been affected by the combined effects of the southwest monsoon or “habagat,” Typhoon Carina, and the former tropical depression Butchoy, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Managem…
MANILA: Four people, including a pregnant woman and her nine-year-old daughter, died in a landslide incident in Agoncillo, Batangas, a police report reaching Camp Crame on Wednesday.
The four fatalities were identified as Denden Rimas, 27, pregnant, …
CEBU CITY: The Cebu City local government unit will form a task force to address housing backlogs that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. mentioned in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday.
Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia said on …
CALAMBA CITY: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Calabarzon has reminded employees that absences due to weather disturbances such as Typhoon Carina cannot be meted with administrative sanction from employers.
Dale Villafuerte, DOLE Calabar…
CEBU CITY: The city government here is speeding up efforts to clear rivers of silts and sludge buildup to pave the way for the creation of river parks to sustain anti-flooding activities, an official said on Wednesday.
Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garc…
MANILA: Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla said the Marcos administration was able to fast-track the completion of transmission line projects that will stabilize the power situation and reduce the electricity rates across the country…