BRP Dagupan City (LS551), a logistics support vessel of the Philippine Navy (PN), has delivered relief items to Batanes after it was devastated by typhoon “Kiko” earlier this month, a Navy spokesperson disclosed Tuesday, September 28. Commander Benjo Negranza, PN...
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MANILA – The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) and a new low pressure area (LPA) last observed over the coastal waters of Dumaran, Palawan will bring rain showers over Mimaropa and Western Visayas, a weather forecaster said Tuesday. “There will be occasional...
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COLONEL Peter Limbauan, director of Samar Police Provincial Office, lauded the personnel of Sto. Nino Municipal Police Station for their successful search, rescue and retrieval operation after they brought some 50 fishermen to safety amid the onslaught of Typhoon...
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MANILA – The Philippine Navy (PN) has activated its disaster response and recovery teams (DDRTs) to help communities affected by Typhoons Jolina and Kiko. In a statement Thursday, Navy spokesperson, Commander Benjo Negranza said these DRRTs, composing of the Naval...
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Five fishermen died while 50 more were rescued as typhoon ‘Jolina” unleashed its fury in several parts of Luzon and the Visayas. In Samar, four fishermen drowned after strong waves hit various small fishing vessels off the waters of Eastern Visayas. Police Staff Sgt....
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11 a.m., Sept. 9 State weather bureau PAGASA estimated the center of typhoon Kiko at 670 kilometers (km) East of Baler, Aurora as of 10 a.m. The typhoon further intensified reaching a maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and...
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11 a.m., Sept. 9 – The PAGASA lifted on Thursday, Sept. 9, the tropical cyclone wind signals in areas recently affected by tropical storm “Jolina” (international name “Conson”) as it further moves away from the country. The state weather bureau estimated the...
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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is verifying reports that at least 18 fishermen went missing in Samar during the onslaught of tropical storm “Jolina.” This was bared by PCG Spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo, citing that the fishermen were reported missing in...
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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has recorded over 1,900 stranded passengers in various ports due to continuous onslaught of typhoon “Jolina”. The PCG monitored at least 1,946 stranded passengers in Eastern Visayas and Bicol regions as of 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept....
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TORRENTIAL rains brought by Tropical Storm Dante caused massive flooding in Eastern Visayas towns Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Lieutenant Colonel Ma. Bella Rentuaya, spokesperson of Police Regional Office-Eastern Visayas, said a total of 173 persons were evacuated in Maasin...
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Nearly all of the world’s glaciers are losing mass at an ever increasing pace, contributing to more than a fifth of global sea level rise this century, according to unprecedented research released Wednesday. Glaciers — vast bodies of frozen water that sit above ground...
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LEGAZPI CITY – Close to a thousand sea travelers bound for Visayas and Mindanao were still marooned on Sunday in various ports in Bicol, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said. Gremil Alexis Naz, OCD spokesperson, said aside from 995 stranded passengers, drivers and...
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