Three persons  were crushed to death by a   palm tree, locally known as buli,  which fell on two houses in sitio Kalubihan, barangay Labogon, Mandaue City,  shortly after midnight. The fatalities were identified as  Romeo Dimpas, 44,  and his wife Teresa, 45,  and a neighbor   Richard Herodiaz, 27. The  5-ton ...

BATANGAS CITY—The municipal council of Bauan in Batangas declared a state of calamity to immediately address the needs of residents in eight villages swamped by floodwaters on June 9. Municipal administrator Antonio de Lacy Jr. said by phone on Sunday that Friday’s declaration would enable the local government to release ...

A Catholic bishop and Maguindanao officials called on President Benigno Aquino III on Sunday to help unclog the Rio Grande de Mindanao.

COTABATO CITY—The death toll due to floods sweeping Central Mindanao rose to seven, as two more fatalities were reported on Tuesday. Disaster officials said Noel Hiso, 32, a militiaman from Carmen, North Cotabato, was caught by floodwaters while he was crossing the Malitubog River in Carmen, North Cotabato, about 5 ...

COTABATO CITY—At least five persons drowned in North Cotabato and Maguindanao after torrential rains hit Mindanao the past few days, disaster officials said. At least 10 municipalities surrounding the Liguasan marshland in Maguindanao have been flooded for a week now. Last week, three persons drowned in Libungan and Pikit, both ...

AS CLASSES open today, school officials and communities in central and northern Luzon, especially in areas devastated by strong typhoons in the past two years, are struggling to bring learning to children no matter the odds. In Pangasinan, the two sections of Grade 6 in San Miguel Elementary School in ...

A HEAVY downpour caused a portion of the 200-meter riprap to collapse in the Mahiga Creek n sitio San Isidro II, barangay Mabolo, in Cebu City, last Friday. With this, the Cebu City Disaster Coordinating Council (CCDC) said it was timely that workers had demolished  illegal dwellings there earlier in ...

Blinded in one eye from a slingshot injury, Girlie is unable to return to her original home. But she retains her majestic and proud bearing, and has been drafted into service for a higher cause—the protection and survival of her species, no less. Apparently, not many people know that there ...

A baby girl  survived being crushed by boulders that fell on her grandfather’s home in Naga City, south Cebu. The landslide took place 11 a.m. Saturday in barangay Naalad, but it wasn’t until yesterday that the full extent of the landslide was seen by government geologists. The baby’s  father Reynante ...

BATANGAS CITY—A sudden drop in temperature that lowered oxygen level at the onset of the rainy season in Taal Lake has killed 752.6 metric tons of fish worth P57.226 million since Friday, officials said on Sunday. The fishkill was the worst climate change disaster to hit Batangas, according to Rosario ...

MANILA, Philippines—The Las Piñas-Parañaque Coastal Lagoon—eyed to be reclaimed by authorities—not only serves as a stop for migratory birds but also supports the lives of families in the area who turn to it for livelihood and protection. The 175-hectare lagoon, which serves as home to endangered Philippine ducks and a ...

TOKYO – Typhoon Songda churned northeast along Pacific coasts in southern Japan Sunday, bringing with it heavy rains and staying on course to hit Tokyo as it weakened, weather officials said. It was expected to be downgraded to a depression late Sunday but could still dump torrential rain on the ...

TUBA, Benguet, Philippines—A heavy downpour ushering the start of the rainy season caused a pocket mine tunnel in Barangay Camp 4 here to collapse on Friday, killing a small-scale miner and injuring two of his companions, reports from the Office of Civil Defense in the Cordillera showed. The OCD Cordillera ...

BAGUIO, Philippines—The death toll from Typhoon Chedeng (Songda) rose to three on Saturday as rescuers retrieved the body of a miner trapped in a flooded tunnel, officials said. A 24-hour rescue effort near the northern town of Tuba failed to save the miner, who was trapped when rainwater brought by ...

MANILA, Philippines – Rain caused by the southwest monsoon flooded parts of metro Manila this Saturday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said. As of 9:00 a.m., Lascano and Tugatog Streets and Letre Road area in Malabon City are not passable to light vehicles after it recorded knee-deep level or 19 ...

MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon “Chedeng” (international name: Songda) has gained strength and is moving towards Japan, the state-run weather bureau said. In its latest weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that Chedeng was seen 250 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City and is now packing ...