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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesThe World Food Program has started distributing high-energy, vitamin-enriched biscuits to evacuees from flooded communities in Metro Manila and elsewhere in Luzon. Expressing its sympathies to the Philippines following the devastation...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
P8.791-M emergency employment fund on hand for flood-hit areas in NCR August 11, 2012 6:01pm Metro Manila workers displaced by the recent heavy rain and floods may benefit from an P8.791-million emergency employment fund from the Department of Labor...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesAuthorities rushed to bring food and other emergency provisions Saturday to more than two million people affected by widespread flooding, as the death toll rose to 66, an official said. The flooding that submerged 80 percent of Manila...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
In posts on its Twitter account, Maynilad said the water from Angat Dam had been "very turbid," and it reduced water production to keep water safe. "(The) water from Angat (is) very turbid. To keep water safe, we had to reduce water production...
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Asian Journal
| 10 months ago
The volume of rainfall that submerged Metro Manila and nearby provinces yesterday surpassed that of Tropical Storm Ondoy, initial reports from the governments Project Noah (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) showed. But though the monsoon...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
The dwellings were reduced to ashes in a blaze that took over three hours to put under control. No one died or was reported injured. Firefighters still had not snuffed the fire out as of 11 p.m...The victims have sought temporary shelter at a...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
The death toll from flooding and landslides in the Philippines increased to 60 Friday, officials said, and the forecast called for more rain. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said most of the deaths were drownings.
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
The death toll from five days of torrential rains and subsequent floods in the Philippines climbed to 60 Friday while weather forecasts predict more rains across the main island of Luzon. Rescue and relief efforts are under way to help hundreds of...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
When asked about the other forms of assistance given to the country, Del Rosario said that he had not looked at the other pledges. The United States had said it would donate up to $100,000 in assistance. Raul Hernandez, DFA spokesman, in a...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
Residents wade in waist-deep floodwaters in order to get to their submerged shanties in Valenzuela, north of Manila . Photo: Reuters Longer than usual call wait times for Australian telco customers are being blamed on the severe flooding in...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Ginagawa natin ang lahat para maibsan ang epekto nito (We ask for understanding. Until the turbidity level goes down, we cannot normalize water supply. We are doing everything to minimize the impact on customers)," she said in an interview on dzBB...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Qualified cardholders and personal loan customers will be entitled to extra 30 days to settle their outstanding balance from their most recent payment due date. Late payment charges will be waived, but interest charges will accrue on the balance. ...
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Pacific Daily News
| 10 months ago
Rufina Pascual, collecting officer at 632-421-1920 or accounting@ocd.gov.ph ...Donations to the social welfare department are being accepted at the Land Bank of the Philippines, Batasan, Quezon City, Philippines, at account number 3124-0055-81. For...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesPresident Benigno Aquino on Thursday sternly warned a drug company that had raised the price of a medicine for leptospirosis by 750 percent in anticipation of an outbreak of the water-borne illness as a result of widespread flooding in...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
33 pm Thursday, August 9th, 2012 Residents hang on to a rope as they pass strong currents along a flooded area in Marikina City on Thursday. Philippines Forty-nine persons were killed from the torrential rains spawned by southwest monsoon in Metro...
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
Men crosses deep floodwaters in San Juan, north of Manila, Philippines. Widespread flooding paralyzed the Philippine capital and many other areas on Wednesday as rescue efforts focused on the large number of distressed residents who are still...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
The rains, after a brief respite, returned with vengeance to savage the Philippine capital of Manila, causing more deadly flooding and other destruction. As of Thursday, flooding, landslides and related incidents blamed on torrential rains of several...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
The DepEd said classes will remain suspended in Caloocan, Marikina, Pasay and Quezon Cities. In a separate post on its Twitter account, Caloocan City said the suspension will cover all levels, in both public and private schools. Marikina City also...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesThe Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration raised the rainfall warning over parts of Metro Manila to orange alert and renewed warnings of possible flooding and landslides. The warning was raised at...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
The Philippines has once again been recognized as one of the world's social media capitals, ranking 10th in the list of countries with the most number of users on website twitter.com. Data from social media monitor Semiocast showed that 9.5 million...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
All classes Thursday suspended in NCR, 9 neighboring provinces Malacanang August 8, 2012 8:37pm Malacanang has suspended all classes from preschool to postgraduate courses in the National Capital Region and the provinces of Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga,...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Services Administration) Science Garden was 687 mm. This amount is higher than the 24-hour accumulated rainfall during Sept, 26, 2009 the day when Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana) devastated Metro Manila and other...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Philippines Let's get used to great floods. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Wednesday said that intense rains and massive floods which can submerge 50 percent of Metro Manila will most likely to become a familiar sight to the...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Malabon, Navotas, San Juan, Pasay, and Valenzuela; and Bulacan (Guiguinto, Meycauayan, Malolos, Obando), Laguna, Pampanga, Zambales...Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim made the declaration Wednesday as, according to Gilbert...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
US offer sympathies, aid to monsoon flood victims August 8, 2012 7:52pm The Chinese embassy on Wednesday was saddened by the torrential rains that devastated Metro Manila and several provinces in Luzon. I am saddened by the big losses that the...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Eleven people were killed and over a million displaced as torrential rains caused flooding in large parts of Manila and nine provinces in northern and central Philippines. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Wednesday...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
National Resource Operations Center in Chapel Road, Pasay City. The video was uploaded August 7. The Department of Social Welfare and Development welcomes volunteers to assist in relief efforts for the benefit of those affected by the August 6-8,...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
EDT The worst floods in three years in the Philippines capital Manila have claimed the lives of 16 people and left more than 270,000 homeless. While nearly half of the capital remains under water, torrential rains are forecast to continue in Manila.
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
More than 1.2 million people have been affected so far, it said.
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
The rains that deluged Manila appeared to be easing Wednesday, but not before leaving several dead in the already typhoon-crippled Philippine capital. As rescue and emergency workers began cleaning up in the wake of virtually non-stop downpour and...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesWork in several government offices in Metro Manila and nearby provinces were suspended on Wednesday due to the continuous rains which triggered massive flooding. The announcement was made on the Office of the Presidents' official...
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PRWeb
| 10 months ago
ABS CBN Foundation International announces the reactivation of Sagip Kapamilya, a disaster rescue, relief and rehabilitation program, as the rescue operations are now a race against time. What began as a typical, seasonal monsoon for the 12 million...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Despite the absence of a typhoon, monsoon rains which dumped 300 millimetres (12 inches) of rain in the Philippine national capital region (NCR) caused half of Metro Manila to be flooded. The amount is thrice the daily average of 80 to 100 mm of rain,...
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CNN Blog
| 10 months ago
The recent uptick in tropical activity brings the Western Pacific tropical cyclone season back up to average after a slow start. But several recent flash-flooding events from higher-than-normal seasonal rainfall in southern Japan , as well as North...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Matthew Gonzalez-Noda/Christian Aid Within the past 24 hours, torrential rains have caused massive flooding in Manila , bringing the sprawling capital of the Philippines to a standstill. Dr Mahar Lagmay, executive director of Project Noah , the...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Philippines The United States government offered up to $100,000 (P4.3 million) in assistance to the Philippines to support disaster relief operations amid monsoon floods around Metro Manila and nearby provinces. In a statement issued Tuesday night,...
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Business World
| 10 months ago
Metro Manila to a standstill yesterday, with financial markets, schools and most private and government offices shut as floods hit large parts of the capital. Officials said nearly a million people had been displaced and 68 people killed from rains...
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Sky News
| 10 months ago
Initial reports say eight people were killed in a landslide in the Manila suburb of Quezon City. The floods cover much of the Philippines' most populated island Luzon. The government has suspended schools and sent orders for both private office...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
A man crosses deep floodwaters using water containers as floaters in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines, August 7, 2012. VOA News August 07, 2012 Torrential rains have pounded the already soaked Philippine capital of Manila and...
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Al Jazeera English
| 10 months ago
50 Flood water has reached up to two metres, shutting down entire city blocks in Manila [AFP] Torrential rains in the Philippines have forced nearly 20,000 people into makeshift camps closing schools, offices and the stock exchange.
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Wellington Dominion
| 10 months ago
Deadly torrential rains submerged much of the Philippine capital and surrounding areas on Tuesday (local time), forcing nearly 270,000 people to flee their homes with more flooding expected in the north of the country as a tropical storm passes...
