Philippines' Mayon Volcano Eruption 2013: Five dead climbers were found, identified
Posted by: richwebnews
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-24 09:28:23 -0700 | travel-news
The five climbers that are dead were indentified after Philippines' Mayon volcano rumbled to life, spewing room-sized rocks towards them. The five fatalities includes three German nationals, identified as Rolan Tietze, Furian Stelter and Joanne Edosa and a Spanish national...
Sudden eruption kills five on slopes of Mayon Volcano
Posted by: northsunm32
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-24 01:13:47 -0700 | disasters-news
A sudden explosion of ash and large rocks killed five people who were climbing up to the crater of Mayon Volcano near Legazpi, in the Philippines. There was a group of nearly 30 climbers with Filipino guides who had spent...
Phl puts up first climate change academy
Posted by: omeroscar
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-04-19 05:08:50 -0700 | causes-news
Will a climate change academy lessen the impact of natural calamities besetting the Philippines every year? This question was raised on Friday by different quarters after Philippine President Benigno Aquino III inaugurated the country's first climate change academy. Located inside...
Girl Braves Flood To Save Philippines Flag
Posted by: dunite
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-07-26 03:05:34 -0700 | lifestyle-news
Perhaps she was in a bit of a hurry to take it home, but 12-year-old school girl Janella Lelis took a Philippines Flag from school and brazenly bore down flooded street to save it from ruin by the onslaught of...
Albay delicacies I could not forget
Posted by: lynspace
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-03-30 04:26:30 -0700 | lifestyle-news
by Lyn V. RamoLEGAZPI CITY -- In just three visits to Albay I have come to love many delightful Albayanon delicacies that tended to awaken the culinary writer in me. Each of the delicacies served for people who eat and...
IT Volunteers Enable Automation of Philippine Microfinance Institutions
Posted by: samtenaglia
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2011-06-07 10:00:20 -0700 | humanitarian-news
One of the developing world’s most inspiring success stories has just gained a new ally. Microfinance, long perceived to be the effective and sustainable tool against poverty, gets a lift with the influx of volunteers from Accenture Philippines. Microfinance is...
Envi journalists mark first anniversary in Albay
Posted by: lynspace
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-03-30 04:06:35 -0700 | green-news
by Lyn V. RamoLEGAZPI, ALBAY -- Filipino environment journalists gather here for a two-day observance of World Environment Day on June 5 to mark their first year of existence as a group. Imelda Abanio, Business Mirror correspondent for Cordillera, and...
3 dead, 22 afflicted with diarrhea in Daraga, Albay
Posted by: suequisel
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-03-25 03:02:29 -0700 | health-news
ALBAY, Philippines - Three people died whereas at least 22 others were hospitalized because of diarrhea that broke in the rural community of Daraga, Albay in Bicol since last month. The water from a spring was a possible cause of...
Pres. Aquino visits flood and landslide victims in Albay
Posted by: jesettextine
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-07-27 08:35:14 -0700 | disasters-news
Legaspi City, Philippines - President Benigno Aquino III visited Albay early this morning to personally assess the damages caused by flood and landslide. He turned over Php 1.7 Million worth of relief goods and Php 2.3 Million worth of medicines...
Floods, landslides displace 684,153 persons in Bicol, Visayas, and Mindanao
Posted by: jpatrick7308
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-11-02 05:04:46 -0700 | your-story
The massive flooding and a series of landslides in the Bicol region, Visayas, and Mindanao continue to wreak havoc in 24 provinces, with the number of displaced people reaching 684,153 while the death toll has increased to 29 as of...
Couple Vows To Exchange Vows Amidst Disaster
Posted by: dunite
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-07-26 06:27:13 -0700 | odd-news
It was a wedding planned several years before and yet, on the fateful day Glenda Lorenzo and Ryan Cuebillas was supposed to exchange their vows disaster struck. Four days of unrelentless rains flooded big portions of the City of Legazpi...
Philippine floods left 2 dead, thousands evacuated
Posted by: Gino C. Matibag
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-01-24 19:50:56 -0800 | humanitarian-news
Nonstop heavy monsoon rains for six straight days in the Albay province, southeast of Manila, brought flash floods and landslides that caused the death of two people and forced the evacuation of 4,000 others. According to a report by AFP,...
Life at its finest: still not overrated
Posted by: writerako_1988
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2010-09-28 23:16:38 -0700 | your-story
Reflecting on how life storms us with an array of difficulties, giving up is the very first thing we think of doing whenever we encounter endeavors that we can’t seem to pass. For us, it is a sure thing that...
Albay gears up to reduce disaster risk, aims for zero casualty
Posted by: ngamolo
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-11-02 00:48:10 -0700 | political-news
By Nora O. Gamolo On the southern tip of Luzon, the Philippine archipelago’s biggest island, lies Albay province. Though one of the most well-endowed with natural resources, it is also in the path of supertyphoons. Its beautiful Mayon Volcano is...
The Albay experience: relocating early means zero casualty
Posted by: lynspace
Legazpi :: Philippines | updated 2012-03-30 04:12:58 -0700 | allnews
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – “Albay is a one-stop shop for disasters. Name it, we have it,” says Albay Governor Jose Mari “Joey” Sarte Salceda on a light note. Salceda recently received the award as global Senior Champion in disaster risk...
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