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(Eagle News) — Nasa dalawampu’t anim na pamilya ang naitalang naapektuhan ng bagyong nina sa Calabarzon, Mimaropa at Regions 5 at 8. Batay sa ulat ng National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), ang nasabing bilang ay katumbas ng nasa mahigit apat na rang libong indibidwal mula sa tatlongdaan at walumpu’t apat na barangay sa mga nabanggit na apektadong rehiyon. Ayon kay NDRRMC Executive Director Ricardo Jalad, patuloy pang inaalam ang kabuuang halaga ng […]
(Eagle News) — Personal na dinalaw ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga biktima ng Bagyong Nina sa Camarines Sur. Pinangunahan ng Pangulo ang relief distribution sa mga residenteng tinamaan ng kalamidad nang manalasa ang Bagyong Nina.
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) – About 402 classrooms in 118 schools in the TY Nina-affected Regions 4-A, 4-B and 5 are being used as evacuation centers for 4,050 displaced families or 15, 684 individuals. This was gathered from the report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council released at 6:00 o’clock in the afternoon of December 26. In Region 4-A or CALABARZON, 25 classrooms in 5 schools in the Division […]
Typhoon Nina left the country Tuesday night, leaving in its wake at least six people dead and 18 others missing as government assessed the damage left by the year-end typhoon. As of 11:40 PM on Tuesday, December 27, is already out of the Philippine Area of Responsibilty (PAR). The unusually late storm first hit the eastern provinces on Sunday,December 25, flooding roads and farms, destroying homes and damaging ships as it crossed the archipelago, though the highly-populated Philippine […]
MANILA, Dec.27 (PIA) — The ongoing peace process between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) got a much-needed gain after President Rodrigo Duterte’s envoys were able to touch base with an alleged MILF renegade commander. Ernesto A. Alcanzare, lead organizer of a peace education and advocacy campaign Yes for Peace, shared the positive news through an email sent to PIA-NCR, which detailed the mission undertaken […]
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 27 – To ensure enough relief supplies for families affected by Typhoon Nina, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Central Office is providing augmentation assistance amounting to P206,358,416.38 to 27 local government units (LGUs) that are currently being hit by the typhoon. The assistance includes 580,857 family food packs, 2,459 ready-to-eat meals, 1,585 malong, 885 mosquito net, 885 blankets, and 585 dignity kits. These are on top of the goods that have […]
MAKATI, Dec. 27 – The Board of Investments (BOI) recently approved three petrochemical projects of conglomerate JG Summit Holdings Inc. (JGSHI) worth Php15.8 billion. Two pioneering projects of wholly-owned JGSHI subsidiary JG Summit Petrochemical Corp. (JGSPC) got the nod under the Preferred Activities of the existing Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) with the endorsement of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The first JGSPC project is a Php4.2 billion plant for the production of butadiene […]
TAGUIG CITY, Dec 27 — As super Typoon Nina made landfall in Catanduanes on Sunday, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi instructed concerned units and agencies to immediately restore power facilities and supply to the damaged communities hit by the weather disturbance specifically in Southern Luzon and the Bicol Region. “This is another superTyphoon, we’ve prepared for it and we are currently on the ground to assess the damage and quickly restore compromised energy facilities in each […]
LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 26 (PNA)–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Albay held a special session to pass Resolution No. 255-2016 declaring the entire province of Albay under a state of calamity due to typhoon Nina. Vice Governor Harold Imperial on Monday said a Php 23- million calamity fund was available so the province could recover from the damage wrought by typhoon Nina. He said the typhoon caused heavy damage in the entire province, particularly in the first […]
MANILA, Dec. 26 (PNA) — Malacanang on Monday urged the public to stay alert as typhoon “Nina” continues to pound Southern Tagalog and Bicol region. “We ask the public to stay alert regarding typhoon Nina,” Presidential Communication Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar said in a press statement. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Service Administration (PAGASA), Nina entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) early Saturday morning. The weather bureau raised typhoon signals in […]
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City Dec. 26 (PNA) — Due to typhoon Nina’s flogging of the Calabarzon Region overnight Sunday to Monday, around 876 passengers were stranded in the Batangas and had to spend Christmas Day at the ports. Reports from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) 4-A on Monday said port and coast guard authorities had suspended ports operations in Batangas City as Nina headed toward the region over the weekend. […]
MANILA, Dec. 26 (PNA) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be deploying its personnel for immediate response in areas that are affected by Typhoon “Nina” (international name Nock-ten). In an advisory, the MMDA said around 200 personnel, five military trucks and eight ambulances are on standby and ready to respond to emergency incidents. Some twelve rubber boats are prepositioned on flood-prone areas while six floodgates of the Manggahan Floodway were opened. Traffic […]
