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MANILA, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — Almost three thousand cases of dengue have been recorded in Metro Manila in the first quarter of 2015 despite the fact that dengue is usually more common during the rainy season. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
The average retail price of sugar has increased during the second week of April due to the increase in demand and speculations that traders will increase prices in preparation for they payment of the 12% Value Added Tax (VAT) next month. According to the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), the average retail price of raw sugar in Metro Manila markets have increased by P1.00 per kilo. From P43.50, the current price is now at P44.50 per […]
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB) approved the 15 peso minimum wage increase in Metro Manila.
The country’s weather bureau said in its Thursday forecast that the northeast monsoon will continue to be the dominant weather system that can affect the country, bringing cloudy skies with light rains in most parts of Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Quezon), Bicol Region and the provinces of Aurora and Samar will experience light rains. Metro Manila and […]
The temperature in Metro Manila reached 18.2 degrees Celsius, the second lowest temperature recorded in Metro Manila this year in the “amihan” season.
Metro Manila will be cloudy with occasional rainshowers and thunderstorms as a tail-end of a cold front continue to affect Southern Luzon, and the Northeast Monsoon also affecting Northern Luzon. PAGASA said Aurora, Quezon and Palawan will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. The regions of Cagayan Valley, Cordillera and Ilocos will have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated […]
(Eagle News Service) — “Ruby” has further weakened into a tropical depression, after making landfall in Batangas, and is now heading towards Lubang island. As of 4 a.m., Ruby, with international name Hagupit, was estimated at 80 kilometers southwest of Ambulong, Tanauan City, Batangas. Presenty, tropical depression Ruby only has maximum sustained winds of 60 kilometers per hour near the center. When typhoon Ruby first made landfall in Dolores, Eastern Samar on Saturday, its maximum […]
(Eagle News Service) — Some 8,000 residents of low-lying coastal areas and those living near waterways in Metro Manila evacuated to temporary shelters on Monday (December 8), as typhoon Ruby, international name Hagupit, lashed across provinces south of the capital and threatened Metro Manila Monday evening. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said the death toll from “Ruby”, which has weakened into a tropical storm Monday late afternoon, stood at two. Both […]
PAGASA said that Metro Manila will be placed under storm signal two as typhoon “Ruby” passes the region by 2 in the morning, Monday, December 8, 2014.
The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center as well as the PAGASA estimated that Metro Manila will also be affected by the super-typhoon “Ruby”, with strong rains expected on Sunday.
Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas issued an order strengthening police presence in the eight problem areas in Metro Manila.
A low pressure area found in Samar will not become a storm but will still bring rains to Metro Manila. PAGASA declared the official start of the “amihan” season.
