Tag: Ompong

Class suspensions for Wednesday, Sept. 19

(Eagle News)–Classes were suspended on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, due to the effects of “Ompong.” Below is a list: Apalit, Pampanga- Paligui Elementary School, Alauli DCC- Tabuyuc  – pre-school Arayat, Pampanga – Barangay Candating— elementary Calumpit, Bulacan  — all levels, public and private Candaba, Pampanga – Barangays Sto. Rosario, Pansinao, Gulap, Lanang, Paralaya, Pasig, Buas, Pescadores, San Agustin, Mandasig, Bambang — all levels, public and private Itogon, Benguet — all levels, public and private Macabebe, Pampanga […]

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European Commission brings over P125 million in aid for Typhoon “Ompong” victims

(Eagle News)—-The European Commission is bringing more than P125 million in emergency aid for the victims of Typhoon “Ompong.” In mobilizing the P125.06 million worth of aid,  Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides said the “contribution will help provide crucial support to those most in need” and will help the victims “face the challenges during this time of need.” The EC said the amount can be used to provide the basic needs […]

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Senator Aquino urges gov’t to buy storm-damaged palay from farmers affected by “Ompong”

(Eagle News) — Senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday, Sept. 18, urged the government to buy the “storm-damaged palay” of farmers affected by Typhoon “Ompong” so they could get back on their feet. In a statement, Aquino urged President Rodrigo Duterte to order the National Food Authority to do the same. He said the NFA, after all, already did this in the past. He said the government can also “use the President’s Social Fund or the […]

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Duterte pushes for creation of “refugee centers”

Lauds officials in Isabela, where there was zero casualty due to “Ompong,” for job well done (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 18, pushed for the creation of refugee centers, following the onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong” over the weekend. “Let us talk about money needed to set up refugee (centers) and all,” Duterte told officials in Isabela, whom he also commended for a job “well done.” Although one of the hardest-hit provinces, […]

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Duterte reiterates he wants to ban mining in the country

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 18, reiterated his wish to ban mining in the country, following a landslide that buried at least 30 people in Itogon, Benguet, and which was blamed on mining operations in the area. “I want to stop mining because it has created a monster in the country,” Duterte said in a press briefing in Isabela. He said mining destroys marine life, and “puts in peril the […]

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DILG to probe 10 municipal mayors who were “missing in action” during onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong”

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government will probe ten municipal mayors for possible negligence after they were alleged to be missing in action even as  Typhoon “Ompong” battered their areas of jurisdiction over the weekend. Jonathan Malaya, DILG spokesperson, did not name the mayors but said they were from the Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley. “Ompong” made landfall in northern Luzon. “We are now doing a review of their performance […]

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China’s Xi condoles with PHL for lives lost during onslaught of “Ompong”

(Eagle News)–Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, Sept. 18, extended his condolences to President Rodrigo Duterte for the lives lost due to “Ompong.” “On behalf of the Chinese government and people, and in his own name, Xi mourned the victims and expressed sympathy to those injured, the bereaved families and the people in the affected area,” Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua said in a statement. The statement, quoting Xi, added that “China and the Philippines are friendly […]

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Grim search for typhoon landslide victims as Philippines toll climbs to 74

  by Purple Romero Agence France Presse ITOGON, Philippines (AFP) — Hundreds of Philippine rescuers used shovels and their bare hands Tuesday to sift through a massive landslide, with dozens feared dead in the region worst-hit by Typhoon Mangkhut as the storm’s toll climbed to 74. The typhoon, 2018’s most powerful, smashed homes and flooded key agricultural regions in the northern Philippines before battering Hong Kong and southern China with fierce winds and heavy rain. […]

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In photos: Vast rice and cornfields in Ilagan, Isabela damaged by typhoon Ompong

  (Eagle News) — Vast rice and cornfields are damaged by typhoon Ompong’s powerful winds and rainds that slammed into Ilagan City in Isabela.  Initial estimated pegged the damage to agriculture at more than P370 million.   In the Philippines, the over-all damage to agriculture was estimated at more than P14 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture. (Ricky Laggui, Eagle News Service correspondent in Ilagan, Isabela)

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Typhoon Ompong’s damage to PHL agri reaches P14.27 billion

  (Eagle News) — Typhoon “Ompong” damaged P14.27 billion worth of agriculture after it destroyed more than half a million hectares of farmland, according to the Department of Agriculture. The agricultural damage affected rice, corn, high value crops and livestock covering a total of 553,704 hectares. This has an estimated volume of production loss at 731,294 metric tons (MT). The DA said that the rice sector had the largest share of losses since 397,204 hectares […]

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President Duterte meets with kin of victims in landslide in Itogon, Benguet

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Sept. 17, met with the victims of those killed in a landslide in Itogon, Benguet. The meeting, which was shown in pictures posted by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go in his social media account, took place before he led a briefing on the effects of “Ompong” on the Cordillera Administrative Region at the Benguet Provincial Capitol. At least 30 people were killed after a landslide at the […]

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France condoles with PHL for lives lost during onslaught of “Ompong”

(Eagle News)–France extended its condolences to the Philippines for the lives lost during the onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong.” France extended “its most sincere condolences to the families of the victims of Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong), which killed dozens of persons in Northern Luzon, and injured and displaced many others” in a statement sent by the French Embassy in Manila. According to France, “we stand ready to examine the assistance and aid they may need to face […]

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