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PHL posts 5.6 percent overall growth based on GDP for whole year of 2021 (Eagle News) – The Philippine economy grew further last year despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the highly debilitating Delta variant, as gross domestic product posted a growth of 7.7 percent in the fourth quarter. Because of this, the country’s GDP posted an over-all growth of 5.6 percent for the whole year of 2021, according to the latest data from the […]
PHL President visiting and touring areas hit by Odette since Saturday, Dec. 18 (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Presidential Proclamation No. 1267 declaring a State of Calamity in six regions namely MIMAROPA (Region 4-b), Western Visayas (Region 6), Central Visayas (Region 7), Eastern Visayas (Region 8), Northern Mindanao (Region 10), and CARAGA Region (Region 13). Duterte, in his Talk to the People on Tuesday night, December 21, said that with the […]
(Eagle News) — The United States government said it is sending P10 million ($200,000) in aid to the Philippines to support communities affected by super typhoon Odette (international name Rai), the US embassy said on Wednesday, December 22. The aid will be coursed through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as immediate assistance to areas affected by the super typhoon which had made a record of nine landfalls in the country, from […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the international community vowed to help the government’s relief and recovery efforts and pledged financial assistance for the country to aid calamity victims following the onslaught of Super Typhoon Odette. Through various statements sent by their foreign embassies in the country, they expressed their support to Filipino families who were affected by the calamity, and their condolences to those who lost loved ones. Odette (international name Rai) which is […]
Calls for a meeting with budget officials as most funds already spent for COVID response (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte made a commitment to release around P2 billion to typhoon-devastated areas in Visayas and Mindanao region as he visited some of the areas hit by the super typhoon over the weekend. “I can release more or less 2 billion. So this amount will be divided among all the areas that were hit by […]
(Eagle News) — As in the other provinces it had hit, super typhoon Odette (international name Rai) also left a trail of destruction in Cebu where it had made its seventh landfall on Thursday, December 16. Videos and photos provided by Eagle News correspondent Kim Lua in Compostela, Cebu and in the city of Cebu showed just how the typhoon’s catastrophic winds and rains had devastated lives and properties. Odette made its seventh landfall in […]
by Allison Jackson and Ron Lopez Agence France Presse The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surpassed 200 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food. The Philippine Red Cross reported “complete carnage” in coastal areas after Typhoon Rai left homes, hospitals and schools “ripped to shreds”. The storm tore off roofs, uprooted trees, toppled concrete power poles, smashed wooden houses to […]
Signal no. 1 raised over Kalayaan islands; only light to moderate rains expected Sunday (Eagle News) – Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) continued to intensify over the West Philippine Sea, with maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 240 km/hr. The typhoon, however, is already outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). The center of the typhoon’s eye was located at 320 kilometers northwest of Pag-asa Island in […]
by Ferdinandh Cabrera Agence France Presse SURIGAO CITY, Philippines (AFP) — More than 30 people were killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official figures showed Saturday, with a charity reporting “alarming” destruction on islands that bore the brunt of the storm. Hundreds of thousands fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Typhoon Rai ravaged the southern and central regions of the archipelago, knocking out communications and electricity in many […]
More casualties feared as Odette leaves trail of destruction in Visayas, Mindanao (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will visit and tour the areas in Mindanao and the Visayas that have been ravaged by supertyphoon Odette (international name Rai) this weekend, according to Malacanang. The superhowler had left at least 12 people dead as it barreled through Visayas and Mindanao, making an unprecedented nine landfalls while packing winds of between 205 kilometers per hour […]
Odette expected to exit PAR by Saturday, Dec. 18 (Eagle News) — Northern Palawan bore the brunt of Supertyphoon Odette (international name Rai) on Friday, December 17, as the howler made its ninth landfall in the town of Roxas that afternoon. With maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 205 km/h, Odette made landfall over Roxas, Palawan at 3:10 p.m. on Friday, according to […]
