Tag: Ruby

Aquino vows to give P10,000 to P30,000 cash subsidy to Typhoon Ruby victims

By Rowena dela Fuente (Eagle News Service) BUSAN, South Korea, Dec. 12 (ENS) — President Aquino said he would be visiting provinces affected by Typhoon Hagupit (locally named Ruby), promising to give cash subsidies and housing assistance to typhoon victims when he returns from his visit here in South Korea, The President is set to return to the country Friday night (Dec. 12) after attending the 25th Association of South East Asian Nation – Republic of […]

Weakened TD “Ruby,” moving out of PAR, leaves P1-B worth of damage to crops

(Eagle News Service) – Tropical Depression “Ruby” further weakened as it moved southwest out into the West Philippine Sea, leaving in its wake at least eight people dead and at least 150 injured. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, Ruby (international name Hagupit) only had maximum winds of up to 45 kilometers per hour.   It was estimated to be 215 kilometers west northwest of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council […]

Ruby further weakens into a tropical depression

(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 […]

“Ruby” weakens into a tropical storm, makes landfall on Batangas

(Eagle News Service) —  Typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit) has now weakened into a tropical storm as it made landfall at 5:45 p.m. in Laiya, Batangas on Monday, December 8. Ruby, now a tropical storm, is packing maximum winds of 85 kilometers per hour with gustines of up to 100 kph near the center, as it is forecast to move West Northwest at 13 kph. Thousands of Batangas residents fled their homes hours before storm Ruby made […]

Typhoon Ruby to make 3rd landfall in Sibuyan island Monday dawn, to leave PAR on Thursday

(Eagle News Service) — Typhoon Ruby is expected to make its third landfall Monday, Dec. 8,  between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., in Sibuyan island as it moved west northwest at 10 kilometers per hour.  As of 7 p.m., it is located 50 kilometers northwest of Masbate City, with maximum winds of 140 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph. The country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, said typhoon Ruby is […]