Tag: Saipan

Watch: How Filipinos affected by typhoon Yutu in Saipan cope with its destructive aftermath

  (Eagle News) — This was the effect of typhoon Yutu in Saipan, the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands. Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s Eagle News Service correspondent in Saipan, Liezel Cristobal, interviews some of the Saipan residents coping in the aftermath of the supertyphoon. Yutu had destroyed houses in the island with its powerful winds. When it hit the Northern Marianas, it had winds of up to 178 miles per hour, making it the […]

PAL Saipan–Manila service: A direct link to ‘home’

    The much – awaited direct service between Saipan and Manila beginning June 15 has yielded high passenger bookings. PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Jaime J. Bautista said, “Over the past decades, our kababayans have to take other routes to Manila via Guam. With this new offering, they now have a direct link to our home country. The high passenger count is proof that this new flight is keenly awaited. We look forward […]

Saipan in “state of disaster” as typhoon Soudelor makes direct hit

(Eagle News) — Before entering the Philippines, supertyphoon Soudelor passed over Saipan late Sunday night and early Monday, wreaking havoc on the island as its powerful winds ripped off roofs of homes, toppled power poles and its rains flooding roads and establishments, including power plants. The Pacific Daily News reported that typhoon Soudelor made a direct hit on Saipan which has been delared as in a “state of disaster.” Hundreds of Saipan residents are now  in […]