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(Eagle News) — “Ambo” intensified into a tropical storm Tuesday night and is expected to “bring moderate to heavy rains over Eastern Visayas, Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, and Masbate,” according to PAGASA’s 11 p.m. weather bulletin on May 12. The country’s weather bureau said that Tropical Storm Ambo (international name VONGFONG) may even “further intensify as it approaches the Eastern Visayas-Bicol Region area.” PAGASA issued a “heavy rainfall warning” last night, amd said that the […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Ambo” is “forecast to intensify into a Tropical Storm” by tonight or tomorrow, Wednesday, May 13, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA. It was estimated 410 kilometers East of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte as of 3 p.m. today, Tuesday, May 12, and is moving north northeast slowly, according to PAGASA, the country’s weather bureau. “Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 may be raised over portion of Eastern Visayas […]
(Eagle News)–The no-sail policy remains in effect in the Visayas region. This was the clarification issued by the Philippine Coast Guard following erroneous reports that sea travel in Bohol and Cebu has resumed. According to the PCG, the policy covers all passenger vessels and private watercafts. Cargo vessels, fishing boats, tugboats, and government vessels are allowed to sail, but crew members onboard are subjected to strict health protocols. Passengers and crew members of watercrafts navigating […]
(Eagle News)–A low pressure area is affecting Visayas and Mindanao on Friday, May 10, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its 4 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said as of 2 a.m., the LPA was located 860 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone. According to the weather bureau, Eastern Visayas, CARAGA and Davao region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the […]
(Eagle News) — Itinaas ang heavy rainfall warning sa mga lalawigan sa Visayas dahil sa tuluy-tuloy na malakas na buhos ng ulan na nararanasan dahil sa bagyong Amang. Sa heavy rainfall warning ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), itinaas ang yellow warning level sa Northern Samar kaninang alas singko ng umaga (5:00AM). Alas 5:30 naman ng umaga ng itaas rin ang yellow warning level sa Samar at Eastern Samar. Nagbigay naman ng […]
(Eagle News) — Walang binabantayang bagyo o namumuong sama ng panahon ang Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) sa loob ng philippine area of responsibility (PAR). Ngunit nagbalik naman ang pag-iral ng northeast monsoon o amihan sa extreme northern Luzon habang apektado ng easterlies ang malaking bahagi ng bansa. Magiging maaliwalas ngayong araw ang panahon sa buong Luzon kabilang na ang Metro Manila at makararanas lamang ng mga isolated na pag-ulan sa hapon […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, August 21, asked local executives in the Visayas region to disassociate themselves with the communist movement and help his administration fight illegal drugs and corruption. “I would suggest that you improve on your record sa drugs, maybe sa intelligence, just to report that they are here and please do not associate yourselves with the Communist Party of the Philippines,” President Duterte said in a speech during the League of […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapaulan pa rin sa southern Luzon at malaking bahagi ng Visayas at Mindanao ang hanging habagat. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), magiging maulap ang kalangitan na may kalat-kalat na pag-ulan, pagkulog at pagkidlat sa Mindoro Provinces, Palawan, western Visayas, Zamboanga peninsula at ARMM dahil sa habagat. Pinapayuhan ang mga residente sa naturang mga lugar ng posibilidad ng pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa. Sa nalalabing bahagi naman ng […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service A Department of Justice panel of prosecutors on Wednesday, May 30, granted businessman Peter Lim’s request to be investigated separately from his co-accused in a drug complaint filed against them, but his failure to face the panel on the same day prompted the panel to declare his case submitted for resolution just the same. In granting Lim’s request to be subjected to a preliminary investigation separate from Kerwin Espinosa, […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government will build eight major bridges to link the Visayas islands to Mindanao and Luzon. The proposed bridge projects–with an estimated combined cost of P269.10 billion—-are an 18.2-kilometer bridge to connect Samar provinces to the main island of Luzon, a 20-kilometer bridge connecting Leyte to Mindanao Island through either an Underwater Tunnel Bridge or a Long-Span Overhead Bridge, the 5.7-kilometer Panay-Guimaras bridge, the 12.3-kilometer Guimaras-Negros […]
Also instructs them to use police force in fighting drugs (Eagle News) — “The problem is we have this terrorism, and it’s coming, so just prepare. And I will tell you when to arm yourself.” President Rodrigo Duterte said this to mayors who came from the Visayas and Mindanao during a meeting at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu City on Monday, February 12. The President said terrorists were “re-grouping” and he instructed the local […]
(Eagle News) – Itinaas ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ang heavy rainfall warning sa ilang lalawigan sa Visayas dahil sa tuloy-tuloy na pag-ulan na nararanasan bunsod ng umiiral na easterlies. Yellow rainfall warning naman ang umiiral sa Leyte, Bohol, Southern Leyte at Cebu partikular sa Metro Cebu, Northern Cebu at Camotes Island. Ayon sa PAGASA, posibleng makaranas ng pagbaha at landslides sa mga nasabing lugar. Samantala, maulap na papawirin na mayroong […]
