Day: July 17, 2025

Dumaguete: Some shipping lines cancelled their scheduled trips from this Negros Oriental capital on Thursday due to Tropical Depression Crising, which enhanced the southwest monsoon. Lt. Marionne Abigail Enopia, Coast Guard Station-Negros Oriental commander, told the Philippine News Agency that the shipping companies took the initiative to suspend sea travel by noontime. According to Philippines News Agency, despite the absence of a tropical cyclone wind signal and gale storm warning over Negros Oriental, the shipping lines announced their cancellation of trips after the weather worsened by midday. At least seven trips plying the Dumaguete-Siquijor and Dumaguete-Dapitan (Mindanao) routes were cancelled

Agusan del sur: The provincial government of Agusan del Sur has allocated PHP3.3 million to fund three community development projects in various villages across the province. On Thursday, lawyer Lizette Kaye Estillore, a senior executive from the Office of the Governor, handed over a PHP1 million check to Barangay Poblacion in Sibagat town. The funding is designated for the installation of solar streetlights. According to Philippines News Agency, another check, amounting to PHP300,000, was also given to local officials of Barangay El Rio, also in Sibagat town, for a similar solar streetlight project. “The lighting of streets in barangays through

Batangas: Minor phreatomagmatic eruptive events occurred at the Taal Main Crater between 3:01 p.m. and 3:13 p.m. on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. According to Philippines News Agency, Phivolcs Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Prediction Division chief, Ma. Antonia Bornas, stated that this kind of volcanic activity or eruption at Taal Volcano, which is at Alert Level 1, has been usual and recurring since 2021. A phreatic eruption is a sudden, usually short-lived eruption, triggered by the contact of groundwater with hot rocks underneath the volcano. Phreatomagmatic eruptions are caused by the interaction of magma and

Quezon city: As Tropical Depression Crising brings heavy rains to the country, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured that the agency’s relief resources are in place and disaster response teams are activated for any eventuality. The agency’s Disaster Response Command Center (DRCC) at the Central Office has been placed on red alert status 24/7, following the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Memorandum No. 170, s. 2025. According to Philippines News Agency, the DSWD’s DRCC serves as the central hub for coordinating and implementing disaster response operations. With the red alert status, additional

Sebaste: Only light vehicles are allowed to pass the Carit-an Bridge in Barangay Abiera in Sebaste, Antique, after heavy rains caused by the southwest monsoon enhanced by the Tropical Depression Crising damaged its approach on Thursday. According to Philippines News Agency, Antique Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer III Michael Tolentino stated in an interview that only public utility jeepneys are permitted to cross the bridge. Ceres buses traveling towards the northern parts of Antique and Aklan provinces are currently prohibited from using the bridge. Tolentino mentioned that other sections of the highway leading to Aklan province in the