Category: General

PALO, Leyte – Eastern Visayas on Thursday deployed 172 responders, mostly policemen, to help victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) in the Bicol region. Of the number, 150 are personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), 16 from the Bureau of Fire Protection, and six from the Philippine Coast Guard. PNP Eastern Visayas Regional Director Brig. Gen. Jay Cumigad said that as a member agency of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, they are committed to helping during calamities. ‘In these trying times, we should never fail to render assistance to areas affected the most.

BACOLOD CITY – Slow Food International, a global movement committed to ensuring good, clean, and fair food for all, is exploring the possibility of establishing an education center in this city, which is being positioned as the hub for slow food in Asia and the Pacific. As of Thursday, the delegation from Italy led by director general Paolo di Croce started conducting research, holding focus group discussions, and engaging with stakeholders, including farmers, processors, distributors, and chefs, as part of the feasibility study for the project that will run until January next year. ‘I see great potential here because Bacolod

Manila: Spillway gates of Ambuklao, Binga and San Roque dams have been opened as Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) continues to dump rains across many areas. Based on the National Power Corporation’s (Napocor) data on Thursday, Ambuklao Dam’s gate no. 4 was opened at 0.5 m., with a spilling discharge of 59.13 cubic meters per second (cms). Binga Dam’s gates no. 3 and 4 were both opened at 0.5 m., with discharge of 139.05 cms. San Roque Dam’s gate 2A was also opened at 0.5 m., with discharge of 52.40 cms. Earlier, the NPC said the San Roque

The wrath of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami) has forced the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to call off its scheduled AFC Champions League 2 clash between Kaya Iloilo and Hong Kong Eastern on Thursday night at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. The torrential rains brought about by the cyclone drenched the pitch so much that the local organizing committee had no other recourse but to push it to another day. Barring strong rains that could keep Rizal Memorial too flooded, the match has been moved to noon on Friday. In hopes that the weather would become better, Kaya Iloilo announced on

Education Secretary Sonny Angara on Thursday said there’s an ongoing assessment of missed school days to prevent learning loss amid the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (International Name: Trami). ‘Baka umabot na kasi sa punto na sobrang dami na ‘yung na-miss na hindi nila ma-recover. So ‘yun ang concern namin ngayon dahil parang napapadalas na ‘yung mga bagyo at talagang importante diyan, hindi learning loss ang nangyayari (It might come to a point that they have missed so much that they can no longer recover. So, our concern now really is that typhoons are becoming more frequent and what’s