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COVID-hit Philippines braces for typhoon season, prepares funds

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 02 04:27 PM

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management has P200 million in standby funds as the country braces for rainy season during the COVID-19 pandemic, its spokesman said Tuesday. Read more »

9 bayan sa Eastern Samar isinailalim sa state of calamity

Ranulfo Docdocan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 07:55 PM

Isinailalim sa state of calamity ang 9 na bayan sa Eastern Samar dahil sa pinsalang dulot ng nagdaang bagyong Ambo, sabi ngayong Martes ni Governor Ben Evardone.   Read more »

Bagyong Ambo, nag-iwan ng higit P1 bilyong halaga ng pinsala sa agrikultura

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 04:35 AM

Umabot sa P1.04 bilyon ang halaga ng pinsalang iniwan ng Bagyong Ambo sa agrikultura, ayon sa Department of Agriculture.  Read more »

Higit 7,000 pamilyang lumikas sa Quezon dahil sa Ambo, nakauwi na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 07:34 PM

Nakauwi na sa kani-kanilang mga bahay ang higit 7,000 pamilyang pinalikas sa Sariaya, Quezon dahil sa bagyong Ambo. Read more »

Ilang bayan sa Northern Samar nagdeklara ng state of calamity

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 11:13 PM

Nagdeklara ng state of calamity sa mga bayan ng Lapinig at Catubig sa Northern Samar. Read more »

SM gives P100 million to COVID-19 relief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 03:39 PM

SM said it has contributed PHP100 million to a private sector initiative to help poor people affected by the COVID-19 lockdown.  Read more »

7.6 million reached by the 'Project Ugnayan' fundraiser

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 10:51 PM

Over 7.6 million from the poor communities in Metro Manila have received aid through a fundraiser by business giants. Read more »

Aboitiz Group donates P100 million to help communities affected by COVID-19 lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 05:39 PM

The Aboitiz Group on Tuesday said it has donated P100 million to the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation's drive to help communities affected by the COVID-19 lockdown.  Read more »

Business leaders team up to raise funds for hospital frontliners

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 09:09 PM

The biggest names from the private sector are trying to raise funds for healthcare professionals and hospitals.  Read more »

'Calibrated easing' of COVID-19 lockdown pushed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 07:02 PM

Guillermo Luz said instead of extending the enhanced community quarantine, the government should look at "how to have a calibrated lifting or easing of the quarantine to make sure that we get some economic movement going." Read more »

Indonesian volcano spews massive ash cloud

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 27 05:56 PM

Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Friday, shooting a column of ash some 5,000 meters (16,000 feet) into the air in its second major eruption this month. Read more »

OPINION: Stress test in uncharted waters

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Mar 25 11:07 PM

How far and how long can we go? As I have tried to make sense in my last piece, no one is prepared to handle this kind of situation.  Read more »

OPINION: Uncharted waters in the age of COVID-19

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Mar 19 04:10 PM

Imagine if decentralization had been successfully put in place since the enactment of the 1991 Local Government Code (LGC), we could have a better managed and coordinated devolved critical services in this time of the novel coronavirus crisis.    Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 11, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 12 12:04 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Nine years after Fukushima disaster

Kyodo via Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 03:45 PM

A man prays toward the sea to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo March 11, 2020, to mark the nine-year anniversary of the disaster.  Read more »

Manila implements ‘Oplan Wisik’ to address spread of coronavirus

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 02:30 PM

Firetrucks belonging to Manila's National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office sprinkle chlorinated disinfectant in public markets and densely populated areas of the city as part of its Oplan Wisik on Wednesday. Read more »

Virus forces Japan to cancel ceremony to mark tsunami

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 12:31 PM

TOKYO, Japan - Japan is canceling an annual ceremony marking the anniversary of a deadly tsunami and nuclear disaster as the country steps up efforts to curb the new coronavirus, officials said Friday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 4, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 11:27 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

At least 24 killed in Tennessee twisters

Harrison McClary, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 02:58 PM

A man walks next to debris laying along an alley near Woodland Street, after a tornado hit eastern Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday.  Read more »

The eerie beauty of Taal

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 30 03:57 PM

Even at its most devastated state, few would disagree that Taal Volcano provides one of the most eye-catching views of nature's beauty.    Read more »