Manila, Philippines—The Philippines shut down schools and cancelled flights Thursday as torrential rains driven by a typhoon and a separate tropical storm pounded the country's...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is urging the government to rethink its approach to disaster response, not as seasonal emergencies, but as a permanent threat...
GENEVA—Raging conflicts, disasters and worsening climate change displaced tens of millions of people within their own countries last year, a new record, monitors said...
Floodwaters due to heavy rains in Davao City reached critical level on Saturday evening, prompting local disaster officials to alert and evacuate residents in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) coordinated with concerned local government units (LGUs) in bringing the spirit of Christmas to Mount Kanlaon...
Manila, Philippines—Human-induced climate change fueled a rare string of back-to-back typhoons that battered the Philippines this year and boosted the chances of powerful storms making...
The Diocese of Legazpi called on government leaders to take swift and decisive actions to address the impact of quarrying operations, which is blamed...
Manila, Philippines—Hundreds of people fled Friday as Typhoon ‘Pepito’ (Man-Yi) bore down on the Philippines, threatening yet more destruction even as rescuers tried to reach...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. directed concerned government agencies on Thursday to overhaul the country's flood control master plan, citing the escalating impact of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. acknowledged the limitations of the government’s disaster response following the recent typhoons that hit the country, which left at...
The agriculture sector suffered more than P600-million in damage to crops after four consecutive storms that enhanced the southwest monsoon rains or ‘hanging habagat’...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday called for redesigned flood control projects to accommodate rapid urbanization and high population density in Metro Manila in the...
