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Palace orders agencies to observe austere Christmas

Malacañang issued a memorandum directing all national government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations and state universities and colleges, and encouraging local...

Starvation fears as more heavy rain threaten flood-ruined Indonesia

Banda Aceh—Further heavy rain threatened Indonesia’s flood-ravaged island of Sumatra on Saturday as the governor of one hard-hit province warned that the death toll...

Rains hamper Sri Lanka cleanup after floods that killed nearly 500

COLOMBO – Heavy rains lashed Sri Lanka on Friday, hampering a major clean-up operation after severe flooding and landslides last week killed nearly 500...

Vietnam flooding submerges homes, kills 16

HANOI – Rescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where authorities said on Thursday at...

Frasco, Angara lead typhoon relief for Negros Occidental

Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and Department of Education (DEPEd) Secretary Sonny Angara led relief operations in typhoon-affected communities across Negros...

Cebu open for tourism despite natural disasters, DOT says

The Department of Tourism (DOT) assured international travel partners that Cebu remains open for tourism despite the recent spate of natural disasters including the...

Afghan quake kills over 20, injures 320

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan – A strong earthquake killed more than 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another deadly tremor that...

In minutes, Mexico’s rains swept away homes and people; 47 dead

HUAUCHINANGO, Mexico – Standing near the lifeless body of her sister, Rosalia Ortega was grateful to have found her in the river of mud...

Hard-Hit Manay

Quake damage to several structures and road sections after the first quake struck Manay, Davao Oriental.

Cebu quake halts tourism, displaces hundreds of workers

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck the central Philippines province of Cebu and nearby areas on Sept. 30, 2025 has affected 80 tourism establishments...

Cebu earthquake aftermath: On Call

Cebu-based call center employees evacuate their office building in response to tremors.

Taal Volcano acting up anew—Phivolcs

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded two minor eruptions by Taal Volcano in Batangas early yesterday morning. “At around 12:57 a.m....

Typhoon Bualoi batters Vietnam coast, killing 11

HANOI – Typhoon Bualoi ripped roofs from buildings and uprooted electrical poles along Vietnam’s coast, killing at least 11 people, local and national officials...

When it rains

Severe tropical storm Opong, like many before it, caused deaths, injuries, and displacement. It also wrought great damage to property, livelihood, and infrastructure in...
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