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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu will experience partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with rain showers or thunderstorms through Saturday as the southwest monsoon, or habagat, continues to influence weather conditions across the Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Cebu and the rest of the province would experience moderate

MANILA, Philippines – Alexandra Eala defeated Ukrainian Oleksandra Oliynykova, 6-1, 6-4, Friday morning (PH time) to reach the third round of the US Open at the Louis Armstrong Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York. The No. 17 seed Filipino needed only 64 minutes to prevail over Oliynykova, who beat her in the third round at Strasbourg last

Despite the passage of the  Accessibility Law, or Batas Pambansa Blg. 344 (BP 344) four decades ago, the everyday encounters of persons with disability (PWDS) remain a challenge. BP 344 was created to promote the realization of the rights of PWDs to participate fully in social life and economic development by providing them with barrier-free environments.

LUCENA City— The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has warned marine vessels to exercise extreme caution after 46 containers fell overboard from a cargo ship sailing in the waters off Calatagan, Batangas. In a Thursday (Sept. 3) report, the PCG-Southern Tagalog District said M/V Span Asia 39 encountered rough sea conditions, with heavy and continuous rolling,

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – Raging floodwaters swept away nine houses near Pita River in Barangay Pita in Dinalupihan town on Thursday.  It is still unclear whether there was anyone inside the houses during the incident.  Dinalupihan Mayor German Santos confirmed that hundreds of residents living near the river were asked to evacuate to shelters operated by

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) raised a red rainfall warning over parts of Zambales and Bataan as of 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4 amid rains brought by the southwest monsoon, or “habagat.” The warning covers San Narciso, San Felipe, San Marcelino, Castillejos, San Antonio, Subic and Olongapo

MANILA, Philippines — Some ferry trips were cancelled due to inclement weather brought by the southwest monsoon (habagat) on Friday morning, September 4, according to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). In an advisory, the PPA said their respective port management offices (PMO) had reported that following trips had been cancelled as of 8 a.m.: PMO

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health workers will make a final push Friday to reach thousands of children who have yet to receive their measles-rubella (MR) vaccine. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) extended the MR-Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-SIA) through Sept. 4 to allow local health teams to conduct mop-up activities, including house-to-house visits

MANILA, Philippines — Parts of the Northern Luzon Expressway (NLEx), particularly in San Simon, Pampanga, remain flooded on Friday, September 4. In an advisory on the road and traffic conditions on the expressway at 7 a.m., the NLEx Corporation said water build-up was still present on all northbound and southbound lanes at the San Simon

MANILA, Philippines — A low pressure area (LPA) east of Luzon developed into a tropical depression but was unlikely to enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Friday. In the agency’s 5 a.m. forecast, Pagasa weather specialist Obet Badrina noted that the tropical depression,