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BORONGAN CATHEDRAL/MB “New mining operations will only worsen our environmental crisis on top of this health pandemic,” CBCP News quoted Varquez’ pastoral letter released Monday, April 26. The prelate issued the pastoral letter following President Duterte’s lifting of the moratorium on new mining deals to boost state revenue and prop up the pandemic-hit economy. The decision ended the policy imposed in 2012 by then President Benigno Aquino. Eastern Samar hosts decades-old chromite and n...

Typhoon Surigae is slowly moving away from the eastern provinces of the Philippines By: CNN Originally Published: 16 APR 21 21:23 ET Updated: 18 APR 21 19:57 ET By Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist     (CNN) -- The first super typhoon of the season in the West Pacific made a close approach to the Eastern Philippines this weekend. Monday morning, Surigaes maximum wind speed decreased to 140 mph (220 kph). While it is no longer a super typhoon, it is ...

(MDRRMO Virac) The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said it is yet to confirm the death of 79-year-old Alberto Wales who was reportedly hit by an uprooted coconut tree in St. Bernard, Southern Leyte. The agency is also confirming reports that 40-year old fisherman Louie Din went missing after sailing into the sea before the Bising onslaught. His three companions were able to return to their homes. “We received the information regarding [the] casualties reported...

This morning, Surigaes maximum wind speed decreased to 220km/h. While it is no longer a super typhoon, it is still a powerful typhoon, equivalent to a category 4 Atlantic hurricane. LIVE UPDATES: Typhoon Surigae became the strongest typhoon on record for the month of April.(CNN) Over the weekend, Surigae attained maximum sustained winds of 305km/h, becoming the strongest typhoon on record for the month of April, surpassing Typhoon Maysak in 2015, among several others that had maximum sustaine...

Floods, landslides, power outages reported amid Bising rains By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published April 19, 2021 9:38am As Typhoon Bising made its presence over the weekend, several areas in Bicol and Eastern Visayas experienced floods, landslides, and power outages, according to Unang Balita reports on Monday. In Catbalogan, Samar, for example, many stores in a public market were flooded while roofs were nearly torn off by strong winds, according to James Agustins report. The Taft-Bur...

(Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) As of 3 a.m., at least 119 families or 524 individuals had already been evacuated in the province as strong winds and heavy rains are being experienced in Eastern Visayas, while all sea voyages for all types of vessels remain suspended. PLtCol. Bella Rentuaya, Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) information officer, said a total of 1,581 personnel for search and rescue operations were deployed in the region, while 637 are on standby. A total of 885 pas...

(PAGASA) In the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (PAGASA) severe weather bulletin issued at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 17, Signal No. 1 was hoisted over Sorsogon, Albay, eastern portion of Camarines Sur, Ticao Island, Catanduanes, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Camotes Islands, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte including Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands, and Surigao del Sur. It said that Signal No. 1 may be ra...

Published April 16, 2021, 7:36 PM The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is not yet ruling out the possibility that typhoon “Bising” (international name: “Surigae”) could make landfall over Visayas, a weather forecaster said on Friday afternoon, April 16. In its report on Friday, PAGASA weather specialist Raymond Ordinario said ‘Bising’ is moving slowly due to the presence of a ridge of high pressure area (HPA) near the typhoon. As ...

(Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the center of the severe tropical storm was estimated at 1,095 kilometers East of Mindanao as of 10 a.m. The weather disturbance intensified at 8 a.m. packing a maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of 115 kph while moving west at 10 kph over waters outside PAR. “Surigae is forecast to gradually accelerate...

Published March 17, 2021, 1:39 PM Philippine Coast Guard personnel have rescued Eastern Samar Rep. Maria Fe Abunda and Borongan City Mayor Jose Ivan Agda after the motorized banca they were riding in stalled off the waters of Guian, Eastern Samar during the unveiling ceremony of the historical marker in Homonhon Island on Thursday, March 17. LOOK: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued a total of 16 passengers of a distressed fish carrier used in ferrying…Posted by Philippine Coast Guard on...