Typhoon Vicky News Today

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is asking regulators to recover P113.28 million which it spent for the repair, restoration and rehabilitation of transmission assets and facilities damaged by typhoons last year. NGCP said the amount was used to repair facilities in areas struck by Typhoons Quinta and…

(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) In a pre-recorded situation briefing in Tandag City aired Tuesday night, Pimentel made his request directly to President Duterte who presided the meeting. “Ang immediate needs ko po lalong-lalo na ngayon hindi pa kami tapos mag-rehabilitate ng mga barangay roads ‘yong na- damage niyang Typhoon Vicky (Our immediate needs especially now is we are not done yet in the rehabilitation of village roads damaged by Typhoon Vicky),” he said. The governor noted that some...

February 3, 2021 | 8:34 pm Font Size PHILSTAR THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said Wednesday that it revised the operating procedures for Magat Dam in Ifugao and Isabela provinces, requiring its administrators to provide 24-hour warning before releasing water as a precaution against future flooding, after large parts of the Cagayan Valley were left under water in the wake of Typhoon Ulysses (international name: Vamco) in November. “Warning stations will be activated 24 ...

Agriculture Secretary William Dar (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines’ agriculture sector has survived a volcano eruption that blanketed tons of farm yield with ashes and sustained production within three quarters into the pandemic, but it only took three typhoons to expose its vulnerability. And Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) National Manager Raul Montemayor has one piece of advice to the government, which is to focus on helping farmers and fishermen recover. “We need to help the farmers f...

Agri damage from Vicky reaches nearly ₱130M enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 23) — The Department of Agriculture said total damage caused by Typhoon Vicky has reached ₱129.76 million. In its latest bulletin, the DA said Vicky also affected 16,761 farmers and fisherfolk and 21,008 hectares of agricultural lands with 1,202 metric tons of production loss in the regions of Cagayan Valley, Davao, and Caraga. Affected commodities include rice, corn, hi...

Published December 23, 2020, 12:04 PM It’s less than two weeks before the year ends but the agriculture sector still keeps on incurring damages due to typhoons. As of Wednesday, the total damage and losses the sector incurred due to Tropical Storm Vicky already stood at P111.01 million, affecting 15,933 farmers and fisherfolk and 19,846 hectares of agricultural areas, according to the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM). Typhoon Vicky, which hit pa...

4 dead, 6 missing after mining pit collapsed in Cebu enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 22) — At least four were confirmed dead on Tuesday, while six others remain missing after the collapse of a mining pit in Barangay Biga, Toledo City, Cebu on Monday afternoon. According to Carmen Copper Corporation, the company behind mining operations in the area, the death toll was updated as of 1 p.m. of Tuesday. The company said in a statement that it is continuo...

Published December 22, 2020, 10:21 AM Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC), an operating mine of Atlas Consolidated Mining Development Corporation (ACMDC) based in Toledo City, Cebu, confirmed that around that a slide happened at its Carmen Pit in the afternoon of December 21, 2020. In a statement, CCC said the slide at its mine operations site was due to the incessant rains for the past several months and aggravated by Typhoon Vicky which hit parts of the Visayas, including Toledo City last Decembe...

Rescue efforts at collapsed mining pit in Cebu to begin Tuesday enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 21) — Rescue operations at a collapsed mining pit in Toledo City wont begin until Tuesday morning, according to local authorities. John Rosello, Toledo Citys public information officer, said in a telephone interview that authorities have already positioned the equipment needed for search and rescue efforts, but the operations will only start at 6 am of Tue...

Dingdong Dantes, Atom Araullo, more environmental champions to talk about climate change on Facebook Live Dingdong Dantes Atom Araullo Dingdong Dantes will be joining environmental champions on a Facebook Live on Sunday, December 20, to talk about climate change. With Filipinos in Mindanao this time, suffering from massive flooding due to Typhoon Vicky, the Kapuso Primetime King said the Facebook Live session will be a part of their youth-led climate action campaign that they launched five y...