After discovering that used grease and oil clogging the drainage system on Tomas Morato in Quezon City were partly to blame for flooding in the area during heavy rains, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Sunday…
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THE motoring community—including its insurance sector—learned a valuable lesson as a series of typhoons and other natural calamities hit the country and whipped up a storm of people who wanted to get their cars covered. Figures from…
Localized thunderstorms brought heavy rains to parts of Metro Manila, causing flooding on some roads. The state weather bureau on Sunday afternoon said the thunderstorms were affecting Metro Manila and nearby provinces, resulting in heavy rains and…
To help alleviate the flooding problem that hits Metro Manila streets whenever there is a downpour, a total of 12 mobile pumps and three dewatering trailer trucks have been pre-positioned by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)…
Metro Manila’s flood problem continued as a thunderstorm on Tuesday afternoon caused flash floods. These led to heavy traffic in many areas in Metro Manila, in some instances motorists taking more than an hour to travel several…
Motorists should brace for another consequence of the recent typhoons and floods: increased insurance premiums. Very few motorists really paid attention to the “Act of God” or, more accurately, the “Act of Nature” clause in insurance policies…
Motorists in Metro Manila, Rizal, and Northern Luzon bore the brunt of tropical storm “Mario” as it brought back memories of the killer storm “Ondoy” in 2009. The massive flooding from Tropical Storm “Mario” (international name: Fung-Wong)…
Motorists should stay off the road today if they have no urgent business. Roads including Araneta Avenue and Quezon Avenue in Quezon City have become flooded and impassable as heavy rain continued in Metro Manila and Northern…
Typhoon “Glenda” was one of the most powerful storms to directly hit Metro Manila. After a scary, nightlong wait for many, Typhoon “Glenda” left much of Metro Manila without power supply and the roads strewn with toppled…
