NEW YORK, United States — A deadly blizzard blanketed the eastern United States in near-record amounts of snow Saturday, shutting down New York and Washington in a colossal storm expected to affect more than 85 million people.…
A metro-wide earthquake drill was conducted Thursday to prepare the public in the event of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. Various government agencies, educational institutions and the private sector participated in the drill spearheaded by the Metropolitan Manila Development…
No nine lives for this one. It was a day of nerves at the Quezon City government’s earthquake drill on Thursday. Minutes before the drill started at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City Thursday, a…
The Metro Manila Earthquake Drill will happen this Thursday starting 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The metro-wide earthquake drill is part of the preparation of Metro Manila in the event a 7.2-magnitude quake hits the metropolis. Motorists…
The Metro Manila Shake Drill will be held on July 30, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. It’s an exercise to prepare for “the Big One”—a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on the West Valley Fault that the Philippine Institute of…
BAGUIO CITY—Government workers were scheduled on Monday night to climb a mountain at the boundary of Baguio and Tuba, Benguet province, to cut trees and hopefully prevent the scale of erosion that killed two persons on Kennon…
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet—A woman was killed while at least four others were hurt when a landslide hit a van and a passenger jeepney along Kennon Road in Tuba, Benguet, on Monday morning, Benguet Gov. Nestor Fongwan said.…
Metro Manila plans a five-hour shutdown to simulate the destructive effects of a big earthquake, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Francis Tolentino told the House of Representatives on Monday. During the hearing of the House committee…
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…
Typhoon ‘Glenda’ was one of the strongest typhoons to directly hit Metro Manila, shutting down the capital Wednesday and leaving 20 dead in its wake. It also wreaked havoc in the surrounding provinces. Here are some scenes…
