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New storm intensifies, threatens Luzon

MANILA — The country has yet to fully recover from the wrath of back-to-back storms but a tropical depression off …

305 schools still house typhoon victims

A TOTAL of 155 out of 1,118 schools in regions affected by Typhoon Pepeng are still being used as evacuation …

Fresh slides hamper Halsema rehab

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Two landslides in the typhoon-ravaged province early Thursday stalled the re-opening of the 100-kilometer Halsema Highway …

Arroyo forms storm body

MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Tuesday an executive order (EO) to create a special commission that will handle all …

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For Ondoy Victims. Sun.Star Cebu assistant vice president for marketing Tita Caballes (second from left) turns over a check donation to Philippine National Red Cross-Cebu Chapter administrator Norma Tancinco (second from right) for the Ondoy victims. The donation was from Sun.Star’s readers all over the world who sent the assistance through the Sun.Star website. With them are (from left) Philippine National Red Cross-Cebu Chapter’s Maruja Prejido and Sun.Star Cebu front office supervisor Elma Maglasang. (Sun.Star photo/Alex Badayos)

Gov’t braces for Typhoon Santi

A MALACANANG official assured that the government is undertaking all precautionary measures in preparation for the coming Typhoon Santi (international codename: Mirinae).

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita on Wednesday said they will be doing the same procedure of pre-positioning to the areas likely to be hit by “Santi” since they find it effective in dealing with the recent Typhoon Ramil. Read rest of story

Typhoon Ramil weakens further

MANILA — After days of slowing down, typhoon Ramil has weakened further Thursday and was projected to hit Aparri, Cagayan Saturday evening if it kept its course.

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported Thursday night Ramil (international codename: Lupit) is forecast to move west slowly as it moves closer to Northern Luzon.

The weather bureau spotted the storm as of 11 p.m. Thursday at 150 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan, and packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 150 kph. Read rest of story

Enough rice, food stock to outlast Ramil

THERE is absolutely no reason to panic buy even if Typhoon Ramil is threatening to hit the Cordillera region.

Unlike at the height of Typhoon Pepeng, groceries and supermarkets have stockpiled their inventories of basic commodities as Ramil is expected to enter extreme north Luzon Wednesday.

It was the closure of all roads leading to the city which caused some groceries and supermarkets to experience a shortage of goods. Read rest of story