Philippines News » Bicol Region News Philippines » Bicol Region » Life: Tropical Storm Trami brings severe flooding and landslides to the Philippines, at least two dozen dead
At least 24 people died, mostly due to drowning in the hard-hit Bicol region and nearby Quezon province, but the toll was expected to rise as towns and villages isolated by flooding and roads blocked ...
News Philippines » Bicol Region » Life: The Philippines is prone to extreme weather. But few expected Tropical Storm Trami to be this devastating
Water was already up to his knees, but 22-year-old Kierwen Garlan’s first thought was how to help his neighbors, as their homes were filling with floodwater and being lashed by heavy rain. Tropical ...
News Philippines » Bicol Region » Life: A Philippine town and its leaders show how mangrove restoration can succeed
In the early 1990s, the coastal town of Prieto Diaz, in the Philippines’ Bicol region, was selected as a pilot area for a community-based resource management program created by the Department of ...
News Philippines » Bicol Region » Life: Super Typhoon 'Pepito' pounds the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines —Super Typhoon Man-yi battered the Philippines on Saturday, with the national weather forecaster warning of a "potentially catastrophic and life-threatening" impact as huge waves ...
News Philippines » Bicol Region » Life: Bicol begins to feel the impact of Uwan’s strong winds, rains
MANILA, Philippines — Bicol Region has started to feel strong winds and rains brought by Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong), with local government units (LGUs) and netizens posting photos ...
News Philippines » Bicol Region » Life: More areas under Signal No. 2 as 'Opong' nears Bicol, Eastern Visayas
MANILA, Philippines — More areas were placed under Signal No. 2 Thursday morning, September 25, as Severe Tropical Storm Opong moved closer to Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas, the state weather ...
News Philippines » Bicol Region » Life: ‘Prince of Ibalong’: Bicol myth turned into video game prototype
Long before heroes were rendered in pixels and landscapes built from digital code, the Bicol Region had already been telling stories of courage, monsters and destiny through the ancient verses of the ...