Newsletter: PLDT, La Union barangay team up for disaster preparedness

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PLDT engineers assigned at the company's La Union Cable Landing Station shared practical disaster preparedness tips with residents of Brgy Baccuit Sur in Bauang, La Union, to help the community safeguard their homes and families during emergencies.

Leading integrated telco network PLDT Inc (PLDT) and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are expanding their disaster preparedness expertise to the barangay level as part of the company's push to help boost the country's culture of resilience.

Newsletter: More intense typhoons to come this century, UP study warns

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Warming of sea surface in Asia-Pacific. Redder areas indicate a higher increase in temperature. (Photo credit: Delfino, R.J. et al. Response of damaging Philippines tropical cyclones to a warming climate using the pseudo global warming approach. Clim Dyn 61 (2023): p. 3506.)

The Philippines should brace for potentially stronger and more destructive typhoons due to climate change, warns new research coming out of the University of the Philippines - Diliman College of Science’s  Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (UPD-CS IESM).

Newsletter: UP physicists improve PHL’s disaster response with math-based network science

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UP scientists are bringing an almost 300-year-old math discipline to life-saving relevance in the 21st Century, paving the way for better and more efficient relief operations in response to typhoons.

A model of Visayas’ transport network system, showing connections between major roads (red lines), sea routes (blue lines), seaports (blue dots), and food hubs (green icons). (Photo credit: JCA. C. Peralta)

Newsletter: PLDT offers free WiFi devices and data allocation for Odette-hit customers in VisMin

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PLDT Inc. offers additional assistance to customers in Visayas and Mindanao who are affected by the repair of facilities damaged by Super Typhoon Odette, and these copper lines’ subsequent migration or upgrade to fiber. 

Tirada Ni SlickMaster: West Valley Fault

05/21/2015 08:43:57 PM

Anong meron?

Bakit may West Valley Fault sa Philippine trends sa Twitter nitong nakaraang Martes at Miyerkules?

Well, marami kasi ang nabahala ukol sa isang balitang nilabas ng PHIVOLCS, na isang malaking lindol ang maaring maganap sa West Valley Fault.

Ows, weh? Di nga?

Christmas Party Kahit Binagyo?

12/13/2013 9:24:51 PM

Ito na siguro ang magandang tanong sa panahon ngayon: Magki-Christmas party ka pa ba, kahit na tinamaan tayo ng unos?

Lagim ng Isang “Buhawi.”

4:36:29 AM | 5/25/2013 | Saturday

Naalala ko ang isa sa mga recent episodes ng palabas na Rescue. Ilan sa mga lalawigan sa Luzon, ang Ilocos Sur at Tarlac ay minsan nang binulabog ng isang “buhawi.” Bagamat sa kabutihang palaad ay walang buhay na nawala, sinira naman nito ang ilang ari-arian at hanapbuhay. Nag-iwan pa rin ng matinding pinsala at trauma para sa karamihan na ang hanap buhay ay nasa bukirin ng mga probinsya.

Napakabihira para sa isang tropical na bansa na tulad ng Pilipinas ang maranasan ang isang malagim na kalamidad na kung tawagin ay buhawi. Kung magkaroon man, tiyak na hindi ito singlakas ng mga tornado o twister sa mga bansa sa kanlurang hemisphere tulad ng Estados Unidos. And speaking of which, mas nagiging evident yata ang balita ukol sa buhawi kapag ito’y parte ng sirkulasyon abroad, tulad ng nangyari sa Oklahoma nitong nakaraang araw lamang.

BASURA: Ang Ugat ng Mga Delubyong Naganap

12:02 AM 08/11/2012 

Ika nga ng kasabihan, "Ang basurang tinapon mo, tiyak na babalik rin sa iyo."

Remembering The Onslaught (Part 1)

10/09/2010 11:33 AM

It’s been exactly 54 weeks since a tropical storm ravaged the island of Luzon and caused devastation on almost (if not all) every resident of Metropolitan Manila and nearby provinces such as Bulacan, Pampanga, Quezon, Laguna, Cavite and Rizal. 

In fact, Ondoy (International name: Ketsana) was held accountable for at least 710 casualties and 11 billion pesos in damages to property as it crossed the island Luzon, including the nation’s capital. 

It happened after a massive rainfall on 25 September 2009 that has been unstoppable overnight and lasted 'til late evening of September 26. As part of the millions of victims who already told their stories—through personal or social media—here is my share of witnessing the catastrophic day. After all, who would ever think that a tropical storm like that would cause massive flash floods and overflowing the waterways such as the Marikina and Pasig Rivers?