Rescuers ferry stranded residents from their flooded houses at a village in Ilagan town, Isabela province on November 12, 2024, a day after Typhoon Nika hit the province. The Philippines issued fresh …
A Guide To The Philippines: Exploring Business Opportunities And Legal Frameworks
With its seven thousand islands, the Philippines has continued to attract many entrepreneurs and investors. It is a country that’s identified by its rich culture and continuously emerging economy …
Philippines urges HMOs to adopt PFRS 17 by 2027
HMOs shall not be precluded from early implementation. The Philippines’ Insurance Commission (IC) urged health maintenance organisations (HMOs) to adopt the Philippine Financial Reporting Standard …
Typhoon batters northern Philippines
The northern Philippines was then hit again on Monday, this time by Typhoon Toraji. It has since eased in intensity but remains at tropical storm strength as it moves towards southern China, where it is expected to bring widespread heavy rain.
Floods rage in northern Philippines after Typhoon Toraji sweeps across region
The Philippines has scrambled to deal with multiple calamities wreaked by four back-to-back typhoons and storms in less than a month.
Typhoon batters storm-weary Philippines and displaces thousands more people as a new storm threatens
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened entire villages and caused ships to run aground and smash into houses …
Fifth storm in under a month bears down on Philippines
MANILA: The Philippines issued fresh weather warnings on Tuesday (Nov 12) as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down on the archipelago, days after thousands were evacuated ahead of Typhoon …
Storm Toraji enters Vietnam’s waters
Storm Toraji passed over Luzon Island in the Philippines into the East Sea early Tuesday morning, becoming the eighth storm in the waters this year.
Philippines says China is pushing it to cede claims in South China Sea
China is putting ever greater pressure on the Philippines to cede its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, Manila’s Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday after meeting his Australian …
Four storms churning the West Pacific at the same time mean more bad news for the Philippines
Four separate storm systems are churning their way through the West Pacific simultaneously, a rare occurrence resulting from warmer oceans that threatens to bring more misery to the storm-weary Philippines.