Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "hurricanes"

Now showing items 1-20 of 41

    • 38 Pinoys lost at sea 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 4, 2020, on page A14)
      Thirty-eight Filipino seafarers remained missing in chilly waters off southwestern Japan a day after their cargo ship capsized on Wednesday as Typhoon “Maysak” smashed into the Korean peninsula. The Panamanian-flagged Gulf ...

    • 'Agaton' shrinks fish delivery in regional ports 

      Lagare, Jordeene (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 14, 2022, on page A11)
      Tropical Storm “Agaton” that ravaged southern Philippines last month significantly reduced the delivery of fish products in regional fish ports. According to the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority’s (PFDA) Modified ...

    • Agri damage piling up as storm exits PAR 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 31, 2022, on page A2)
      Damage to the agriculture sector caused by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae), which is due to leave the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) Monday afternoon, started to pile up after heavy rains ...

    • DA earmarks P8.5B for farmers, fisherfolks hit by typhoons 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 28, 2020, on page A13)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted P8.5 billion to aid farmers and fisherfolk distraught by the series of typhoons that recently hit the country. The money—pooled from funds allocated to the agency under the ...

    • DA sets P853M for affected farmers, fishfolk 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 19, 2021, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated P853 million to assist farmers and fisherfolk affected by Typhoon Odette, Secretary William Dar said on Friday. Dar said the DA had prepositioned P355.26 million worth of ...

    • Dagupan school among ' World's Best,' cited for mangrove project 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23, 2022, on page A3)
      Faculty, students, and personnel of a public school here erupted in cheers on Wednesday upon the announcement that it was among the winners of the inaugural “World’s Best School Prizes,” awarded by a leading international ...

    • Damage to Batangas coral reefs feared 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 9, 2020, on page A10)
      Marine conservationists are trying to determine the extent of damage to coral reefs after a cargo ship ran aground at a marine sanctuary in the town of Tingloy, Batangas province, at the height of Typhoon Quinta (international ...

    • Damage to fisheries, farm sectors hits ₱31.1B 

      Domingo, Ronnel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 9, 2014, on page B1)
      The Damage that the farming and fisheries sector sustained in the aftermath of supertyphoon "Yolanda" has reached P31.1 billion and the Department of Agriculture plans to spend a third of that amount for recovery efforts. ...

    • DENR OKs dredging of Cagayan River: Sandbars in 19 priority sites to be removed to ease water flow as gov’t seeks long-term solution to flooding in Cagayan Valley 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 8, 2020, on page A10)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has given the green light to dredge several sandbars along Cagayan River in a bid to widen the country’s longest river after the widespread flooding caused by Typhoon “Ulysses” (international ...

    • Dredging of Cagayan Bicol rivers approved 

      Enano, Jhesset O.; Arguelles, Mar S.; Adonis, Meg (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 17, 2020, on page A5)
      The government has endorsed the dredging of the Cagayan and Bicol rivers following the deadly floods that hit Cagayan Valley region in northern Luzon and Bicol region in southern Luzon during the onslaught of successive ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk get ₱1.9B in assistance from gov't 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 20, 2020, on page B1)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has distributed P1.9 billion worth of inputs and assistance to farmers and fisherfolk whose livelihoods were affected by typhoons, the Taal Volcano eruption and the African swine fever ...

    • Fish kill hits Lake Buhi; ₱2.1M worth of tilapia lost 

      Arguelles, Mar S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 28, 2020, on page A8)
      About 20 metric tons of tilapia worth P2.1 million have been lost in a fish kill that hit Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur province after Typhoon “Quinta” (international name: Molave) pummeled Bicol on Sunday and Monday, the ...

    • Fish pen owners in Laguna de Bay lose ₱115M to 'Rolly' 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 4, 2020, on page A8)
      Fish pens covering 90 hectares of Laguna de Bay were wiped out by strong winds and lake current, unleashing about 2.2 million kilograms of cultured “bangus” (milkfish) at the height of Typhoon “Rolly” (international name: ...

    • Fishers, plea for help heard in South Korea 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 18, 2014, on page A11)
      When typhoon survivor Sonny Ciriaco told the Inquirer that fishermen like him would rather have new boats than food and housing aid, he did not know that his appeal would be heard some 3,000 kilometers away. Ciriaco, in ...

    • French leader to make PH Ground Zero in climate action 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 25, 2015, on page A6)
      On the historic first visit of a French head of state to the Philippines in February, French President François Hollande will be seeking the help of a country battered—but never defeated—by climate change. France is turning ...

    • Iloilo execs seek faster spill cleanup 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 19, 2014, on page A8)
      An official monitoring the progress of operations to clean up the oil spill that aggravated the effects of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” on a town in northern Iloilo province is asking the firm handling the cleanup to work faster ...

    • In Palawan, seaweed farmers cry for help 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 16, 2022, on page A5)
      When Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) battered central and northern Palawan in mid-December last year, coastal farmers lost all of the seaweeds they were growing, leaving them with very little to start with as they ...

    • Listen to fishermen’s wives 

      Murphy, Denis (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 20, 2014, on page A17)
      We stood, with a dozen or so women, wives of Tacloban fishermen, looking out to sea for signs of a new typhoon. They had heard rumors of such a typhoon (Dec. 15) and had sent their children to the rescue centers. The women ...

    • A mass grave, new houses, people's reef 

      Murphy, Denis (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 16, 2015, on page A14)
      I have had the privilege to be involved with a group of fishermen who are trying to create their own artificial reefs to replace the natural reefs that malevolent fishermen and nature have destroyed. In the new reefs the ...

    • Mining employees find extra income post Odette 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 21, 2022, on page A5)
      A group of employees from Cagdianao Mining Corp. (CMC) harvested hundreds of kilos of bangus (milkfish) as the Province of Dinagat Islands marked the devastation wrought by Typhoon "Odette" (international name: "Rai") ...