Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "disasters"

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    • Agri damage from Lando reaches P8.45 billion 

      (BusinessWorld, October 27, 2015, on page S1/4)
      Damage to agricultural crops and fisheries in the five regions affected by typhoon Lando (international name: Koppu) has reached P8.45 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday. Data released by the DA ...

    • Agriculture damage caused by Typhoon Quinta hits P2.2 billion 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, November 2, 2020, on page S1/8)
      Agricultural damage caused by Typhoon Quinta (international name: Molave) has hit P2.20 billion, up from the previous estimate of P1.81 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). In a bulletin, the DA said ...

    • Agriculture damaged in Western Visayas estimated at P265M 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (BusinessWorld, January 6, 2020, on page S2/7)
      Damage to the agriculture sector of Western Visayas due to typhoon Ursula (international name: Phanfone) has exceeded P265 million as of Jan. 3 with more than half accounted for by rice crops and facilities, according to ...

    • Quezon farmers, fisherfolk get P1.42-B aid from DA 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, November 25, 2020, on page S1/10)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) distributed P1.42 billion worth of assistance to farmers and fisherfolk in Quezon province who were affected by recent typhoons while their livelihoods have been weakend by the coronavirus ...

    • Tar balls seen on Texas coast as cost of US oil spill balloons 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, July 7, 2010, on page S1/9)
      Tar balls from the Gulf of Mexico spill have turned up on the Texas coast, expanding the oil slick's impact to all five Gulf states, officials said late Monday, as BP's disaster costs soared above three billion dollars. ...

    • Typhoon agriculture damage estimate rises to P11.1B 

      Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta C. (BusinessWorld, January 7, 2022, on page S1/2)
      Damage was reported in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan), Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern ...

    • US president visits with huge oil slick threatening disaster 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, May 3, 2010, on page S1/8)
      A giant oil slick closed in on the fragile Louisiana coast on Sunday after attempts to stop it faltered, threatening an environmental and economic disaster as President Barack Obama arrives to visit. With Mr. Obama expected ...