A 6.5ft, 22-pound monitor lizard found in the Philippines has now been confirmed as a new species. The Varanus bitatawa was originally discovered in 2004 in the Sierra Madre mountains....
created by Liz McKibbon | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 849 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
Even while Philippines is trying to reach out relief to the victims of the last two devastating typhoons; Parma (Local name: Pepeng) and Ketsana (Local name: Ondoy), a third typhoon which is expected to be...
created by Mritunjay | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1510 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
ARE WE READY NOW? Typhoon Ramil (Lupit) has started shifting its course... now heading north slowly, possible to turn West today as the treat to Northern Luzon returns...Officials told residents still...
created by danesller0127 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 5304 views | 8 recommendations | 16 comments
Now that 'Pepeng' is in the country, What will happened to us? one of my 'Kabayan' told me this morning during our breakfast... I told him to stay calm and pray, that the Philippines would be spared again from...
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Makati City, Philippines - An earthquake rocked this part of Metro Manila less than two hours ago. Being more than a dozen storeys high, one would know that a tremor is in fact an earthquake, and not a dizzy reaction from eating too much breakfast, when the feeling is...
As the storm passes by, it left more casualties increased to OVER 845 casualties from MV PRINCESS of the STARS owned by SULPICIO LINES. Based on its manifest book, the records shows that there are more 100...
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This looks like it will be an on going story. This is what Reuters has so far. As it sais, mainly journalists. I am not sure how many foreigners are in the hotel."By Karen Lema and Raju Gopalakrishnan
MANILA (Reuters) - Rebel Philippine soldiers holed up in a luxury Manila...
MANILA - A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook central and northern Luzon,
including the Philippine capital, shortly after noon Tuesday. There
were no immediate reports of injuries and damage. (Updated 1:02 p.m., Philippine time; 1:02 a.m. in New York)
The last typhoon in this area of this magnitude killed thousands, so hopefully things will be safer this time around. They're still rebuilding from last year. Mitag is expected to hit around 9pm local...
created by Rob Walker | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 986 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
There's one thing common about Hawaii and the Philippines at this time -- they're both being lashed out by powerful storms.But this is the third in less than 14 days that the latter has been battered by the...
created by jayr_patron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 801 views | 28 recommendations | 5 comments