Disaster & Environment

Read more about the article Activate free mobile disaster alert law amidst Hagupit – partylist urges govt
Globe telecommunications partners with the Foundation for the Philippine Environment, donating mobile phones, SIM cards and insurance policies to 42 volunteer forest guards and local watershed monitoring, including barangay officials to guard biodiversity initiatives in the Panigan-Tamugan watershed. The area is being tapped of its pristine surface water from the Tamugan River for Davao City's northeastern barangays and to relax extraction of water from the underground aquifers.

Activate free mobile disaster alert law amidst Hagupit – partylist urges govt

The congressman said the alerts must be provided with no cost or charges, as he noted that the phone companies have been sending out free messages about their services.

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Read more about the article In Sto. Tomas town, ‘layang-layang’ offers distraction than attraction

In Sto. Tomas town, ‘layang-layang’ offers distraction than attraction

Thousands of barn swallow, a migratory bird, locally known as “layang-layang” have found their way home in this rustic town as they perched on kilometer-long power lines and tall buildings.

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Read more about the article Classes suspended in ComVal, DavNor due to Tropical Depression Queenie; Davao on alert status

Classes suspended in ComVal, DavNor due to Tropical Depression Queenie; Davao on alert status

The local government units of Compostela Valley and Tagum City have declared a suspension of classes effective Wednesday afternoon in all levels for both public and private schools as a safety precaution due to Tropical Depression Quennie.

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Read more about the article TD Queenie to make landfall in Surigao del Sur; 19 areas placed under Signal No. 1

TD Queenie to make landfall in Surigao del Sur; 19 areas placed under Signal No. 1

The state weather bureau PAG-ASA on Wednesday said that Tropical Depression Quennie is expected to make landfall over Surigao del Sur this afternoon and it will traverse the Northern Mindanao area by Wednesday evening.

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