Update on Typhoon Haiyan’s Storm Surge in Philippines
The recent update on the devastation brought by Super Typhoon Haiyan to southern Philippines has raised the death toll to 5,235 with 23,501 injured and 1,613 reported missing. The natural disaster is of major catastrophic proportion and hit more than 60 provinces in the Philippines. The deadly typhoon caused a storm surge which had a tsunami-like […]
Read MoreSuper Typhoon Haiyan Devastates Southern Philippines
The Philippines was hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Typhoon Yolanda) last Friday with a prediction that the death toll could reach more than a thousand. The full amount of the devastation cause by the powerful winds and storm surge is still unknown. The authorities are trying to get more information from areas […]
Read MoreTravel Guide to the Philippines
Filipinos are generally optimistic about their future. It’s what keeps them going in times of hardships. Their indomitable search for greener pastures eventually paid off when the economy started to grow from remittances sent home by overseas workers and outsourced jobs – an impressive average of 6.6% GDP growth in 2012, surpassing the estimated 3.5% […]
Read MoreHeavy Monsoon Rains Submerge Manila
Almost 2 million Filipino people were inundated by floods and more than 300,000 were evacuated to safer places due to heavy downpours that hit the Philippines. Half of Manila, the capital city, has been submerged when monsoon rains caused rivers, dams and waterways to overflow and set off flash floods to the capital region and […]
Read MorePacific Seismic Belt
Japan, Indonesia, Mexico, and the Philippines are just a few among countries along the Pacific that have notably frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. These natural occurrences gave rise to what is known today as the Pacific Ring of Fire, so called because of its distinct horseshoe shape of nearly continuous series of volcanic belts and […]
Read MoreExplore Palawan
Pa Lao Yu, that’s what the Chinese traders called this quiet province thousands of years ago which means the land of beautiful safe harbor. Chinese Traders found many safe places in the province where they could land their ships that’s why they so-called the land. Tabon Man was said to be one the province’s first […]
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