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Beyond the Fault Line: Why the Philippines’ Next National Crisis Won’t Be Just an Earthquake
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For decades, the term “The Big One” has triggered a singular, terrifying image in the minds of Filipinos: the movement of the West Valley Fault and a catastrophic earthquake flattening Metro Manila. We map the fault lines, we retrofit our condos in BGC and Makati, and we run the Shake…
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Women on Night Shift: Safety and Security Concerns
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Last week, this blog tackled the health hazards women working on the night shift face. This time, we’re going to take a look at another facet of working on the nocturnal shift: the safety and security concerns that women workers deal with during ungodly hours. Gone are the days of…
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Tropical Storm ‘Helen’ arrives
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Based on the hourly updates from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Tropical Depression ‘Helen’ has already intensified into a storm, now threatening Northern Luzon. Storm Signal No.1 is already up in Isabela, Kalinga Apayao, Cagayan, Babuyan, Calayan Group of Islands, and Batanes Group of Islands. ‘Helen’…
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(UPDATE) Southwest monsoon rains leave 66 people dead
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With the massive damage it has left the country, it could be called a storm—but it wasn’t. The Southwest monsoon rains, or Hanging Habagat, which battered the country last week, has now left 66 people dead, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Around 45,381 families or…
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(UPDATE) Habagat death toll reaches 19
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According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s (NDRRMC) latest situational update on the effects of Southwest Monsoon or Hanging Habagat, the death toll now climbed to 19. Of these, nine were landslide victims in Lower Bayanihan, Brgy.Commonwealth, Quezon City; eight were victims of drowning; and two were…
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No storm but torrential rains slam PH
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There is no storm in the country, but several provinces and cities have been affected by flashfloods and landslides due to nonstop, heavy rains brought about by the Southwest Monsoon (HABAGAT) and enhanced by Typhoon ‘Haikui’ which is outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Latest situational update from the…
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Women on Night Shift: The Perils They Face
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(First of Two Parts) Working nights is called the graveyard shift – could there be a kernel of truth to the expression? Today, most industries require their employees to work on shifts ‘round the clock – BPO-IT companies, media outfits, and hospitals, among others, are manned by workers who put…
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Kin say goodbye to Marcos; hazing impossible to prevent, says security expert
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Latest hazing victim Marc Andrei Marcos, a San Beda College law student, was finally laid to rest yesterday morning at Poblacion Memorial Park in his hometown Ramos in Tarlac province. His relatives, friends, classmates, and supporters attended the funeral mass at the Shrine of St. Therese of the Child Jesus…
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CMP backs MGB’s suspension order on Shenzhou mining
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The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) suspended the operations of Shenzhou Mining Group Corporation in Claver, Surigao del Norte due to excessive siltation along the town’s shoreline. Shenzhou is the Operator of Claver Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC) under Mineral Production Sharing…
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