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Showing posts with label Advisory. Show all posts

18 April 2020

Coronavirus 101

Coronavirus
As the coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) continues to spread fear across the planet, health officials from all over the world are working to contain the outbreak and people are looking to keep the virus from infecting themselves.

While the outbreak is most widespread across China, with thousands of deaths already reported, it is spread to countries across the globe and the United States is included.

20 June 2017

Avocado Could Wreck Havoc On Your Safety

Avocado Hand
Everyone should know that there's a new menace wreaking havoc in kitchens across the land. And it's probably lurking in a nearby fruit bowl right now. Growing numbers of amateur chefs are visiting accident and emergency departments thanks to our obsession with avocados.

Their affliction? So-called "avocado hand" — serious stab and slash wounds resulting from failed attempts at penetrating the fruit's tough skin, and slippery collisions with the inner stone.

18 October 2015

Typhoon "Lando" Makes Landfall

Typhoon Lando
The state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced today (18 October) at about 1:00 A.M. that Typhoon #LandoPH had made landfall at Casiguran, Aurora.

The typhoon had intensified through 17 October afternoon and evening and was previously forecast to touch down somewhere along the coast of Aurora Province, Isabela or the northern stretch of Quezon Province, in the wee hours before dawn, after approaching from the fringe of the Pacific Ocean.

17 January 2015

LTO: Time to Change License Plates

LTO License
According to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) last year, the new license plates with multiple security features will be available to replace old license plates starting 6 January 2015, in line with government’s license plate standardization program.

"It’s time to change old license plates with new ones. (6 January 2015), we begin phasing out the 9 various designs currently in use with modern, standardized, and security feature-packed license plates," Secretary of Transportation Jun Abaya said.

15 October 2014

Mayon Spewed Lava

Mayon Volcano
In a report from ANC, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) confirmed that lava flow was spotted at the Mayon Volcano in Albay on 12 October 2014, though there is no reason yet to raise the Alert Status to Level 4.

"If we look at the past eruptions of the Mayon Volcano, we can classify its phases to one, non-explosive, meaning there is only quiet effusion of lava from the summit, and second, explosive eruption," said Phivolcs director Renato Solidum on ANC.

11 October 2014

Haiyan-Like Typhoon On Its Way To Japan

VongFong
All typhoon watchers should set their eyes on Japan this coming weekend because the biggest and deadly natural storm is about the land of the rising sun. It is as powerful as the one that ripped through the Philippines in 2013 killing thousands of people, meteorologists said.

The monstrous storm, named Vongfong, was picking up speed as it churned through the far west of the Pacific Ocean.

15 July 2014

Brace for Flood as Tropical Storm Nears

Typhoon Rammasun
Everyone in the Philippines are being asked to braced for possible floods and landslides as a tropical storm continued to strengthen as it approached the country's eastern seaboard.

Tropical Storm Rammasun (local name: Glenda) was expected to intensify into a typhoon before making landfall on 15 July morning in Albay province, the government's weather bureau said.

11 November 2013

Where to Send Aid for Victims of Typhoon Yolanda

Typhoon Victims
Filipino are resilient and will surely find a way to survive despite the challenges and hardship they face. However, those obstacles can be easily overcome once the 'bayanihan' spirit kicks in.

A day after Typhoon Yolanda, the most powerful storm recorded this year, flattened entire towns across part of the Southeast Asian archipelago and killed thousands of Filipinos in the Visayas region, relief and aid effort operations went into high gear. Both local and international sources started to chip in and sent whatever they can to help, especially after hearing about desperate survival tactics that created fresh horrors.

22 March 2012

Appointment System at the Aussie Embassy

Aussie Embassy
For those who are planning to visit Australia, please be reminded that the Australian Embassy in Manila has already adopted an appointment system starting last year (1 July 2011) for passport and consular services.

The announcement was posted for several months now on their website, but it appears that there are still many who got confused about the new system. The Australian Embassy said the system will cover notarial acts and lodgement of passport applications.