Jejemon, Ondoy finalists for Word of the Year ABS CBN News "Ondoy" is now an adjective, referring to typhoon Ondoy which flooded Metro Manila last year. People say, "na-Ondoy kami," to mean their place was flooded. ...
Kin of 'Ondoy' soldier-victims get houses Manila Bulletin Tears of joy were mixed with sadness as families and relatives of the soldier-victims of “Ondoy” became emotional as their loved ones' heroic feats were ...
Palace preparing AO for flood warning Business Mirror ... gave an update of the work of the commission created to oversee post-typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng reconstruction efforts in Central Luzon and Metro Manila. ...
Metro police prepare for school opening, rains Inquirer.net Keeping in mind the metropolis' experience with storm Ondoy (international codename: Ketsana), which spawned the worst flooding in the nation's capital in ...
As rains start, government rushes relocation Philippine Star The government lacked such boats during the devastating floods spawned by storms 'Ondoy' and 'Pepeng' last year. EDD GUMBAN MANILA, Philippines - With rains ...
Palace fiat on flood forecasting readied BusinessWorld Online According to the National Disaster Coordinating Council last November, the combined damage of Ondoy and Pepeng totaled P38 billion with almost a thousand ...
'Ondoy' lessons forgotten, says LLDA Inquirer.net Some 1000 squatters in this area were removed in December 2009 following the disastrous floods brought by Ondoy but the illegal settlers had either returned ...
WB loan for Pepeng, Ondoy rehab approved Malaya The World Bank said that the loan aims "to cushion the economic and social impacts of the 2009 typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, which continue to affect a large ...
DepEd to hire 10000 additional teachers Manila Bulletin “This is very important because we have to replace those that were destroyed by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng,” she said. The ratio of textbooks — Social ...
Nacionalista Party (NP) spokesman and senatorial bet Gilbert Remulla admitted visiting a member of the influential Ampatuan clan in Maguindanao last month because of “personal safety and security reasons” and not to seek endorsement or support for him and the party. […]
An official of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei said that no Filipino casualties had so far been reported in Taiwan, as of Monday afternoon, after a 6.9 magnitude quake struck in an ocean area north of the Philippines on the same day and was felt throughout Taiwan. […]
(UPDATE) A total of 27 people have been killed while 37 others were wounded in various election-related violent incidents reported across the country since January in the rundown to the elections on May 10, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Monday. […]
A Liberal Party candidate here has called on the Commission on Election to place the city under its control, saying her supporters were being harassed by members of the rival party. […]
(UPDATE) Sarangani’s re-electionist Governor Miguel Dominguez survived a bomb attack while he and his followers were crossing a bridge in Malapatan town on his way to attend a rally of Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gilbert Teodoro on Monday. […]
Business groups on Monday met with Commission on Elections officials to push for the manual count of election results in all precincts in order to make the results of the country's first automated elections credible. […]
Deposed President Joseph Estrada on Monday stepped up his tirades against Senator Manuel Villar by accusing the Nacionalista Party standard-bearer of being “one big liar.” […]
(UPDATE) An emotional mother of presidential candidate Senator Manny Villar came out in public for the first time Monday to defend her son against allegations that he was a liar, especially on his claims that he came from a poor family. […]
(UPDATE) House Speaker and city mayoral candidate Prospero Nograles on Monday warned that more members of the administration’s Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) will quit on the party’s standard bearer Gilbert Teodoro as Election Day nears. […]