DOH deploys teams vs diseases

By Sheila Crisostomo | October 14, 2009 - 12:00am

The Department of Health (DOH) started yesterday the monitoring of the spread of athlete’s foot among residents in flooded areas that could trigger an outbreak of leptospirosis in communities recently ravaged...

EDITORIAL - Health risks

EDITORIAL - Health risks

October 6, 2009 - 12:00am

With floodwaters not receding in communities around Laguna de Bay and other areas still under a few centimeters of water, authorities should prepare for the next likely problem: disease outbreaks.

234 inmates in Rizal saved from drowning

By Bebot Sison Jr. | October 2, 2009 - 12:00am

Officials of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) saved a total of 234 inmates from drowning inside the two-story jail facility in San Mateo, Rizal, where floodwaters reached the rooftop at the height...

Floodwaters and dirty clothes

By The Ear | April 27, 2009 - 12:00am

FLOODING EVERYWHERE.

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6,200 families in Tarlac, Pampanga told to evacuate

By Ding Cervantes | August 2, 2006 - 12:00am

Rising floodwaters from heavy rains dumped by tropical depression "Henry" prompted officials of Tarlac and the Pampanga town of Candaba to order the evacuation yesterday of a total of 6,223 families...

181 barangays in Pampanga, Zambales, Bataan still flooded

July 27, 2006 - 12:00am

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga — At least 181 barangays in Pampanga, Zambales and Bataan are still reeling from floodwaters dumped by typhoon "Glenda." In Bataan, rampaging floodwaters destroyed a hundred-meter...

Allegory of the flood

By STILL TALKING By Enrico Miguel T. Subido | September 17, 2004 - 12:00am

The floodwaters have abated but for almost two weeks from the end of August, newspaper and television reports focused on the sorry plight of people whose lives and property were ruined by the raging flood. Local...

Leptospirosis warning issued

By Sheila Crisostomo | June 20, 2003 - 12:00am

Avoid floods like the plague. The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday renewed its warning against leptospirosis as cases jacked up by 300 percent from January to June 16 this year, compared with the same period...

Floods breaching dikes; death toll hits 30

July 11, 2002 - 12:00am

The death toll from four days of heavy rains and strong winds rose to 30 yesterday, with four other people reported missing and 41 more injured. More than 31,000 people remained in evacuation centers, although floodwaters...

Floods strand thousands

By Pete Laude | July 7, 2002 - 12:00am

At least two people were killed in floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains that left thousands of people stranded in Metro Manila for most of the day yesterday.