The La Nña event that brought "above-normal" rainfall over the country in late 2020 to early 2021 is officially over. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Climate Monitoring and Prediction Section chief Ana Liza Solis said that La Niña has returned t
The seaweed farmers of Caramoan, Camarines Sur are no exception to this.
Caramoan island is known as a beach destination, it and its surrounding islands hosting various nature-themed tourist attractions such as island hopping, caving, and snorkeling. Formerly a “secret spot,” it gained worldwide attention after it was revealed that it was the location for some seasons of the TV show “Survivor” and parts of the movie “xXx: Return of Xander Cage.”
Aside from catering to the burgeoning tourism industry, locals also make a living through fishing and seaweed farming.
Seaweed is the major crop in many communities in Caramoan.
The need to protect flood-management infrastructure from floods
January 25, 2021 | 7:15 pm
By Dr. Andreas Klippe
Eleven years ago in September 2009, Tropical Storm Ondoy (international name: Ketsana) plunged many parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) into waist- to rooftop-level floodwaters. The people of NCR, especially those in the cities of Pasig, Quezon, Manila, Caloocan, Muntinlupa, and Marikina lost their homes and livelihoods. Some, unfortunately, lost their lives. Cold, tired, hungry, and weak, some even had managed to climb the highest parts of their houses, waiting for the flood to cease.
Eleven years later, with the horror of Ondoy still in the consciousness of some, another typhoon struck the capital. Typhoon Ulysses (Vamco), again, brought the people of NCR to another horrendous, heart-stopping calamity.