1. In 1987, MV Dona Paz sank, killing 4,375 passengers, which was considered as the worst sea disaster in the history of the Philippine maritime industry.
2. In 1988, MV Dona Marilyn had the same fate with 540 passengers dead.
3. In 1998, MV Orient of the Sea took away 150 lives when it submerged.
4. This year [...]
While I was working out at the gym this afternoon, I thought I was just dizzy not knowing that a magnitude 6 earthquake shook parts of Luzon, including Metro Manila. This sent people fleeing into the streets, seismologists and witnesses said.
The US Geological Survey said the strong quake, which struck at 12:27 p.m., was centered [...]
Tropical storm “Reming,” which meteorologists say might become a super typhoon, has strengthened and now threatens Luzon, with the state weather bureau raising public storm warning signal number 1 over Catanduanes province Tuesday afternoon.
A tropical storm is a moderate cyclone with maximum winds of 64 kilometer per hour to 118 kph.
On the other hand, a [...]
Super typhoon Milenyo brought so much disaster to the Philippines. It wrecked havoc to the infrastructures (i.e. billboards, and cellsites) trees, cut the electricity supply to the metropolis, killed 21 persons. That meant no work today, both government and private. No school for all levels. That also meant no work-out for me because Fitness [...]
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