MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines retained its position as the world’s most disaster-prone country, ranking first among 193 United Nations member states in the World Risk Report 2026 with a ...

NATURAL disasters have caused at least ₱21.69 billion in documented damage across the Philippines so far this year, according to available assessments from major hazard events. The figure underscores ...

AGATON, Bulusan, Crising, Emong, Falcon, Jolina, Kanlaon, Odette, Mayon, Paeng and Taal. Between 2021 and early this year, these names made the front page, but not in a welcome way. They came as ...

The Asian Development Bank is ready to provide up to $500 million in emergency financing to the Philippines if the projected ...

Death toll rises to 29 in Basilan ferry sinking as government suspends operator’s entire passenger fleet citing pattern of safety failures By Paul Morgan (gCaptain) – The death toll from the MV Trisha ...

The sovereign parametric deal covers government exposures only, and the domestic pool covers earthquake alone, leaving typhoon and flood placements reliant on offshore capacity ...

Manila, Philippines — The death toll from a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the Philippines rose to at least 35 on Monday after at least 17 people were killed in a southern Philippine province ...

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials said Friday that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Modern technology is increasingly aiding disaster preparedness in the Philippines, with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) advancing artificial intelligence (AI) and ...

Typhoon Kalmaegi: What comes as bad news for the people is that private telecom companies, such as Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea, are planning to increase their tariff plans. And the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disaster drills helped prevent more deaths when quake hit Philippines, officials say Officials in the Philippines said on Friday ...