Below is the updated list of "Ondoy" victims based on a report by the National Disaster Coordinating Council as of 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Cordillera Autonomous Region:
Ronnie Bahala, 21, Kabuagao, Apayao [Drowned]
Ronie Catib, 29, Kubagao, Apayao [Drowned]
Quiniling tello, 3, Bugyas, Benguet [Landslide]
Bulacan:
Roberto Pacao, 55, Bocaue Bulacan [Drowned]
Angelica Arajo, 5, Bustos, Bulacan [Drowned]
Benjamin Juliano, 31, Bustos, Bulacan [Drowned]
Rodel Casino, 30, Guiguinto, Bulacan [Drowned]
Ramon Demistrosa, Meycauayan, Bulacan [Drowned]
Furtunato Saturnino, Meycauayan, Bulacan [Drowned]
Faustino Policarpio, Mecauayan, Bulacan [Drowned]
Jan Joven, 17, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan [electrocuted]
Erick Portugal, 19, Bocaue, Bulacan [Drowned]
Abet San Pedro, Bocaue, Bulacan [Drowned]
Ligaya Lacap, 40, Marilao Bulacan [Drowned]
Carmelita L. Viray, 38, Marilao, Bulacan [Drowned]
Feliza M. Acap, 78, Marilao, Bulacan [Drowned]
Hergogenes L. Viray, 78, Marilao, Bulacan [Drowned]
Lito SR. Estrada,26, Marilao, Bulacan
Agustin Margallo, 22, Norzagaray, Bulacan [Due to landslide]
Eddie (last name not identified), 4, Norzagaray, Bulacan [Due to landslide]
Ervin Marlon (last name not identified), Norzagaray, Bulacan [Due to landslide]
Jasmin (last name not identified), 8, Norzagaray, Bulacan [Due to landslide]
Jasper (last name not identified), 4, Norzagaray, Bulacan [Due to landslide]
Armano Brilio, from Meycauayan, Bulacan
Lily Guanzon, from Meycauayan, Bulacan
Roberto Guanzon, from Meycauayan, Bulacan
Felomena Ramos, from Sta. Maria Bulacan
Rannie Sagutao Erellano, from Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Pampanga:
Mark Galang, 15, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Marco Galang, 10, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Riza Portacio, 28, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Sonny Boy Portacio, Jr., 8, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Sonnylyn Portacio, 5, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Raiza Portacio, 4, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Catalina dela Cruz, 83, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Mary Anne Dela Cruz, 10, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Marlon Dela Vruz, 11, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Sherly Dela Cruz (pregnant), 31, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Manilyn Dela Cruz, 12, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
McGayver Dela Cruz, 6, Arayat Pampanga [Due to landslide]
Batangas:
Ronel C. Morsia, 27, Calaca, Batangas [hit by fallen tree]
Quezon:
Aurelio Flistado, 50, Calauag, Quezon [Drowned]
Cavite:
Archie Perez, 24, Novelete, Cavite [hit by collapsed wall]
Caroline Perez, 28, Kawit Cavite
Laguna:
Mario Blanco, from Sta. Cruz, Laguna
Rafols David, from Calamba
Myrna Bonon dela Cruz, 6, Sta. Rosa City, Laguna
Kyla dela Pena, 6, Sta. Rosa City, Laguna
Edemar Dumalaon Escalano, 35, San Pedro Laguna
Cpl. Adriano Rigua of Philippine Army [military personnel killed during rescue mission]
CCA Reno Olagir [military personnel killed during rescue mission]
CCA Florencio Deguino [military personnel killed during rescue mission]
CCA Pedro Multifalcon [military personnel killed during rescue mission]
CCA Joel Hernalin [military personnel killed during rescue mission]
Tanay, Rizal:
Allan Paul Flores
Aldre Ave Floresl
Victoria Tubera
Edwin Antonio
Almira Amuin
Fernando Agno
Lea Ayo
Daisy Arenas
Apple Joy Aranes
Crisanta Aranes
Lani Nemerga
Milagros Jarin
Andrea rose Sayaman
Roselle Abajon
Rosana Abajon
Puti Agno
Zenaida Hagupit
Antipolo City, Rizal:
Anthonette Lawid Vega
Nicole Calagay Delda
Jackielyn Vega Lawid
Nicole Arddales Colagong
Geraldine Dela Rama
Deogracia Gedraga
Lileth Rumd Yusabia
Anan Rose Teresita
Jonathan Antana
Jasmin Natana
Aprilyn caber Lascherry
Beth Roque
Antonio Hallado
Jo Marie Pidal Faunillo
Noel Visaya
Angono, Rizal:
Baby Icaro
Elisabeth Icarao
Arlyn Raymundo
Evelyn Persia
Jeremy Buenaventura
Sherwim Ranada
Jovelyn Belardo
Melisa Belardo
Diego Corales
Mark Dennis Naciloan
Christine Naciloan
Names of missing victims:
Pihet Cabiag, of Kabayan, Benguet [Covered by landslide]
From Ilagan, Isabela
Florante Ramirez
Alberto de Gamo
Wilson Que
Johndel de Gamo
Ignacio Raga
Larry Villaflor
Bebot Sequina
Esterio Mejala
Arman Mejala
A certain "Ricky"
From Bocaue, Bulacan
Christopher Nieto, 32
Rex Baltao, 34
From Sta. Cruz, Zambales
David Maceda
Darmie Amindain
Marvin Amindain
Ronnie Maca
Anthony Miraflor
Names of injured victims:
Reinan Galicia, from Sta. Cruz, Laguna
Salvador Garcia, from Bacoor Cavite [Electrocuted]
Tito Simpoda, from Kabayan, Benguet [Covered by landslide]
Marcelo Simpoda, from Kabayan, Benguet [Covered by landslide]
Galeba Tobiangon, from Kabayan, Benguet [Covered by landslide]
There is neither panic-buying nor hoarding. Bottled water and instant noodles have just become the new supermarket and grocery stars.
The Department of Health (DoH) will monitor pricing of medicines for anti-leptospirosis and water-borne diseases foreseen to be in demand in the wake of floods caused by tropical storm Ondoy, an official said Tuesday.
Floods from Saturday"s record-setting rainfall in Manila damaged at least four government hospitals in the nation"s capital, but all of them will remain open to serve the health needs of residents, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday.
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque on Tuesday encouraged employers to assist workers in coping with the emergency by granting their workers affected by the floods brought by Ondoy with paid emergency leaves.
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said Tuesday it has opened a fast-track calamity loan facility for the families of active OWWA members affected by tropical storm Ondoy.
Each employee of the House of Representatives will get P5,000 in cash assistance to tide them over the calamity brought about by tropical storm Ondoy over the weekend, Speaker Prospero Nograles announced Tuesday.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her Cabinet agreed Tuesday to donate their salaries for two months to victims of storm "Ondoy."
MANILA - Hundreds of Philippine flood survivors poured into the presidential palace on Tuesday after President Gloria Arroyo threw open the seat of government as part of disaster relief efforts.
President Macapagal-Arroyo didn't like what she saw on the first day of her unprecedented order to open Malacañang to common folks: a long stretch of poor villagers peeking through the gates of the Kalayaan compound under the intense noon heat.
by Aries Rufo, abs-cbnNEWS.com/ Newsbreak
The Archdiocese of Manila will hold a "special collection" for victims of tropical storm Ondoy, even as pledges of financial support from international relief agencies pour.
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has given 2 million euros (about P140 million), so far the biggest amount of disaster relief assistance for the victims of typhoon Ondoy.
China on Tuesday gave an additional $100,000 (about P4.7 million) in cash for humanitarian disaster assistance to victims of typhoon Ondoy.
SYDNEY — Australia will give up to a million dollars (US$874,920) in aid to the Philippines as it faces a humanitarian crisis caused by the worst flooding in decades, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Tuesday.
United Nations top officials led by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday assured Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo of assistance for the families of the people who perished and were displaced in the floods caused by typhoon "Ondoy" last Saturday.
Six more bodies believed to be victims of drowning at the height of storm "Ondoy" turned up in a waterway near the Laguna Lake in Taguig City on Tuesday, police said.
Two bodies believed to be those of people who drowned in the floods spawned by typhoon "Ondoy" over the weekend were fished out of a river in Las Piñas City on Tuesday.
Flash floods triggered by tropical storm Ondoy killed at least eight people in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat province on Saturday.
MANILA - Angry flood survivors in Cainta, Rizal queued here Tuesday for tinned fish and noodles while another line built for a single toilet at a gymnasium that was turned into an evacuation center.
(UPDATE) This time, there's no reason not to be ready. President Macapagal-Arroyo ordered on Tuesday the "preemptive" evacuation in areas likely to be hit by yet another weather disturbance expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility either Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.
The massive floods that inundated the Philippine capital were a chilling reminder of the need to seriously address climate change, experts said, warning that the lives of millions were at stake.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo could have averted the disaster brought by storm Ondoy if she acted to stop rampant corruption at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, which was believed to have abetted illegal logging, a Quezon Catholic priest and head of the Sierra Madre protection group said Tuesday.
A FORMER collector of the Cebu City Treasurer's Office was found guilty of malversation of public funds for pocketing about P187,707.95 in 2004. Rebecca Mahusay, a former utility worker and designated collector at the treasurer's office, was convicted of violating Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code for failing to remit taxes she collected to the city's coffers.
THE Senate passed on third reading Monday the bill converting Lapu-Lapu City into a lone district without discussion in the floor.
(UPDATE 2) Two US Navy soldiers and a member of the Philippine Marines were killed while two others were injured when a landmine exploded near a Marine detachment between the villages of Kagay and Luamsaing in Indanan, Sulu, around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, a military spokesman said.
The Sulu police have released the identities of the two American soldiers and a Filipino Marine trooper, who were killed by a roadside bomb in Indanan, Sulu Tuesday morning. Senior Superintendent Alibuddin Esmail, Sulu police chief, identified the US soldiers as Staff Sergeant Jack Martin and Sergeant First Class Christopher Shaw. The Filipino soldier was only identified as a Private First Class Estrada.
Muntinlupa Representative Rufino Biazon urged the suspension of military exercises between the Philippines and the United States after a landmine explosion that killed two American soldiers and member of the local Marines.
The United States Embassy in Manila on Tuesday confirmed the deaths of two American servicemen and a Filipino soldier, and the wounding of two other Filipino soldiers when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Sulu.
by Purple Romero, abs-cbnNEWS.com/ Newsbreak
Former president Joseph 'Erap' Estrada will not back out from the presidential race, dashing hopes that there will be a common opposition candidate for the 2010 elections. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada told reporters that his father will stand pat on his plans to join the presidential derby, sending signals that alleged fresh attempts between his father and another opposition contender, Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino, to unify the opposition have gone kaput.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday ruled as legal the merging of administration parties Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) and Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi).
(UPDATE 2) The House of Representatives' committee on justice has junked the impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.
(UPDATE) Court of Appeals Justice Martin Villarama was the top choice of the Supreme Court justices when it came to who among applicants for a seat in the high tribunal should be in the Judicial and Bar Council's short list for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's consideration.
MANILA - President Arroyo on Tuesday, in her latest directives to address the devastation brought by Tropical Storm "Ondoy" and provide aid to tens of thousand still in evacuation centers, has ordered the Bureau of Customs not to impose duties on relief goods that will come from donors abroad.
by By Neil Jerome C. Morales, BusinessWorld
MANILA - An expected tight supply of pork in the coming holiday season amid low production has prompted the government, private traders and even hog raisers to agree to import an additional 20,000 metric tons (MT) this year.
HANOI - More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from the path of Typhoon Ketsana as it bears down on central Vietnam, an official said Tuesday.
DANANG—Typhoon Ketsana slammed into Vietnam Tuesday killing at least 31 people in floods and landslides and causing almost 170,000 to flee their homes, officials said.
APIA—A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck off the South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami warning and sending coastal residents fleeing to higher ground.
CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea junta troops shot and killed at least 157 people, wounded more than 1,000, and raped women when they broke up a huge rally in a stadium, opposition leaders said Tuesday amid deadly new unrest.
MANILA -- Well known ring announcer Jimmy Lennon said a win against WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will definitely make Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao an "all-time great" in boxing.
by By Dennis Gasgonia, abs-cbnNEWS.com
MANILA -- Undefeated Filipino super flyweight Drian Francisco is banking on his abilities to score an "upset" against a more experienced Roberto "La Arana" Vasquez when they face at the Cuneta Astrodome this coming Saturday.
Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy has reached a deal on a contract extension with the National Basketball Association team.
Crocs in the floodwaters of Pasig? "Nothing to worry. The crocodiles are still in their cages as reported by the zoo keeper," Pasig City Mayor Robert Eusebio on Tuesday assured the public. Stories swirled that the ferocious animals from Pasig's RainForest Park have gone out of their cages as floodwaters hit the zoo over the weekend.
MANILA – Filipino American international singer apl.de.ap of Grammy Award-winning group The Black Eyed Peas has heeded the appeal of the Philippines for international aid.
SAN FRANCISCO - The US Secret Service is trying to identify the people who launched an online poll at Facebook asking whether US President Barack Obama should be assassinated.
In a chat with Ricky Carandang of ANC's Business Nightly, Gemma Bagayaua Mendoza, deputy editor for research and systems of abs-cbnNEWS.com and Newsbreak, noted how millions of Internet users flocked to various social networking sites to help augment government's rescue and relief efforts for Typhoon 'Ondoy' victims. While interactive social networking and news sites continue to grapple for profitable business models, Mendoza said 'Ondoy' provided another opportunity for marketers and advertising companies to realize that audience traffic and their target market is available in cyberspace.
GENEVA - A second tropical cyclone is forming and may reach the Philippines, already reeling from a storm that killed at least 246 people over the weekend, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday.
The government of Taiwan is providing the Philippines with 15 automatic weather stations (AWS) worth P13.5 million, in an effort to boost the capability of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) to forecast weather.
