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 ...

Philippine operator Globe Telecom has called for telecommunications networks to be prioritised alongside electricity and ...

WASHINGTON, United States — A typhoon in the Philippines and flooding in Brazil. Twice in less than a year, British energy ...

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 ...

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

FILE PHOTO: This Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 photo shows a collapsed building in Bohol after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Bohol in the morning. - AP MANILA: The ...

The Philippines is first among top 10 countries with the highest disaster risk scores The DOST recently launched AIRCoDE that involves deep learning for flood level forecasting AI-powered disaster ...

Battered by rough waters caused by Typhoon Gaemi last week, an oil tanker capsized and sank on July 25 in the Philippines’ Manila Bay, causing potential ecological devastation. As climate change ...

The Philippine economy was one of the fastest-growing in Asia last year after shrugging off devastating natural disasters and expanding at a “remarkable” pace in the final quarter, the government said ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people and could derail economic progress in the Asia Pacific region if governments don't invest more ...