WATCH: Diners eat while restaurant floods in Venice, Italy
Even the waiters wore wellies to deliver pizza to the patrons.
Even the waiters wore wellies to deliver pizza to the patrons.
In London, kids also brave the floods to get to their schools.
Unlike their visits in the cities of Baguio and Cebu, the crowd was missing when the Miss Universe candidates arrived here Thursday afternoon. This is partly because the Francisco Bangoy International Airport, where the private jets that brought the candidates from Manila landed, is far from the downtown area.
Instead of working against nature, sculptors from Quezon, Capiz, Palawan and the Ipo watershed chose to work with it, and produce rustic, one-of-a-kind art pieces made from aged driftwood.
Here is a bit of trivia. Have you ever wondered where the word “bagyo” comes from? It comes from the name of one of our most beloved local vacation spots, Baguio.
You’ve sent cash online or via text to the Philippine Red Cross, packed relief goods, and raided your closet for clean blankets and clothes to give. Don’t stop there, here are more ways to help!
The montage of photographs on my Facebook Wall over the last few days told the story of the ravage brought about by the monsoon rains last week. There was hardly any need for words.
Typhoon “Pedring” on Sept. 27 came on the same month two years after the traumatic storm “Ondoy.” Howling winds and heavy rains left the stretch of Roxas Boulevard impassable. A meter-high floodwater inside a five-star luxury hotel and waves higher than coconut trees freaked people out, even Filipinos who are used to typhoons, but not Goran Aleks, general manager of Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila.
It was Security Commander Balambao’s day-off when Typhoon “Pedring” hit Manila last Sept. 27, but an early morning call from one of his men prompted him to report for duty.
Amaris Cabason, 23, daughter of Marivi Martin-Cabason, has a recurring nightmare. In her dream, she is on the rooftop of their house in Provident Village, Marikina, shivering and wet under
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