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SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN #12 FOR: TYPHOON #AmboPH (VONGFONG) TROPICAL CYCLONE: WARNING ISSUED AT 8:00 AM, 14 May 2020 (Valid for broadcast until the next bulletin to be issued at 11 AM today) "AMBO" FURTHER INTENSIFIES AND IS NOW THREATENING THE EASTERN SAMAR-NORTHERN SAMAR AREA. Heavy Rainfall Outlook: •Today (14 May): Heavy to intense with at times torrential rains over Samar Provinces. Moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Sorsogon, Albay, Catanduanes, Masbate, and the rest of Eastern Visayas. •Tomorrow (15 May): Heavy to intense with at times torrential rains over Bicol Region. Moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Northern Samar, Quezon, Aurora, Marinduque, and Romblon. •Residents in these areas are advised to take appropriate measures, coordinate with local disaster risk reduction and management offices, and continue monitoring for updates, especially the local rainfall or thunderstorm advisories and heavy rainfall warnings from PAGA

#EarthquakePH #EarthquakeLeyte Earthquake Information No.1 Date and Time: 04 May 2020 - 07:26 AM Magnitude = 3.2 Depth = 001 kilometers Location = 11.01N, 124.74E - 011 km N 29° E of Albuera (Leyte) https://earthquake.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/2020_Earthquake_Information/May/2020_0503_2326_B1.html

DOTr Press Statement 3 May 2020 On the decision of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 for the TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF USAGE of all PH international airports for inbound international passenger flights The Department of Transportation (DOTr) accedes to the decision of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 to temporarily suspend the use of all international airports in the country effective 0800 of 03 May 2020 for international inbound passenger flights, except enroute emergencies. We understand that said request, which we reiterate is a temporary measure, was made by the NTF to DOTr in order to allow the current system to ramp up its capacity to properly process the growing number of Filipino repatriates going back to the Philippines daily. Currently,  the government has already accommodated around 20,000 repatriates who are quarantined in Metro Manila, with an arrival rate of 2,000 per day. This measure to temporarily suspend international passenger arrivals will enab

86k OFWs get DOLE cash aid Close to 86,000 overseas Filipino workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have been extended assistance under the AKAP program of the labor department, it was reported over the weekend. The Department of Labor and Employment also said its Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) in 40 posts across the globe and the offices of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the country already received 336,809 requests for assistance from both onsite and repatriated OFWs as of May 1. Of the total applications, 85,849 OFWs were qualified and granted the one-time P10,000 or $200 cash assistance from the P1.5-billion emergency aid program for OFWs who were displaced from their jobs due to lockdowns in their host countries or stranded by the community quarantine in the Philippines. Of the approved requests, 54,602 were processed on-site or in various POLOs and 31,247 were evaluated by OWWA. The number of approved assistance, from both land and