MANILA, Philippines --The water supply in Barangay Tatalon and Barangay Sto. Domingo in Quezon City were temporarily cut off by Maynilad earlier after the pipeline along Quezon Avenue had been hit by a backhoe being used in the ongoing C3 Interchange Project.

Maynilad Spokesperson Cherubim Ocampo, in an interview,said that Maynilad is doing its best to expedite the repair of the pipeline and assured the affected barangays that the water supply will resume immediately, expectedly by 1:00 a.m.

VALENCIA,DAVAO CITY, Philippines —Six persons were confirmed dead upon retrieval of their bodies from the landslide site in the locality of Lumbayao in Valencia City, Bukidnon.

Heavy rains prompted several landslides to occur in Southern Bukidnon Province Monday morning around 7:00 a.m., covering portions of a mountainside highway which resulted to blockage of the road ,hence, forcing motorists to walk.

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines -- Tawi-tawi Police Director Sr. Supt. Rodelio Jocson confirmed reports that four Indonesians were rescued around the vicinity of Sikulan  Island,  municipality of Sibutu  through joint operation by residents and police elements in the area last Monday .

In an interview, Jocson said the rescue came after the residents of Barangay Tandu Owak, Sikulan Island spotted a peripatetic 10-meter boat routing towards the island.

DAVAO CITY ,Philippines – Five barangays in Davao City are now under the state of calamity due to the crucial effects of flashfloods at  Pangi River brought about by the six-hour rainstorm on Tuesday evening in Matina and Bangkal. While the torrents have, by now,  subsided in some barangays, the rescue teams are still standing by.

Cherry Moriones-Doromal, Editor, MB Online

MANILA, Philippines -- At the height of Typhoon Falcon last week where the deafening rainfall was hitting the ground and the roofs so hardly, I heard my son Zecheriah yelling as he pulled the curtain and peeped by the window to see what was going on outside: “Lord, don’t make us die. Just keep us healthy.  Don’t make us afraid.  Stop the rain right now. Stop the rain right now!”

MANILA, Philippines - Daughter of former President Fidel V. Ramos and wife of Lloyd Samartino, Josephine "Jo" Ramos-Samartino, passed away this morning at the Medical City in Ortigas, Pasig City after years of battle with lung cancer.  .

MANILA, Philippines --  For strong to gale force winds associated with Tropical Storm "FALCON", PAGASA  issued  GALE WARNING NO. 15  at 5:00 p.m. today .

PAGASA said strong to gale force wind is expected to affect the seaboards of Luzon. The eastern, western  and northern seaboards of Luzon will have cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rainshowers and thunderstorm.

Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves.

Forecast:

MANILA Philippines ( June 24, 2011 )-- It is Manila Day and San Juan Day today.  Traditionally, the 24th of June , being the Feast day of St. John the Baptist, is celebrated  in the Philippines by dousing passersby and strangers with water. This time , it seems no one can escape getting wet due to the heavy rain showers in Manila, San Juan and other parts of the country.

MANILA, Philippines-- The U.S. Department of State  is currently warning U.S. citizens against all non-essential travel to the Philippines through an issued travel advisory dated June 14,2011.

Teacher Mom Cherry D. with sons Ezekiel and Zecheriah

MANILA, Philippines -- Summer vacation is almost over and by next week the kids will be back in school. My five-year old Zecheriah has been consistently telling me that he does not want to go to school on the pretext that  I am his teacher.

Will I send him to a real school or is it more sensible to enroll him to remote education program or  homeschool curriculum?  There lay my dilemma, initially.

Did you know that there are good homeschools in the Philippines offering remote education programs?