Over 46,000 people remain in evacuation centers due to 'habagat', cyclones — DSWD

 A total of 10,442,307 people or 2,981,477 families were affected by weather disturbances

By Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz

Published Sep 13, 2026 01:45 pm

At A Glance

• DSWD said the weather disturbances and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) affected 6,923 barangays across the National Capital Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Regions I, II, III, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, V, VI, VIII, and IX.
• DSWD has so far spent ₱2.54 billion for humanitarian assistance.

DSWD

More than 46,000 people displaced by the combined effects of the enhanced southwest monsoon and several tropical cyclones were still staying in evacuation centers as of Sunday morning, Sept. 13.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported that 46,424 persons or 13,166 families remained in 570 evacuation centers across affected areas.

Another 76,540 displaced persons or 20,956 families were staying outside evacuation centers with relatives or friends.

DSWD said the weather disturbances and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) affected 6,923 barangays across the National Capital Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Regions I, II, III, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, V, VI, VIII, and IX.

A total of 10,442,307 people or 2,981,477 families were affected.

DSWD has so far spent ₱2.54 billion for humanitarian assistance, while ₱3.54 billion in relief resources remains available, including ₱239.55 million in quick response funds and ₱3.30 billion worth of food and non-food items.

The agency also reported 610 totally damaged houses and 3,965 partially damaged houses.

As of 6 a.m. Sunday, DSWD had provided social protection services to 739 beneficiaries, while 31 women-friendly spaces, 210 psychological first-aid interventions, and 31 child-friendly spaces were reported in the affected areas.

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Is bitter coffee with no milk and sugar healthy?

 

Lillie Samuel

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Travel expert, luxury bag collector.

What effects does long-term coffee drinking have on your health?

☕Black coffee refers to coffee without sugar or milk. What are the 

effects of long-term black coffee consumption on our bodies? Let's take a look.

✅Reduces edema

✅Burns fat

✅Prevents depression

✅Invigorates the mind

✅Promotes intestinal motility

✅Prevents cardiovascular disease

✅Prevents gallstones

✅Prevents mental illnesses such as Alzheimer's

But don't drink too much. 1-2 cups a day is ideal.

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Extra big everything

 

by Gevan Raye Madanlo Yap

|September 14, 2026

Growing up, I never thought having an extra could be something to regret. Like an extra big pancit canton.

One pack always seemed too little, but two felt too much. Somehow, it leaves you wanting more while making you wonder why you cooked so many in the first place.

For some people, pancit canton is comfort food at midnight. For others, it is their go-to meal while working on a thesis. For many, it is simply the most affordable thing they can eat. In my case, as someone born and raised in the province, I never knew “extra.”  I only knew “enough.”

In a big family like mine, an extra big pancit canton was never really mine. It was meant to be shared. Even when my mother cooked three packs, it somehow still left me wanting more. Maybe that is why I always wondered what it felt like to have an extra. What does it mean to have more than enough? The truth is, I did not know.

In school, I was taught to join extracurricular activities because extra experiences were always better. They came with extra opportunities and extra points. In life, I was taught to dream extra big. As people would say, “Mangangarap ka na lang din, lakihan mo na (If you’re going to dream anyway, dream big).”

So I did.

I dreamed big. But no one told me that “extra” could also be overwhelming.

I finished high school with many awards. Some would call that extra. I delivered a long valedictory speech because of the extra points that raised my average. And in the province, or maybe in life itself, once you become that student, people begin writing a future for you.

You are supposed to study in an extra big school. You are supposed to take an extra difficult program. You are supposed to move to an extra big city.

Now, I am here.

An extra big city. An extra large crowd. Carrying what I believed was an extra big dream.

Then reality arrived. Not all at once, but enough to make itself known.

I learned that having an extra dream requires extra energy. Extra strength. Extra time. Extra money. To have an extra is to carry an extra. And somewhere along the way, I got tired. I failed. I cried. I got lost. For a while, I thought I had lost my extra. The spark I thought would always be there. I was extra tired. Extra scared. Extra uncertain. I never thought I would feel that way.

I never thought the boy who once stood behind a podium would someday struggle to recognize himself. But then I realized something.

This, too, is an extra. I am not the same person I was before. I am stronger. Bolder. And somehow, happier. Not because everything worked out. But because I survived the things I once thought would break me.

I am still searching for another extra. Maybe an extra motivation. A new spark. A new goal. But I no longer think I need to be extraordinary just to belong here.

I do not need countless achievements to prove that I am alive. I do not need an extra anything to know that I am enough. Sometimes we are extra weak. Extra scared. Extra confused. And that is okay.

I live in an extra big city where, honestly, nobody has the time to wonder whether your dreams are bigger than theirs. People are busy carrying their own extras. Their own worries. Their own expectations. Their own battles. And strangely, that comforts me.

I still miss the younger version of myself sometimes. The hopeful one. The dream-filled one. But then I remember that he is still here. He did not disappear. He just grew up.

Now we are here. In this extra overwhelming place. Surrounded by extra big buildings, extra busy streets, and extra loud dreams. Still surviving. And that is extra good.

Today, I still carry many extras in my life. I used to have a bigger bed than the one my small apartment offers. I used to have more space.

More certainty. More familiarity. But I am okay.

At least I am here.

And now, I can eat an extra big pancit canton all by myself. Though I still cannot finish two packs.

Maybe that is the lesson.

Sometimes having an extra means worrying extra and working extra.

Sometimes it means carrying more than you expected.

But sometimes it also means being lucky enough to have more than enough.

So wherever life finds you, good luck with your extras.