Twenty-six people have died from the combined effects of Severe Tropical Storm “Opong,” Super Typhoon “Nando,” Tropical Depression “Mirasol”, and southwest monsoon (habagat) as the extent of damage by the successive weather disturbances slowly unraveled after weather conditions finally...
The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) and Philippine Army (PA) ramped up their humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) efforts in the wake of successive storms that battered the country, officials said on Saturday, Sept. 27. In Northern Palawan, the Disaster Response and Rescue Teams...
Severe Tropical Storm “Opong” may have exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday, Sept. 27, but 1,555 passengers remained stranded in various seaports nationwide. As of 12 noon, the Philippine Coast Guard said the stranded passengers were monitored in 32 ports in the...
It’s raining rocket debris in Palawan. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday night, Sept. 26, that it retrieved a suspected Chinese rocket debris in Cuyo, Palawan. The debris was found by a local fisherman in the vicinity waters of Barangay Funda, Bisucay Island. A PCG footage dated Sept....
Successive typhoons left a trail of destruction that caused P1.7 billion worth of damage to the country’s agriculture and infrastructure while 32 areas were placed under a state of calamity due to widespread destruction, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)...
Severe Tropical Storm “Opong” has killed 10 individuals in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) and Bicol (Region 5), but Masbate bore the brunt of the storm, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported on Friday night, Sept. 26. OCD Deputy Administrator for Administration Asst. Sec. Bernardo Rafaelito...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Friday afternoon, Sept. 26, issued clarifications on the running tally of casualties related to Severe Tropical Storm “Opong”. OCD spokesperson Junie Castillo said there were two dead in Masbate, not four as initially reported by Bicol Regional Disaster Risk...
Around 38,000 residents were taken to safer grounds by the Philippine Army (PA) as Severe Tropical Storm “Opong” lashed parts of the country on Friday, Sept. 26. PA spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala said 10,961 families or 38,521 individuals were evacuated across Southern Luzon, Bicol Region,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, Sept. 26, that it mobilized around 8,700 police personnel nationwide to assist in the evacuation and rescue operations amid the threat of Severe Tropical Storm “Opong” and for post-disaster relief operations due to Super Typhoon “Nando”....
More than 7,000 passengers were stranded in 114 seaports while many residents were rescued due to deep flooding as Severe Tropical Storm “Opong” brought heavy rains and strong winds in different parts of the country, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Friday, Sept. 26. PCG...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, Sept. 26, that it has extended security and investigative assistance to the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) in its ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in flood control projects across the country. Acting PNP Chief Police...
Sixty-eight personnel of the Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) Law Enforcement Service were dismissed from their posts as part of the agency’s intensified campaign against corruption, it was revealed on Friday, Sept. 26. LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said he terminated the...
