The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is studying the possibility of sending a second batch of emergency responders to earthquake-hit Turkiye that would replace the initial 82-man inter-agency response team tasked to assist in search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) operations. Assistant Secretary Bernardo...
The inter-agency response team headed to Turkey to assist in conducting search and rescue operations brought with them relief aid to alleviate the suffering of the victims of the magnitude 7.8. earthquake. Photo by Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN The 85-man team was scheduled to depart Terminal 3...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) mobilized a 33-man response team that will be deployed to assist in search and rescue (SAR) operations in Turkey following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck there on Monday, Feb. 6. General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
An 85-man team will leave for Turkey on Wednesday, Feb. 8, to bring assistance to those heavily affected by the strong earthquake in the foreign country. Rescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building, in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on February 6, 2023, after a...
The Philippines rode on a miraculous victory by Darry Bernardo over Kumar Naveen to salvage a 2-2 draw against India and essay a historic podium finish in the 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Belgrade, Serbia Saturday, Feb. 4. Members of the Philippine para chess team pose with...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 3, reminded the staff and personnel of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) to always be “noble” and serve with a “selfless purpose”. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) 2023 Planning Conference...
The Philippines smashed host Serbia 2, 3.5-0.5, to remain at the helm with chess giants Poland and India halfway through the 1st FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Belgrade on Tuesday, Feb. 1. FIDE Master Sander Severino stayed perfect as he notched his third straight win in the...
The Philippine women’s national football team By NIKOLE JAVIER The Philippine women’s national team will no longer be playing as underdogs when they face a tough battle to move past the first round of the Olympic Qualifiers. The Filipinas are kicking off their hectic campaign this...
The Philippines turned back the Czech Republic, 2.5-1.5, to remain unbeaten after two rounds in the 1st FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Belgrade, Serbia Tuesday, Jan. 31. The PH team in the 1st FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities. (From James Infiesto) FIDE Master...
The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) has released a 19-player list for the men’s team that will see action in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia in May. The PH men's volleyball team hopes to avenge its fifth-place finish at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam last...
CEBU CITY – Get into sports, not into drugs. COL. Antonietto Cañete (seated, second from right), chief of the Community Affairs and Development Division of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, welcomes the football team of Benthel Asia School of Technology in his office where the team...
Football coach Alen Stajcic By NIKOLE JAVIER Philippine national women's football team head coach Alen Stajcic is dealing with a unique problem as promising talents battle for roster spots in the lead-up to the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The national mentor and now appointed head tactician...
