Malacañang will release P25 million to help residents affected by typhoon Julian in Batanes. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. visits Basco, Batanes on Oct. 4, 2024 to assess the impact of typhoon Julian and to lead the distribution of assistance to afected families. (Photo courtesy...
BASCO, Batanes – This province has declared a state of calamity due to the extensive damage from typhoon “Julian.” The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-Emergency Operations Center said 172 families were displaced and 1,463 houses were totally or partially damaged....
PAGASA weather specialist Loriedin Dela Cruz-Galicia gives updates on super typhoon Julian in a program presented by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Oct. 1, 2024. (Courtesy of OCD) (Updated) A record-high amount of rainfall was dropped by super typhoon “Julian” in Basco, Batanes while at...
The national government prepositioned food and other essential supplies for individuals who will be affected by typhoon “Julian”. In a situational report on Sunday, Sept. 29, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said a total of 1.9 million family food packs worth...
Fisherman Robin Dejillo, 49, (wearing blue shirt), is rescued after he went missing for 46 days and apparently drifting for 635 kilometers – from Quezon province to Batanes – in the vicinity waters of Basco on Sept. 19, 2024. (Photo by PCG) A fisherman who went missing for 46 days and...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Fishermen recovered packs of suspected shabu floating on the sea of this province and Batanes last week. SANCHEZ Mira was among the towns in Cagayan where a pack of floating shabu was found. Police Major Sharon Mallillin, spokesperson of the Police Regional...
A teacher from Sabtang town, Batanes province went viral online for fearlessly climbing a metal flagpole to install a rope. TEACHER Carol Figuro fearlessly climbs a flagpole to install a rope. (Arlene Castillo FB screenshot) A 30-second video posted by Savidug Elementary School principal Arlene...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The Philippine Air Force has urged the government to install enhanced surveillance facilities and infrastructure in Batanes to ensure the security of maritime territories in the northernmost region of the country. LT. Gen. Fernyl G. Buca, Northern Luzon Command...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The Armed Forces-Northern Luzon Command conducted a site survey inspection and installed Harris tactical radios at Naval Detachment Mavulis in Batanes and Fuga and Calayan Islands in Cagayan. ARMED Forces-Northern Luzon brass visit Naval Detachment Mavulis in Batanes....
As part of the ongoing initiative to make government services more accessible to Filipinos, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officially kicked off the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Basco, Batanes on Monday, April 15. National Household Targeting System and...
Gov. Marilou Cayco assured that there will be no live fire exercises in the Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) military exercises this year in the towns of Basco and Itbayat and Mavulis Island in the province of Batanes. CAYCO “This is to inform the public that the province of Batanes, mainly Basco...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (below, second from right) visit the northern frontier's maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024....
