TACLOBAN CITY – The Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) Disaster Response Deployment Contingent received a hero's welcome following a 10-day relief mission after severe tropical storm "Kristine" devastated the Bicol region. The 150-man team was composed of the Philippine National Police, Regional Maritime...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government sent water and medicines to victims of severe tropical storm “Kristine” in Bicol on Thursday, Oct. 31. MAYOR John Dalipe poses during the transport of assistance to storm-hit areas in the Bicol region. (Mayor John Dalipe page) It sent 8,000...
Senator Imee R. Marcos on Thursday, October 31 questioned the continuing severe flooding in the Bicol region, as she questioned how the P132 billion allocation for its flood control project since 2018 was utilized. “It’s unacceptable that ₱132 billion has been designated for...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Bicol reported P971 million in damage to infrastructure in the region from severe tropical storm "Kristine." DPWH-Bicol information officer Lucy Castañeda disclosed that roads sustained P799 million in damage,...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Rep. Co's office) The chairman of the powerful House Committee of Appropriations is batting for the construction of large-scale water impounding facilities across the Bicol Region to mitigate flooding and...
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Health- Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-EVCHD), in collaboration with the Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC), has dispatched a team of 18 healthcare professionals to the Bicol region to assist with local response following tropical...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) distributed food packs to some 8,000 families affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in the Bicol region, which was left submerged and devastated by the typhoon last week. In a statement on Monday, Oct. 28, the OVP said it has readied 4,000 food...
The relief operations of Ako Bicol Pary-list (Ako Bicol's Facebook page) Ako Bicol Party-list, in partnership with House Speaker Martin Romualdez, has initiated extensive relief and rescue operations across the Bicol region following the onslaught of...
Plans may soon be underway to revive former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s Bicol River Basin Development Program (BRBDP) to help mitigate flooding in the Bicol region after President Marcos inspected Typhoon Kristine-hit areas there on Saturday, Oct. 26. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong...
"Hindi kayo namin nakakalimutan (We have not forgotten about you)." This was President Marcos' assurance to the people of Naga when he visited them following the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, saying the government is ready to assist them as they recover from the typhoon's effects....
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (CO’s Facebook page) There is no "billion-peso budget" for food control in Bicol, for the record. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co had this to say on Friday,...
Personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed forces of the Philippines (PA) provide security during the arrival of C130 transport aircraft carrying relief aid and rubber boats at the Bicol International Airport in Daraga, Albay on Oct. 25, 2024 which will be distributed to victims of...
