A number of trainer-volunteers from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) have arrived in areas hit by Typhoon Odette to provide skills training and assistance in rehabilitation. (Photo from TESDA / MANILA BULLETIN) This move is part of the agency’s “TESDAmayan”...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sen. Dick Gordon was not able to push through with his scheduled visit to Bohol Province on Thursday, Jan. 6 but still tasked the organization to carry on with its "all out" response with the distribution of food and non-food items to...
Malacañang thanked the Embassy of Israel after it sent donations of food and water to families in Visayas and Mindanao that were affected by typhoon "Odette". PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar and the flag of Israel (Photo from Facebook/ Unsplash) The Presidential Communications Operations Office...
President Duterte has been actively coming up with jokes that would make typhoon "Odette" victims laugh in his visits to the affected provinces. Senator Bong Go (left) and Governor Arthur Yap (Photos from Facebook/ MANILA BULLETIN) On Thursday, Dec. 23 in Tisa, Cebu City, Duterte recalled an old...
President Duterte tried to uplift the spirit of typhoon-weary Boholanos on Sunday, Dec. 19, by promising to give due honor to revolutionary Francisco Dagohoy--one of the province's most revered sons. Francisco Dagohoy bust at Rizal Park in Manila (Photo from Wikipedia) Duterte vowed to do so by...
President Duterte gave direct instructions to his Cabinet officials to respond to the key needs of residents of Cebu and Bohol, which were ravaged by typhoon "Odette" over the weekend. (Malacañang photo) This was confirmed in a statement Monday afternoon, Dec. 20 by Cabinet Secretary and Acting...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. flew to Visayas, then Mindanao, on Sunday morning to extend assistance to people affected by Typhoon "Odette." Marcos Jr. first visited Maasin City in Southern Leyte at around 9:30 a.m. to turn over P2-million cash and P2.5-million worth of...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said cities and provinces ravaged by typhoon "Odette" have the option to declare a "state of calamity" in their locality if they feel the need for it. Siargao, post-'Odette' (Philippine Coast Guard) Speaking in a briefing about the typhoon in Malacañang on Friday,...
As promised, Vice President Leni Robredo made an impromptu visit to Bohol on Friday, Dec. 17 to assess the situation there after typhoon "Odette" barreled through the province. (Photo from Leni Gerona Robredo's Facebook) She took to Facebook to raise awareness about the current hardships of...
President Duterte will visit the various areas affected by typhoon "Odette" this weekend. WORRIED--President Rodrigo Duterte expresses his concern over the state of his coutnyrmen in typhoon-stricken areas during a briefing on Dec. 17, 2021 (Screenshot from Facebook live) The rather...
Vice President Leni Robredo flew to Bohol on Friday, Dec. 17, to asses how her office can further assist typhoon-hit communities in the province, where the typhoon made landfall Thursday night. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo's spokesman Barry Gutierrez disclosed that the vice president...
The National Museum of the Philippines has turned over the reconstructed parish church to the Diocese of Tagbilaran On Oct. 15, 2013, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol and its neighboring islands causing major damage to many centuries-old heritage structures in the area, one of which is the...
