BACOLOD CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense is preparing for the potential evacuation of up to 100,000 residents when the alert level of Kanlaon Volcano is raised from Alert Level 3 to Level 4. THE Office of the Civil Defense led by Administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno meets Negros...
(Courtesy of Manila General Information Systems Center/Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office) The “National Rally for Peace” organized by religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Monday, Jan. 13, attracted a mammoth crowd but the event went smoothly as no untoward event...
Residents wade through ankle-deep flood in Brgy. Tinanogan, Donsol, Sorsogon on Jan. 10, 2025 as shear line triggers light to heavy rains that already killed two persons in Bicol Region. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said that there are enough food, water...
Residents wade through ankle-deep flood in Brgy. Tinanogan, Donsol, Sorsogon on Jan. 10, 2025 as shear line triggers light to heavy rains that already killed two persons in Bicol Region. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) Two people were reported killed while more than 78,000 individuals were...
(File photo) Fearing the entire city of Canlaon in Negros Oriental will be buried under a thick carpet of pyroclastic surges and ashfall deposits, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is preparing to evacuate thousands of displaced individuals as Kanlaon Volcano again emitted ash on Wednesday morning,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deploys various assets and resources strategically along the Pasig River on Jan. 7, 2025 as part of security preparations for the Feast of Jesus Nazareno and the "Traslacion". (Photo: PCG Malacañang). Security measures are in place to ensure a peaceful, safe, and...
DAVAO CITY – Office of Civil Defense-Davao region chief Ednar Dayanghirang said massive drainage problem is among the causes of the perennial flooding in different parts of the region. Even without the effects of weather disturbances such as shearline, Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), and...
Citing its “impracticality” in public school settings, a group on Tuesday, Jan. 7, urged the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to exempt public school teachers from the requirement to wear ASEAN- or Filipiniana-inspired attire. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “While we...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has appealed to Filipinos to take seriously the warnings associated with the shear line and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) as these weather systems continue to significantly impact different parts of the country. File photo In an interview on Teleradyo...
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) After nearly a week-long search operation, authorities have finally found the body of the missing crew of MV Jerlyn Khatness, a cargo ship which sank off Lavezares, Northern Samar last Dec. 30. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said the remains of the...
Office of Civil Defense Administrator, Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno alerts the public about the potential “destructive” effects of shear line and intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), both of which cause incessant and excessive rains in many parts of the country recently and have since claimed the...
A big boulder damages this house in Sitio Mahaba, Barangay Basiao, Catbalogan City Samar following a rockslide incident that killed a two-year-old girl and injured three others on Dec. 29, 2024. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) A two-year-old girl died after being pinned to death when a...