DSWD-Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (Facebook) As part of its ongoing disaster response efforts to assist families affected by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Davao Occidental, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far distributed at least...
DAVAO CITY – Several infrastructure, including schools, in the Davao region were damaged following a magnitude-6.8 earthquake on Friday, November 17. Karlo Alexie C. Puerto, information officer II of the Office of the Civil Defense-Davao, said that the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and...
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., through Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Secretary Antonio Lagdameo Jr., has directed the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao (OPAMINE) to address all concerns in Mindanao following the magnitude-6.8 earthquake in...
Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. instructed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately deploy personnel to inspect infrastructure affected by the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Mindanao on Friday afternoon. The undersea tectonic quake occurred at a depth of 72 kilometers (km)...
DAVAO CITY – A total of 174 individuals residing around the construction site of the high-rise condominium tower The Paragon Davao of Cebu Landmasters were advised to vacate after a crane collapsed in the magnitude-6.8 earthquake that rocked this city and a southern Mindanao on Friday, November...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A couple was reportedly killed in the magnitude-6.8 earthquake that struck a wide area of Mindanao on Friday afternoon, November 17. HANDOUT photo obtained on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, from the Facebook page of Shaira Ann Sandigan-Rodrigo shows a damaged ceiling in a...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday, Nov. 17 ordered its field offices in Mindanao to be on high alert and prepared to support local government units (LGUs) that have been severely affected by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Philippines....
DAVAO CITY – A magnitude-7.2 earthquake rocked a large swath of Mindanao on Friday afternoon, November 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the epicenter of the 4:14 p.m. earthquake was 30 kilometers southwest of Sarangani, Davao Occidental. The tectonic quake had a...
(Phivolcs) There is no tsunami threat to the country following the 7.2-magnitude offshore earthquake near Davao Occidental on Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). “No destructive tsunami threat exists based on available sea-level...
(Phivolcs) A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Davao Occidental on Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the earthquake, which struck at 4:14 p.m., had its epicenter 34 kilometers (km) northwest of Sarangani Island, Sarangani...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte encouraged China and other nations asserting claims over the West Philippine Sea to reach a diplomatic agreement through the United Nations (UN) instead of engaging in conflict. FORMER President Duterte (Screenshot from Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa...
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno said that his office and cacao farmers are collaborating on strategies to enable the industry to meet the heightened demand for cacao beans. PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno (second from...
