MAP showing active faults in Panay Island. (DOST-Phivolcs) ILOILO CITY – Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) urged local governments to update their earthquake preparedness plans following the magnitude-six earthquake that rocked Masbate province on...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Several buildings and houses were damaged in the magnitude-six earthquake that jolted the province of Masbate early Thursday morning, Feb. 16. THE Magallanes Coliseum in Masbate City was damaged in the magnitude-six earthquake that rocked the province of Masbate on...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has so far recorded 123 aftershocks following the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck Batuan, Masbate around 2:10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16. As of 12 p.m., Phivolcs had detected 123 aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging...
Work and classes were suspended in Masbate following a 6.0 magnitude quake that hit the province early morning of Thursday, Feb. 16, and resulted in a province-wide power outage. Asst. Sec. Raffy Alejandro IV, spokesperson of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), said the move is part of the safety...
(PHIVOLCS) A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Masbate province on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 15, based on the earthquake information issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). It was initially measured as a 4.5-magnitude earthquake but Phivolcs later updated it to...
If an earthquake like the one that hit Turkiye and Syria suffered last week should strike the Philippines, is the government prepared to respond? This is the question that House Speaker Martin Romualdez intends to answer as he plans to summon all disaster agencies and first responder units to find...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) received a P10 million donation from the House of Representatives in response to its call for help for Türkiye-Syria earthquake victims. media PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Gordon received the aid on Feb. 14 at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon...
Two more dead people were retrieved by the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) as their search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) operations continued in the earthquake-battered Turkiye, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) disclosed Wednesday, Feb. 15. Members of the urban search and...
There were no Filipino casualties in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that also affected Syria last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday, Feb. 14. This aerial view shows residents, aided by heavy equipment, searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed...
Senator Francis "Tol” N. Tolentino on Tuesday, February 14, proposed a renewal system of every five or seven years of occupancy permit for buildings instead of 15 years and to subject the building for thorough inspection by building officials of local government units (LGUs). During today’s...
The House of Representatives--through the Philippine Red Cross (PRC)--haa donated an additional P10 million in humanitarian aid to the thousands of earthquake victims in Turkey. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (7th from right) leads the turnover of P10 million to the Turkey earthquake victims via...
Underneath a pile of rubble from a collapsed building in Turkiye, the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) extricated two bodies and a mutilated right leg as they continued their search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) operations a week since the occurrence of a devastating magnitude...
