The strong July 27 earthquake that jolted Luzon provinces has bolstered President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s resolve to push for the return of the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in high school. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Screengrab from BBM VLOG 220) In...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Northern Luzon several days ago reminded us of the powerful quake that devastated Central and Northern Luzon on July 16, 1990, leaving some 2,500 people dead, thousands injured, and an estimated P20...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has so far recorded 1,459 aftershocks following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Tayum, Abra on July 27. As of 6 p.m., Sunday, July 30, Phivolcs had detected 1,459 aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 1.4 to 5.0. Of...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) sent a brand new ambulance to Abra less than 24 hours after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the province. Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (FACEBOOK) According to PCSO, this was in response to La Paz, Abra Mayor Joseph Bernos's plea to...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) is mapping its next steps to carry out relief operations in areas hit by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Northern Luzon amid the threat of rains brough by habagat (southwest monsoon) and enhanced by tropical depression...
More than 200,000 individuals were affected by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Abra and other areas in Northern Luzon this week, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Saturday, July 30. A day after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Northern Luzon, troops from...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) advised those in northern Luzon to stay vigilant against possible landslides triggered by the rains of the southwest monsoon or “habagat” in the next few days. As early as Saturday, July...
A DPWH-Mountain Province District Engineering Office backhoe clears a landslide on the Bontoc-Tocucan Road in Bontoc, Mountain Province. (DPWH-MPDO) BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported P491.117 million in damage to infrastructure in the Cordillera region...
THE Tocolana Ruins in Lal-lo, Cagayan sustained damage in the magnitude-7 earthquake last Wednesday, July 27. (Bec Bautista/LGU Lal-lo) LAL-LO, Cagayan – The Tocolana Ruins here was damaged in the magnitude-7 earthquake that hit Northern Luzon Wednesday, July 27. The Tocolana Ruins is part of the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has ordered all building engineers and municipal engineers across the country to conduct structural integrity assessment of all private and government-owned buildings following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit the country on Wednesday, July...
ILOCOS SUR -- A total of 3,284 damaged houses here were reported as of Friday after last Wednesday’s (July 27) magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Northern Luzon. There are 96 totally damaged houses and 3,201 partially damaged houses, according to the latest report from the Ilocos Sur Provincial...
BANGUED, Abra – Four people who were reported missing during the height of the magnitude-7 earthquake in the town of Luba, Abra, were found buried in a landslide area in Sitio Bangel, Barangay Poblacion Luba, Abra at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 29. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The discovery of the...
