Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon personally handed out 470 IV fluid bottles to diarrhea patients in medical tents just outside Siargao District Hospital, the organization said on Tuesday, Jan. 11. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA...
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”...
Christophe Bariou Facebook It's going to be a different Christmas for actress Nadine Lustre this year! Just a few days before Christmas, Nadine flew to Siargao to assist her rumored boyfriend, French-Filipino businessman Christophe Bariou, who has been busy helping the victims of typhoon "Odette."...
At least 300 families affected by typhoon "Odette" at the Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea would benefit from the food items that are now being transported by personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard. The personnel of the PCG will be giving relief supplies and drinking water to some 300...
(PHIVOLCS) Two earthquakes with magnitudes 4.9 and 5.0 struck off the coast of Davao Occidental on Wednesday evening, Dec. 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the 4.9- and 5.0-magnitude earthquakes occurred eight minutes apart--at 8:19 p.m. and 8:27 p.m.,...
Christophe Bariou (Facebook) Filipino-French businessman Christophe Bariou, rumored boyfriend of actress Nadine Lustre, is alive and well in Siargao Island, which was devastated by typhoon "Odette" recently. On Facebook Dec. 20, Bariou said that his family and every single person he knows on the...
The Muntinlupa City government has allotted P20 million as financial assistance to local government units (LGUs) that were hit by typhoon “Odette.” According to the Philippine National Police (PNP), as of Dec. 20, a total of 375 people were left dead by the onslaught of the typhoon. Surigao...
Actor Gerald Anderson has donated relief goods for the victims of typhoon "Odette". Anderson, an Auxiliary Commander of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA), provided sacks of rice and boxes of bottled water which will be delivered by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in some areas in Western...
Twenty-nine foreign nationals were saved by the authorities after being stranded in Siargao Island in the aftermath of typhoon “Odette,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Monday, Dec. 20. Typhoon Odette leaves Siargao Island in ruins. (Leni Gerona...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo is seeking the help of local airlines in providing more flights for the evacuation of stranded tourists from typhoon-ravaged Siargao Island. Vice President Leni Robredo talks to stranded tourists at the Siargao airport terminal on Sunday, Dec. 19,...
Andi Eigenmann and Philmar Alipayo could only ask for prayers for their townmates in Siargao when Typhoon Odette made landfall there. According to Andi, they were actually supposed to go there but due to the inclement weather, their flight was canceled. Note that based on their previous Instagram...
(PAGASA) Typhoon "Odette" (international name: "Rai") has made its first landfall over Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte at around 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 16, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). PAGASA said that after its landfall over...
