Aside from food and non-food assistance, residents in Abra province are in dire need of psychosocial support to recover from the trauma caused by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake last week. Members of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Regional Disaster Risk Reduction nd Management Council...
Almost 3,000 individuals in Bicol (Region 5) and Western Visayas (Region 6) were affected by tropical depression “Ester,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Sunday, July 31. BARANGAY Catungan-Bugarot in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique is flooded due 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...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri is the right Senate leader for the passage of a bill on the proposed disaster agency, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said. Senate President Migz Zubiri and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda “I am more optimistic now that Senate President Zubiri...
Four more fatalities – all of them were male – were included to the death toll due to the magnitude seven earthquake that hit North Luzon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) confirmed Friday night, July 29. Photo: Abra Province Facebook page NDRRMC spokesperson...
Senator Imee Marcos has refiled a bill seeking an upgrade to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), with enhanced powers under the Office of the President (OP) and a more significant budget, instead of creating a full-scale department. Marcos, elder sister of...
Two days after a powerful magnitude seven earthquake rattled Abra and nearby areas in Northern Luzon, the death toll rose to six as the government continued its search, rescue and retrieval operations while also conducting relief efforts to feed thousands of affected people, the National Disaster...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) instructed regional DRRM offices in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Ilocos (Region 1), Cagayan Valley (Region 2), Central Luzon (Region 3), and National Capital Region (NCR) to conduct rapid damage assessment in areas...
At least five persons were killed after a magnitude-7 earthquake struck Abra and nearby areas in Luzon on Wednesday, July 27. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Chairperson and Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. (left) monitors...
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake roused people from sleep in different parts of Luzon and damaged various infrastructures on Wednesday morning, July 27. The Vigan Cathedral in Ilocos Sur is damaged by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit Abra on July 27, 2022. (Screenshot from Facebook video of Ceasar...
The Department of National Defense (DND) expressed confidence Friday, July 22, that the capability of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to respond to calamities will not be affected by the transfer of additional task to lead the Covid-19 pandemic response....
