The death toll due to flooding and intense rains brought by a shearline during the Christmas season has reached 25 on Wednesday, Dec. 28, as top disaster officials flew to Northern Mindanao (Region 10) to extend assistance to one of the hardest-hit regions. (Sitting, R-L) National Disaster Risk...
Due to the massive effects of Severe Tropical Storm Paeng, a state of calamity was declared in 55 areas in Bicol Region (Region 5), Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and SOCCSKSARGEN (Region 12), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) bared...
Undersecretary Raymundo Ferrer, a Philippine Army (PA) veteran, assumed post as the new Administrator of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Tuesday, August 2. Undersecretary Raymundo Ferrer (right) formally assumes post as the new Administrator of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Aug. 2,...