DAVAO CITY – An environmental group has attributed the widespread flooding and landslides in the Davao region to the diminishing forest cover, massive land conversion, and poor urban planning. RESIDENTS gather beside a destroyed road in San Isidro, Davao Oriental. (Contributed photo) ...
The ongoing relief operations in the Davao region (Speaker’s office) Lawmakers from the Davao region expressed their gratitude on Friday, Feb. 2, to President Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez for their continued delivery of aid to...
Personnel of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) special Operations Group rescue residents from severe flooding in Brgy. Guadalupe, Carmen, Davao del Norte on Feb. 2, 2024. (Photo by PCG Southeastern Mindanao) At least six persons died while almost 100,000 residents were affected by flooding and...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez endorsed on Thursday, Feb. 1, the immediate release of P150 million in financial assistance to the victims of the destructive floods in the Davao region. “This is to...
DAVAO CITY – Four-hundred sixty-families evacuated as rivers overflowed and flooded residential areas in two provinces in the Davao region due to non-stop rainfall from the low-pressure area (LPA) since Tuesday, January 30. PEOPLE evacuate from their flood-stricken homes in Davao City. ...
DAVAO CITY – Moderate to heavy rain since Tuesday, January 30, triggered flooding and landslides in the Davao region on Wednesday, January 31. A BRIDGE was damaged in Barangay San Roque, New Bataan, Davao de Oro due to rampaging flood caused by heavy rain. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Marica Zamora...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Saturday, Jan. 27, said the temperature in Metro Manila has dropped to 19.9°C, the lowest temperature recorded in the city as of this year. Unsplash PAGASA said it was recorded in Science Garden, Quezon...
OPAPRU Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (middle) and Basilan Gov. Hajiman Salliman Hataman (second from right) lead the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the pilot implementation in Basilan of the localized normalization program for former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) combatants...
President Marcos has renewed his commitment to collaborating with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as he recognized its role in the envisioned "Bagong Pilipinas" (New Philippines). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this as BARMM...
DAVAO CITY – Special Assistant to the President Antonio Ernesto Lagdameo Jr. met provincial leaders here on Wednesday, January 24, to evaluate the impact of the shear line weather system and identify the needs of affected areas in the Davao region. SAP Antonio Ernesto Lagdameo Jr. tackles the...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) seized suspected shabu worth P714,000 in buy-bust operations in Pangasinan and La Union last week. TWO suspected drug pushers were arrested and shabu valued at P340,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Department of Agriculture is studying the conduct of cloud seeding in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley due to lack of water from the El Niño weather phenomenon. A DRONE flies over a ricefield in the City of Ilagan in Isabela. The Department of Agriculture will...
