Responders from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) intensified efforts to reach isolated communities in Sarangani and Davao Occidental as the death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Maasim, Sarangani reached 61 while damage to infrastructure...
DAVAO CITY – Amid challenges to access in earthquake-hit areas, all isolated barangays in the provinces of Davao Occidental and Sarangani have already received relief aid, according to government agencies. In the first few days after the magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck, relief aid and emergency...
A yacht transporting vital relief supplies to earthquake victims caught fire off the coast of Glan, Sarangani, adding a fresh hurdle to humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) efforts, even as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) confirmed on...
The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Maasim, Sarangani on June 8 has climbed to 55 while 13 cities and municipalities in Southern Mindanao have been placed under a state of calamity as authorities grapple with widespread destruction, disrupted transport links, and thousands...
As a way to expedite the delivery of aid to earthquake-stricken Mindanao, Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima has filed a measure seeking supplemental funding for fiscal year 2026 to augment the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF). De Lima 's House...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday, June 11, sent relief supplies and deployed Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs) to communities affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Southern Mindanao earlier this week. In coordination with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)...
DAVAO CITY – Four days since the earthquake struck Sarangani, the highway going to the earthquake-devastated town of Glan is now open to traffic that hastened the delivery of relief aid and emergency response interventions to affected communities. Department of Social Welfare and Development...
DAVAO CITY – Four days since the magnitude-7.8 earthquake jolted Sarangani and nearby provinces, many affected residents are still spending the night in open spaces in schools and town plazas. Since the earthquake struck, pictures of displaced residents have been making rounds in social media...
The number of people affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck offshore Sarangani on June 8 has climbed to 388,557, or 84,943 families, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In its 6 a.m. report on Thursday, June 11, the agency said the affected population...
The House of Representatives has raised at least P9.29 million in donation pledges for the victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Sarangani and nearby provinces in Mindanao. This was shared by Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno during a press conference Thursday, June 11 by the House...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck off Sarangani on Wednesday afternoon, June 10, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs said the tremor occurred at 5:13 p.m., with its epicenter located 18 kilometers south-southeast of Glan, Sarangani, at a depth of 10...
Surigao del Sur 1st district Rep. Romeo Momo Sr. is urging Malacañang to promptly certify as urgent the passage of the proposed new Philippine Building Act (PBA) following the widespread damage caused to infrastructure by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Sarangani and its nearby provinces....
