ILOILO CITY – One-hundred seventy-eight families or 715 individuals from coastal barangays here were displaced by severe tropical storm “Kristine” in this city as of 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24. A TREE is toppled by tropical cyclone Kristine's strong winds in Barangay Sambag, Jaro District,...
ARINGAY, La Union – A police officer drowned while patrolling the sea of this town amid bad weather caused by tropical storm “Kristine” on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Police identified the victim as Police Executive Master Sergeant Edison S. Rivera, 50, leader of the Maritime Law Enforcement Team of...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Army 8th Infantry "Stormtroopers" Division has deployed troops to Bicol to assist in recovery efforts from severe tropical storm “Kristine.” Brig. Gen. Perfecto Peñaredondo, acting commander, said they are fully prepared to assist local government units in evacuation...
BACOLOD CITY – Severe tropical storm “Kristine” has displaced 932 families or 3,395 individuals in this city and Negros Occidental province. The Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council said 764 families or 2,811 individuals in 19 barangays in six municipalities were affected due to...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 has started distributing relief items for people affected by severe tropical storm “Kristine” in Western Visayas. Arwin O. Razo, DSWD-6 officer-in-charge, said they have around P146 million in relief goods. THE Department of...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol has recorded six fatalities due to severe tropical storm “Kristine. Gremil Naz, OCD-Bicol information officer, said these fatalities as of Thursday morning, Oct. 24, were from the provinces of Masbate and...
The government is prepared to mobilize resources and deploy more reinforcement teams to assist in the operations in the Bicol Region following the severe flooding caused by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said. OCD spokesperson Director Edgar Posadas (RTVM...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 315 passengers were stranded in three seaports in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Oct. 23, after the province was placed under Signal No. 1 due to severe tropical storm Kristine. PASSENGERS are stranded at the Bredco port in Bacolod City after Negros Occidental was...
CEBU CITY – With several trips canceled, hundreds of passengers stranded, and classes suspended, several areas in Cebu felt the brunt of severe tropical storm “Kristine” on Wednesday, Oct. 23. LONG lines of passengers are seen in ticketing offices in Pier 1 in Cebu City after sea trips were...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Rep. Fernando "Didi" Cabredo of the third district of Albay appealed for immediate help from the national government for people of a barangay in the town of Libon submerged by flood caused by severe tropical storm “Kristine.” CABREDO (center). (FB) Cabredo said that as...
