The Social Security System (SSS) on Monday, Aug. 1, announced that it will grant a Calamity Assistance Package to members and pensioners in areas declared under a state of calamity by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Social Security System (FACEBOOK) This is in light of...
After surveying the damage in Abra due to a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred last July 27, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. issued a four-point directive to concerned government agencies: first, provide immediate needs of food, shelter and water; second, expedite the clearing of roads and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) needs over P1 billion for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of schools that were damaged during the Abra quake. The Pacpaca Elementary School in Luba is among the schools affected by the Abra quake. (Photo from DepEd) Based on the latest update issued by the...
(PHIVOLCS) A 4.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Ilocos Sur at around 1:49 p.m., Sunday, July 31, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). It said the tremor was an aftershock of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Tayum, Abra on July 27. Phivolcs traced the...
In response to a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Abra on July 27 which resulted in damage to properties, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said that it has intensified its assistance to the distressed people in communities. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) The PRC sent food items to 24 families in Suyo,...
(DSWD / TWITTER) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continued to augment the resources of local government units (LGUs) to help assist families affected by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on July 27. As of July 31, at least P11.2 million worth of humanitarian assistance was...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) sent a brand new ambulance to Abra less than 24 hours after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the province. Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (FACEBOOK) According to PCSO, this was in response to La Paz, Abra Mayor Joseph Bernos's plea to...
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...
The Diocese of Kidapawan will conduct a special collection in all the parishes under its jurisdiction on Sunday, July 31 for the calamity victims and survivors of the strong earthquake that struck Northern Luzon, particularly the province of Abra. Diocese of Kidapawan (Facebook) Bishop Jose Colin...
(DSWD) As part of its continuing relief operations, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)—through its field office in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)—has airlifted and delivered family food packs to the earthquake-affected families living in remote communities of...
A lawmaker in the 19th Congress has filed a measure dubbed the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response (SPHERE) Bill amid worries of future pandemics and similar health threats. Abra Rep. Ching Bernos (middle) is sworn in by Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) “The Covid-19 pandemic caught us...
BANGUED, Abra – Four people who were reported missing during the height of the magnitude-7 earthquake in the town of Luba, Abra, were found buried in a landslide area in Sitio Bangel, Barangay Poblacion Luba, Abra at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 29. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The discovery of the...
