(Photo: OCD) Additional relief assistance was delivered to communities that were hardly hit by Super Typhoon “Julian” in Batanes and Ilocos Norte, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Monday, Oct. 7. OCD Administrator, Usec. Ariel Nepomueceno said his office has collaborated...
Typhoon Julian inundates Ilocos Norte, the home province of President Marcos Jr. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) Typhoon “Julian” drenched northern Luzon and affected 149,000 individuals, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Wednesday, Oct. 2. A...
PAGASA weather specialist Loriedin Dela Cruz-Galicia gives updates on super typhoon Julian in a program presented by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Oct. 1, 2024. (Courtesy of OCD) (Updated) A record-high amount of rainfall was dropped by super typhoon “Julian” in Basco, Batanes while at...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno (File photo) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) expressed sympathies with the government of Japan on Tuesday, Sept. 24, in light of the devastating floods and landslides that struck the country's center. “I am deeply saddened by...
4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (PPAB) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan commended the Department of National Defense (DND) under Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. for helping maintain peace across three...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Davao region said on Friday, September 20, that 139 families or 409 persons in the Davao region were affected by the flooding incident on Wednesday, September 18, caused by heavy rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” The agency said...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Mimaropa Director Eugene Cabrera (Courtesy of OCD livestream) A month’s worth of rain has been dumped in less than one week in Palawan in the Mimaropa (Region 4B) due to the enhanced effects of the southwest monsoon (habagat) and Tropical Depression “Gener,”...
Philippine National Police personnel assist in the evacuation of residents living inside the four- to six-kilometer danger zone of Mt. Kanlaon in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Sept. 13, 2024. (Photo by La Castellana Municipal Police Station) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) cautioned the...
Not once but six times that President Marcos uttered "fake news" to belie the rumored resignation of Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, which, he said, was an attempt to sow disunity within the administration. "Unang-una, sagutin ko yung tanong mo: Fake, fake, fake,...
Malacañang has debunked claims that Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert Teodoro has resigned. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and DND Secretary Gilbert Teodoro (Photo courtesy of PPA/KJ Rosales) In a statement on Thursday, Sept. 12, Presidential Communications...
Members of the Philippine Army's 525th Combat Engineer "Forerunner" Battalion and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) hold a water search and rescue (WASAR) training in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. (Photo: Philippine Army) The premier disaster response unit of the Philippine Army (PA) conducted...
Residents of Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila, wade through floodwaters caused by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Enteng on Sept. 2, 2024. (Photo by Arnold Quizol / MANILA BULLETIN) Severe Tropical Storm “Enteng” left a trail of destruction in the country as losses to the agriculture and...
