Rescue personnel search for survivors after a landslide hit Brgy. Rotten, Monkayo, Davao de Oro on Feb. 2. A 98-year-old woman died while three others were hurt in the landslide. (Photo courtesy of Monkayo LGU) The death toll from devastating landslides and widespread flooding across Davao Region...
CAMP ROMUALDO C. RUBI, Butuan City – Agusan del Sur was placed under a state of calamity on Wednesday, January 31, following non-stop downpour that has displaced 9,875 families or 34,947 individuals in 45 barangays the (villages) in the province and Surigao del Sur. Provincial board member Edwin...
(L-R) Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator, Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno and Next Generation Advocate Foundation PH Inc. Treasurer, Princess Go sign a memorandum of agreement to enhance the government's disaster response capability at the OCD Building in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will engage in more activities with its military allies this year in the West Philippine Sea and other parts of the country in order to further improve defense partnerships and interoperability, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said. Teodoro said...
The mother of a Filipino Israeli Defense Force soldier mourned his death in the war between Israel and Hamas. GARIN (Imelda Garin FB) Sergeant First Class (Reserves) Cydrick Garin was killed in a massive explosion perpetrated by Hamas militants in Gaza on Monday, January 22. Garin’s mother,...
​A reservist of Filipino descent serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was killed in a massive explosion perpetrated by Hamas militants in Israel, the Israeli Embassy in Manila said Wednesday, Jan. 24. Sergeant First Class (Reserves) Cydrick Garin was one of the 21 ID soldiers who died...
(MANILA BULLETIN/ Mark Balmores) The proposed Philippine Self-Reliant Defense Posture Program--one of four remaining bills on the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) list--has been overwhelmingly approved on third and final...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Davao is set to meet local government officials and concerned government agencies next month to craft solutions to make the region disaster-resilient. OCD-Davao chief Ednar Dayanghirang said on Monday, January 22, that his office will organize a...
Military personnel from the 1001st Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army rescue an elderly woman from her flooded house in Davao on Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by 1001st Infantry Brigade) The damage to agriculture and infrastructure in Davao Region (Region 11) and Caraga (Region 13) due the effects of...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Davao region (OCD-Davao) reported on Sunday, January 21, 14 deaths following the landslides triggered by recent heavy rainfall from the shear line that impacted several areas. In a progress report obtained from the OCD-Davao, 11 died in Barangay Mount...
Personnel of Hallmark Mining donate relief goods to 300 of its miners who safely got back home on Jan. 20, 2024 after getting trapped at a mining site in Mati City, Davao Oriental on Jan. 18. (Photo by Mati City Information Office) (UPDATED) After being stranded at a mining site amid the bad...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense-Davao region (OCD-Davao) reported that 45,000 families or 187,108 individuals in 95 barangays across the region were displaced by landslide and flash flood caused by the shear line weather system on Thursday, January 18. OCD logo (FB)...
