The chemical spill in Bauan, Batangas that forced the evacuation of 53 families is already under control, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Wednesday, Nov. 8. OCD Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno said the chemicals that reportedly leaked from the nearby depot already dissipated, adding...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A seven-year-old girl died in a fire in Barangay Caingin here on Monday, November 6. The fatality was identified as Princess Olivar. Arson investigators said the fire started at 1:45 p.m. and more than 100 houses were razed. Fire out was declared at 3:56 p.m. The...
(File photo) The fourth quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) is set on Nov. 9 with a focus on enhancing the public's preparedness in responding to a tsunami scenario. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Department of National Defense (DND) has told a House panel that the realigned confidential funds under the proposed national budget of 2024 would have a significant impact on...
The Philippines now needs to bolster its external defense, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Speaking at the 67th founding anniversary Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOCOM) on Monday, Nov. 6, Marcos exhorted the Department of National Defense...
The Philippines and Japan have entered into a bilateral defense pact that will allow the sharing of military training and operations between troops of both sides as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cited a "complex international situation" during his visit to Manila. In a...
A political analyst on Friday, Nov. 3, cited the importance of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to the Philippines to the country’s defense system amid threats in the West Philippine Sea. Froilan Calilung, who is also the director of the Local Government Development Institute, said...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and United States Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III spoke over the phone on Friday, Oct. 27, to reaffirm their commitment to the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) following the recent collisions of Filipino...
The October 22 collision involving Philippine and Chinese vessels in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal will not trigger the Philippines-United States' Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) just yet. AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. had this to say on Tuesday, Oct. 24., amid an escalating tension between...
With many Filipinos also caught in the middle of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the spokesman of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) remembered their resilience and strength in the aftermath of the Typhoon “Yolanda” tragedy. A plume of smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City during an Israeli air...
CITY OF SANTA ROSA, Laguna – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) has ordered DRRM councils in the region to step up preparations for the barangay elections and All Saints’ Day on October 30 and Nov. 1 ...
Malacañang suspended the granting of Career Executive Service (CES) ranks to graduates of master’s studies of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), citing “a need to re-evaluate the foregoing policy of granting” the said ranks. National Defense College of the Philippines...
