' The damage that Severe Tropical Storm Maring has brought to the country’s agriculture sector has already breached the P1-billion mark, incurring more production losses and damaging thousands of hectares of agricultural areas. Latest report from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster...
The damage that Severe Tropical Storm Maring has brought to the country’s agriculture sector has breached the P1-billion mark on production losses and thousands of hectares of agricultural areas flooded. Latest report from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to help communities that were battered by severe tropical storm “Maring” (international name: "Kompasu") particularly in Northern Luzon. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) In particular, PRC is still providing much-needed support to affected communities...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Thursday, Oct. 4 urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to go all out in helping farmers who have to absorb the double whammy of twin floods - typhoon Maring and unabated smuggling of vegetables from China. Flooding Nograles said local farmers are in dire...
By Seth Cabanban Typhoon “Maring” victims were relocated by the Pasig Local Government Unit (LGU) after their homes were washed away by floodwaters on Thursday, Oct. 14. In a Facebook post, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto explained that long-time residents of Barangay Santolan living along Marikina...
PH Global Jet Express Inc. (J&T Express Philippines), one of the leading delivery companies in the Philippines, vows to deliver parcels anywhere and everywhere in the country, even in times of challenges. Tropical Storm Maring made landfall on Northern Luzon on October 12, causing flooding and...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is setting aside P822 million to bankroll various interventions that will ease the suffering of farmers and fishermen affected by Severe Tropical Storm Maring. Maring has caused damage to major crops, livestock, and fishery products, mostly in Northern Luzon....
More than P2.7-million worth of relief assistance has been extended to the areas affected by severe tropical storm ‘Maring’, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday, Oct. 14. (DSWD Field Office 1 Facebook page) DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova said the relief...
The damage brought by Tropical Storm ‘Maring’ that affected a total of 29,063 farmers and fishers, the Department of Agriculture disclosed on Thursday, Oct 14. The department, quoting initial report, added that the the onslaught of the weather disturbance also resulted in the loss of 36,354...
The death toll on the widespread flooding in Northern Luzon and Palawan has ballooned to 30 as more situation reports from the affected provinces came in on Thursday, Oct. 14. But the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) said 11 of the reported casualties are still subject for validation while the...
People who were affected by floods and landslides due to severe tropical storm “Maring” received assistance from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) As “Maring” battered Northern Luzon Region, PRC immediately sprinted into action and assisted the communities...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, Oct. 13, that over 2,500 individuals or more than 700 families are currently staying in evacuation centers in Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and the National Capital Region (NCR). (DSWD-CAR) The DSWD...