CEBU CITY – The National Housing Authority (NHA) on Friday, March 24, distributed cash assistance to families in Ubay, Bohol who lost their homes when Typhoon Odette battered the country in December 2021. Some 2,250 families received P10,000 each through the NHA Special Emergency Housing...
Japan has donated over 3,000 bags of rice to families affected by typhoon Odette in Bohol. Victims of typhoon Odette in Bohol receive rice supply from the government of Japan on May 17, 2022, months after the typhoon hit their place. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines)...
The lack of school infrastructure and facilities remains the “most pressing issue“ being faced by the country’s education sector, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Monday, Jan. 30. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte delivers the Basic Education...
CEBU CITY – About 1,000 classrooms in Central Visayas have yet to be completely repaired, almost a year after the onslaught of typhoon ‘’Odette.’’ Salustiano Jimenez, director of the Department of Education- Central Visayas (DepEd-7), said 1,000 classrooms are still undergoing repairs...
A total of P4,336,400 assistance was released by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to typhoon Odette victims in Negros Occidental on Nov. 11. Philippine Red Cross In an advisory, PRC said that 384 families from the Municipality of Sipalay received emergency shelter kits worth P9,600 each. Meanwhile,...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines called the national government’s continuous “neglect” to the needs of educators and learners as “disheartening.” It said that amid the implementation of face-to-face classes, many educators and learners are still suffering from the...
Super Typhoon “Karding” is comparable to two equally strong typhoons that hit the country in the past two years – “Ulysses” in 2020 and “Odette” in 2021 – the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) revealed on Friday, Oct. 7. Brgy. Salangan in San Miguel, Bulacan still submerged in flood on...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Three municipal councils in Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte have issued resolutions declaring former Climate Change Commission chair Mary Ann Lucille Sering as "persona non grata" or unwelcome in their towns. IMAGE from Flex Surigao FB page The local governments accused...
Representatives from provinces devastated by recent natural calamities held a face-to-face meeting with the heads of agencies tasked on disaster response during a recent House Committee on Disaster Resilience hearing. Dinagat Rep. Alan Ecleo, chair of the House Committee on Disaster Resilience...
The inadequate number of classrooms in the Philippines was further reduced due to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) failure to reconstruct and repair typhoon-damaged schools, said Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Tuesday, Aug. 16. The teachers’ group said that several classrooms in...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Aug. 10, lauded the Leyteños’ resilience and courage for standing up in the aftermath of Typhoon “Odette” that hit the province in December 2021. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the celebration of Maasin, Leyte’s 22nd Cityhood anniversary...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released the funding to support the emergency shelter assistance to households affected by Typhoon Odette in December last year. In a statement on Wednesday, Aug. 10, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said over 153,410 households affected by...
