(L-R) OCD administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno and NDRRMC chairman and Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. discuss the effects of shearline and ITCZ during a meeting at the OCD building in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo: OCD) One person was reported dead while nearly a quarter...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported that it has received the Outstanding Digital Campaign: Best Short-Form award from the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) for its exemplary initiative to inform, educate and protect the public from fraudulent loan schemes. In a ceremony...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has recommended the inclusion of tsunami drills into the National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) following the series of earthquakes offshore Ilocos Sur. Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno, OCD administrator and executive director of the National Disaster Risk...
Around P1.272 billion worth of transactions of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) with German firm Dermalog Identification System GMBH could be the subject of a notice of disallowance (ND) from the Commission on Audit (COA) if the transport agency fails to address the deficiencies unearthed. The...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on local government units (LGUs) in the country to establish their own Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) to help encourage investments and support economic growth. By establishing a BPLO, the senator said LGUs create a one-stop shop for...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has upheld its decision that ordered the dismissal of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) National Director Demosthenes R. Escoto. In an eight-page joint order, the OMB denied Escoto’s motion to reconsider its Feb. 5 orders that dismissed him from...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) urged the public Sunday, Dec. 22, to be on high alert and take immediate steps to prepare for potential tsunami threats amid a series of earthquakes offshore of Ilocos Sur. OCD Administrator, Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno directed the regional directors of civil...
Taiwan is still open to hiring Filipino skilled workers as the demand for them remains high. Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Representative Wallace Chow said that the Philippines is "one of the most important source" that is providing skilled workers to the island. "I forward to the...
Taiwan on Friday, Dec. 20, opened its tourism center in Manila in an aim to encourage more Filipinos to travel to the island. Wallace Chow, representative of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines, said the opening of Taiwan Tourism Information Center (TTIC) in Makati...
The low pressure area (LPA) that formed in east of Mindanao may trigger rains which could increase the risk of lahar flow in Negros Island following the explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Tuesday, Dec. 17. The LPA was spotted 155 kilometers east-southeast...
Residents living within the six-kilometer permanent danger zone (PDZ) of Kanlaon Volcano were directed to leave as the urgent evacuation order issued by Regional Task Force (RTF) “Kanlaon” was ought to be completed by Monday, Dec. 16. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said families who still...
Representative Wallace Chow of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines (TECO) underscored Taiwan’s unwavering support for the Filipino people during the turnover ceremony of 500 metric tons of rice donated by Taiwan to aid communities affected by recent natural disasters in the...
