BACOLOD CITY – The Victorias City government and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) recently inked an agreement to strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience in Negros Occidental. OCD Administrator Underseretary Ariel Nepomuceno and Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, who also leads the Negros...
Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (middle) poses with members of the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC), as they arrived at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, April 13, 2025 after a two-week humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) mission in earthquake-hit Myanmar....
photo: LTO The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has summoned the registered owner and the driver of the passenger jeepney in the fatal road...
The tenure of Jeffrey Ian Dy as Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) undersecretary has expired “effective immediately,” a letter dated March 31 from the Office of the President said. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and DICT undersecretary Jeffrey Ian Dy...
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) is scheduled to return to the country on Monday, April 14, after providing essential support to victims in Myanmar, which was devastated by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake two weeks ago. The contingent,...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) will be conducting random inspection of passenger buses as part of the road safety measures as millions of Filipinos are expected to travel to the provinces to take advantage of the long Lenten break next week. LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II...
An explosive eruption occurs at the summit vent of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8, 2025, producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall that is drifting southwest. Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) descended the slopes on the general southern edifice based on IP and thermal camera...
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) strongly denounced the “inappropriate” use of the Emergency Cell Broadcast System (ECBS) for political campaigning by some candidates in the upcoming elections. OCD Administrator, Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said the...
Vice President Sara Duterte has finally returned to the Philippines after almost a month of attending to the needs of her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is under the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for crimes against humanity. Vice President Sara...
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II ordered on Sunday, April 6, the mobilization of the agency’s personnel to assist in the enforcement of traffic regulations in some of the San Miguel Corporation (SMC)-operated expressways amid the ongoing protest...
The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) sets up a tent hospital in Myanmar to treat earthquake victims. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) has been actively engaged in rescue and medical operations in response to the...
LTO chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II The Land Transportation Office (LTO) collected at least P8.3 billion in revenue in the first three months of this year. LTO chief, Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor D. Mendoza II said the...
