The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Tuesday, Nov. 1, said that it is welcoming monetary and in-kind donations as support for its ongoing relief operations for communities devastated by tropical storm Paeng. Philippine Red Cross The donations, PRC added, will be used for immediate and long-term...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will deploy a multi-role response vessel and a search and rescue vessel to transport much-needed food, water, and other relief assistance to victims of Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” in Iloilo province in Western Visayas (Region 6). Photo by PCG PCG personnel...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Damage to agriculture from severe tropical storm “Paeng” was pegged at P99 million in the South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos (SOCCSKSARGEN) region. MAP of the Philippines with Region 12 highlighted. The Office of the Civil Defense-12...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has placed the region of Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon), the Bicol Region, the Western Visayas, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) under a state of calamity for six months following the onslaught of...
A total of 2,214 individuals or 643 families were affected by severe tropical storm “Paeng” in Bulacan, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) reported on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Citing the report of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, the PDRRM said...
Bodies continue to pile up even as Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” already left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) as the running death toll now reached 121 while more than 700,000 individuals were still staying in and outside evacuation centers. Photo by PCG The National Disaster Risk...
A ranking solon has called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to take preventive measures against landslides that endanger the families living near Mt. Arayat in Pampanga. Mt. Arayat (Photo courtesy of the Pampanga...
Over P75 million worth of donations--in cash and "in kind"--have been given by "kind-hearted" Filipinos in connection with House Speaker Martin Romualdez's call for help for the benefit of severe tropical storm (STS) "Paeng" victims all over the country. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Once again, we are picking up the pieces of our collective lives shattered by a severe tropical storm. “Paeng” left a path of destruction this past weekend – a time many had expected to be the kind of “long weekend” one can enjoy with family as they leisurely prepared...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Do you ever feel that the world around you is falling apart? Or that the end of the world is near? As I prepare to write this column, (Oct. 30) I browsed the headlines of the major newspapers and I had a feeling that disaster after disaster...
Philippine Red Cross The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said it continues to provide aid in various communities affected by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng in Mindanao. In a statement, PRC said that it “responded by deploying its water tankers and food trucks to meet the immediate needs of people...
A Mindanao congressman has underscored the urgency of instituting a national policy that would ensure the efficient and sustainable use of the country’s land and physical resources as a means to provide long-term safeguards to communities vulnerable to climate change. Davao City 1st district Rep....
