Vice President Sara Duterte questioned if the Philippine-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites are truly going to be used for the government’s disaster relief operations amid the effects of heavy rainfall and flooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. “Unang-una, kailangan...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Tuesday, July 22, that it is seeking volunteers to help produce family food packs at its National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City, following recent flooding in several regions of the country. DSWD Assistant Secretary...
President Marcos assured the public that the government continues to respond to the effects of Severe Tropical Storm "Enteng," saying more than P2.6 billion worth of food and non-food relief items have been set aside for typhoon victims. Residents of Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila, wade through...
Simultaneous relief operations were launched in areas in Bulacan province that were turned into inland seas by torrential southwest monsoon rains enhanced by the recent typhoons Egay and Falcon. Â Simultaneous relief efforts in typhoon-stricken communities in Bulacan on Wednesday, August 2,...
Governor Daniel R. Fernando, PSWDO department head Rowena Joson Tiongson, Calumpit Mayor Lem Faustino, Vice Mayor Zar Candelaria with councilors and Gatbuca Village Chairman during the distribution of relief goods in Barangay Gatbuca on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Marcel Bayan)...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is continuously coordinating with the local government units (LGUs) of earthquake-hit Leyte, Camarines Norte, and Davao Occidental for possible technical assistance and resource augmentation. Courtesy of MB Visual Content Group The...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) said Friday, Jan. 13, that it transported 1,500 boxes of relief goods to areas affected by different calamities in Visayas and Mindanao. Photo: 900th Air Force Weather Group, Philippine Air Force A PAF C-295 medium lift aircraft operated by the 220th Airlift Wing...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) launched its relief aid operations in flood-hit Palawan province, where some 2,295 residents received packs of rice. (OVP photo) Photos were posted on Vice President Sara Duterte’s Facebook page on Wednesday, Jan. 11, showing officials and volunteers...
More than 6,000 children, vendors, and village workers in Davao City received "pamasko packs" from Vice President Sara Duterte. (Photo courtesy of OVP) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) said Duterte attended the gift-giving activities for various sectors on Monday, Dec. 26. A total of 669...
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,...
Saying her office is “always with the people,” Vice President Sara Duterte has started relief operations for areas affected by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Abra. OVP’s relief operations for earthquake victims in Abra. (Photo from VP Sara Duterte’s Facebook page) Her spokesman Reynold...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) is mapping its next steps to carry out relief operations in areas hit by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Northern Luzon amid the threat of rains brough by habagat (southwest monsoon) and enhanced by tropical depression...
