They go to work when people are advised to stay home; brave the storm to lead people out of harm’s way; enter damaged structures to rescue trapped residents; and do what heroes do — save lives. After work is done, they are just like any worker — they go home to their families, have a meal, and...
The city government of Las Piñas equipped the team of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) with two new rescue trucks for use during calamities and accidents. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the new set of vehicles acquired by the city government includes preemptive evacuation truck...
APARRI, Cagayan -- Seven passengers were rescued from a boat that sank on the Cagayan River in Barangay Macanaya here on Friday, Nov. 11. A report from Col. Julio Gorospe Jr., officer-in-charge, Cagayan Police Provincial Office, identified the rescued as Rey Taguba, Ljay Ocampo, Ebo Persona, Jungie...
A 14-year-old boy was rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after he nearly drowned while swimming in the Manila Bay on Friday, Nov. 11. FB_IMG_1668217345663 The PCG identified the rescued victim as James Rafael Asierto, a resident of Quiapo, Manila. According to the PCG, the personnel of the...
The United States has given the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sets of dive equipment and emergency medical supplies for the latter's search and rescue operations. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) The US Embassy in Manila said the US Embassy Civil Affairs Team (CAT) donated the...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Western Visayas recently led a search and rescue exercise with other government agencies off the coast of this city. A SEARCH and rescue exercise was held at the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island province of Guimaras....
ILOILO CITY — All 223 passengers and 37 crew of M/V Filipinas Cebu are safe after it ran aground off an island in Concepcion, Iloilo, past midnight Tuesday, August 9. THE passenger and cargo ship M/V Filipinas Cebu that ran aground off an island in Concepcion, Iloilo. (Courtesy of Jhon Rey...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty-two guests, including an infant, stranded by a heavy downpour on Sta. Cruz Island here were rescued by the Zamboanga City government and Coast Guard personnel Sunday, August 7. FORTY-two stranded guests at Sta. Cruz Island were brought back to Zamboanga City by a...
NUEVA Vizcaya police conduct search and rescue operations for a three-year-old girl carried away by strong river current in Barangay Alloy, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya Saturday, August 6. (PNP photo) KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya – A three-year-old girl went missing after she was swept away by strong river...
EMERGENCY responders help evacuate residents of Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City after the area was flooded Thursday night, August 4. (Photo from Bantay Mandaue) CEBU CITY – Several areas in Metro Cebu were flooded following a heavy downpour that lasted for hours Thursday night, August 4. The...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Two persons died when their motorcycle crashed into a tree and concrete post on the national highway in Barangay Bagong Kalsada here Sunday, July 31. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the victims as Roger Postanes and backrider Redster Carranza. Investigation...
JACKSON, United States -- Rescuers in Kentucky are taking the search effort door-to-door in worsening weather conditions as they brace for a long and grueling effort to locate victims of flooding that devastated the state's east, the governor said Sunday. Aerial view of homes submerged under flood...
