President Marcos has encouraged all agencies and government partners to pitch in to respond to those affected by the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. Residents of Barangay Roxas District in Quezon City were evacuated on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, due to severe flooding caused by Severe...
President Marcos has enjoined the Asia-Pacific region to advocate for stronger international legal frameworks that would guide countries on disaster prevention and response. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the opening ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk...
CEBU CITY – The province of Bohol has opened another emergency response operation center. The eighth substation of the Telephone and Radio Systems Integrated Emergency Response (TaRSIER117) officially began its operations in Inabanga recently. AUMENTADO (FB) Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police units nationwide to strictly implement a three-minute response to all requests for police assistance, especially those channeled via the 911 emergency calls, or E911. The policy is part of the PNP’s...
BUTUAN CITY – To ensure operational capability and disaster preparedness for the upcoming wet season, the Police Regional Office-13 conducted a showdown inspection of disaster response equipment at the regional police headquarters in Camp Col. Rafael C. Rodriguez, Butuan City on Tuesday, May 28....
With $1.5 million funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Philippine government - with the Department of Energy (DOE) in the lead - has established a centralized energy command hub that will be primarily activated in times of disasters, power system failures...
(Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee said the Department of Agriculture (DA) should be ready to disburse its Quick Response Fund (QRF) provided under the national budget amid the severe drought affecting various...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has crafted a comprehensive emergency shelter response plan in a bid to expedite and ensure a systematic government response for families that would lose their homes during natural calamities. Dubbed as Integrated Disaster...
A young boy braves the flood in Carmen, Davao del Norte to get food and water delivered by the troops from the 27th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army on Feb. 3, 2024. (Photo by 27IB) Food, water, and other much-needed relief assistance were transported by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 has tapped 629 policemen for disaster response operations in the Caraga region. PRO-13 chief Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft said 77 were deployed for disaster response and 102 are providing security and assistance in 47 evacuation centers...
Personnel of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) special Operations Group rescue residents from severe flooding in Brgy. Guadalupe, Carmen, Davao del Norte on Feb. 2, 2024. (Photo by PCG Southeastern Mindanao) The death toll from the widespread flooding and landslides that hit Mindanao has risen to 16,...
(L-R) Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator, Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno and Next Generation Advocate Foundation PH Inc. Treasurer, Princess Go sign a memorandum of agreement to enhance the government's disaster response capability at the OCD Building in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on...
