The national government has provided various forms of assistance worth P35.7 million to five regions that were battered by typhoon "Maring," the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Monday, Oct. 18. Military personnel from the Naval Forces Northern Luzon (NFNL)...
Editorial Severe Tropical Storm Maring (Kompasu) slashed across the Cordilleras, the Ilocos Region and Mimaropa region (islands of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) early last week, causing massive floods and landslides and inflicting casualties in affected areas. Continuous rains over a...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Thursday, Oct. 4 urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to go all out in helping farmers who have to absorb the double whammy of twin floods - typhoon Maring and unabated smuggling of vegetables from China. Flooding Nograles said local farmers are in dire...
By Seth Cabanban Typhoon “Maring” victims were relocated by the Pasig Local Government Unit (LGU) after their homes were washed away by floodwaters on Thursday, Oct. 14. In a Facebook post, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto explained that long-time residents of Barangay Santolan living along Marikina...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has P300 million left under its Quick Response Fund (QRF) that could be used to assist farmers and fishermen that were affected by Typhoon Maring. 38281 “QRF allocation will be based on the damage report. Our remaining budget for QRF is at P300 million,” said...
Some areas in Cagayan province experienced power interruption on Monday midnight, Oct 11, due to the effects of tropical storm "Maring" while around 200 at-risk individuals fled their homes and were sent to evacuation centers, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)...
