The national government must enforce a price freeze on essential goods in areas declared to be under a state of calamity in the wake of the magnitude 7 earthquake that shook northern Luzon on Wednesday. (Eduardo Soares/ Unsplash) Thus, said Pinuno Party-list Rep. Howard Guintu who cited a provision...
RELIEF goods bound for quake-hit Abra are loaded into a helicopter in Camp Aquino, Tarlac City. (Photos courtesy of Lt. Col. Tabutol Sr. via Liz Inigo) CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) is expediting the delivery of aid to quake-affected communities in...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said more than 50 health facilities were damaged due to the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that recently hit the province of Abra and other areas. The damaged facilities include eight hospitals, 28 rural health units, and 18 barangay health stations, said DOH...
Just when President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was about to conclude the situation briefing in Bangued, Abra on Thursday, July 28, a local official took the floor and voiced out the province's long-standing concern on emergency response, imploring the President to act on them. President...
Water purifiers are now in the earthquake-struck Abra province to ensure the access of the public to clean and safe drinking water, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. said Thursday, July 28. In a situation briefing in Abra, Abalos...
AMBULANCES from the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Batac City, Ilocos Norte loaded with medical supplies await deployment to earthquake-hit Abra, Thursday, July 28. (MMMHMC FB photo) LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte (PNA) – Some 100 personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon sent off on July 28 a team of volunteers from the Muntinlupa K9 Search and Rescue (SAR) to Abra which was severely damaged by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on July 27. The K9s, or police dogs, will assist in search and rescue operations in collapsed buildings and areas...
A day after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. backed the passage of a bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), he backpedaled and instead agreed with his sister's idea to merely create a disaster resilience body under the Office of the President (OP). President Ferdinand...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday, July 28, said they are looking at the “best practices” of the disaster management and preparedness agencies in the United States (US) and Turkey as models for the establishment of the country’s own agency. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides the...
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visits injured victims of the earthquake in a hospital in Bangued, Abra Thursday, July 28. (PRO-Cordillera photo) BANGUED, Abra – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visited this province today, Thursday, July 28, to check the situation a day after a...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made his way to Bangued, Abra, on Thursday, July 28, and led the situation briefing on the effects of the destructive 7.0-magnitude earthquake that jolted parts of Northern Luzon. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads on July 28, the situation...
The number of aftershocks following the destructive magnitude 7.0 quake on Wednesday, July 27, has climbed to 849, said state seismologists on Thursday morning, July 27. Of the 849 aftershocks as of 1 p.m., 188 were plotted while 24 were felt, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and...
