ILOILO CITY – A state of calamity has finally been declared in Capiz province after almost a week of widespread flooding caused by rains from tropical depression Agaton paralyzed the area. An aerial view of the flood-hit Capiz province due to rains of tropical depression Agaton. (Photo courtesy...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday renewed his call for Congress to prioritize the passage of the bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience after tropical storm ‘Agaton’ brought about massive flooding and landslides and left hundreds of thousands in Visayas and Mindanao...
Search, rescue and retrieval (SRR) operations were officially concluded in at least three landslide-hit areas in Leyte province despite the fact that majority of the 110 missing persons due to Typhoon “Agaton” were recorded in Eastern Visayas (Region 8), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and...
A total of 8,823 Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) uniformed men were deployed in areas hit by tropical depression to assist in the search, rescue and retrieval operations, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año confirmed...
Who says you need to be a public official to help the less fortunate? On Monday, April 18, the actress Angel Locsin, together with her husband, film producer Neil Arce, flew to Baybay, Leyte to hand out relief goods to distressed souls devastated by Tropical Storm Agaton. Photos of the two...
Unacceptable. That's how Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda described the growing number of casualties from typhoon "Agaton's" recent hammering of the country’s central islands. (Eutah Mizushima/ Unsplash) “That kind of casualty level is unacceptable. We knew this typhoon was coming. We knew...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has partly completed the restoration of transmission facilities that had been toppled down by tropical storm Agaton recently. The completion of the initial repair on damaged NGCP facilities had been way ahead of the May 9...
After nearly a full week of continuous search and rescue (SAR) operations, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Monday, April 18, that it was already considering to stop looking for survivors in Leyte province, days after it was battered by Typhoon...
ILOILO CITY – The number of casualties in Capiz province hit by massive flooding during tropical storm Agaton rose to 19 with one still missing, according to the data released by the Capiz Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (Capiz PDRRMO). Search and rescue personnel...
Following the destruction wrought by Typhoon Agaton, the Senate must expedite their version of the Permanent Evacuation Centers Bill, argued Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate. Search and rescue personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police assist in the retrieval...
Following the devastation wrought by typhoon Agaton, Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas has joined the call made by numerous other officials to counter the effects of climate change. Search and rescue personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police assist...
ILOILO CITY – Nothing could be holier than spending the Holy Week helping those affected by landslides and flood brought by tropical storm ‘’Agaton,” something that many people from the provinces of Iloilo and Capiz did. Members of Ananda Marga Iloilo distribute relief goods to those...
