A metal debris bearing Chinese markings is found by a fisherman in the open sea water of Morong, Bataan on June 5, 2024. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) cautioned Palawan and Basilan after China’s planned rocket launch on Saturday, Jan. 25, as debris...
Senator Joel Villanueva has been awarded the prestigious World Integrity Prize and recognized as a "Person of Sincere Anti-Corruption Integrity" by the South Korea-based Anti-Corruption Civil Movement General Federation (ACCMGF). (Photo from the Office of Senator Joel Villanueva) This accolade...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator, Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno (Courtesy of OCD) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) stood in solidarity with Taiwan on Wednesday, Jan. 22, after it was struck by a destructive 6.4-magnitude earthquake. “Our sincerest sympathies are with the earthquake victims...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) should exhaust all means at helping Filipinos who are not yet registered in the civil registry acquire their birth certificates. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said at the very least, the PSA should adopt a proactive, community-based approach in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense is eyeing Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental as pilot tent city for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees. MAYOR Raymund Tongson (right) inspects tents being set up in Sitio Bingig, Barangay 3, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of Himamaylan City...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense is preparing for the potential evacuation of up to 100,000 residents when the alert level of Kanlaon Volcano is raised from Alert Level 3 to Level 4. THE Office of the Civil Defense led by Administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno meets Negros...
(Courtesy of Manila General Information Systems Center/Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office) The “National Rally for Peace” organized by religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Monday, Jan. 13, attracted a mammoth crowd but the event went smoothly as no untoward event...
Residents wade through ankle-deep flood in Brgy. Tinanogan, Donsol, Sorsogon on Jan. 10, 2025 as shear line triggers light to heavy rains that already killed two persons in Bicol Region. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said that there are enough food, water...
Residents wade through ankle-deep flood in Brgy. Tinanogan, Donsol, Sorsogon on Jan. 10, 2025 as shear line triggers light to heavy rains that already killed two persons in Bicol Region. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) Two people were reported killed while more than 78,000 individuals were...
(File photo) Fearing the entire city of Canlaon in Negros Oriental will be buried under a thick carpet of pyroclastic surges and ashfall deposits, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is preparing to evacuate thousands of displaced individuals as Kanlaon Volcano again emitted ash on Wednesday morning,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deploys various assets and resources strategically along the Pasig River on Jan. 7, 2025 as part of security preparations for the Feast of Jesus Nazareno and the "Traslacion". (Photo: PCG Malacañang). Security measures are in place to ensure a peaceful, safe, and...
DAVAO CITY – Office of Civil Defense-Davao region chief Ednar Dayanghirang said massive drainage problem is among the causes of the perennial flooding in different parts of the region. Even without the effects of weather disturbances such as shearline, Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), and...
