The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, October 2, confirmed that 1,187 classrooms were totally destroyed by the powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Cebu earlier this week, leaving thousands of students and teachers without safe learning spaces. As of 11 p.m. on October...
Despite the displacement caused by recent typhoons and flooding, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, July 25, assured that learning continues by bringing alternative education programs to evacuation centers—allowing affected students to stay on track with their studies despite...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven-hundred ninety-one families or 2,373 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from five Kanlaon Volcano-hit barangays in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental will vote on May 12. Edna Lhou Masicampo, city’s public information officer, said that they have estimated three voters per...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) unveiled its plans for displaced Filipino workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) to a joint House of Representatives panel...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Sec. Hans Leo Cacdac (File photo) More than P1 billion in unpaid salary claims have already been received by displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said additional payouts will be made "within the...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has asked the government to speed up the compensation and other benefits due to more than 16,000 families or about 80,000 individuals, called internally displaced person (IDPs), who were severely affected during the five-month Marawi siege in 2017. Aside...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has called on the government to ensure the "immediate safety" of 6,000 residents who have been displaced due to hostilities in Maguindanao del Sur. "As the country’s national human rights institution, we urge the local and national government to work...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas has turned over financial assistance amounting to P971,364 to more than 1,000 individuals displaced by the series of armed conflict in two localities in northern Negros Occidental last week. MORE than 1,000...
While the government has yet to receive reports of displaced workers due to the suspension of all reclamation projects in Manila Bay, a Cabinet member said affected workers will be assisted. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO ARNOLD QUIZOL) Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the Department of Labor...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 800 individuals were displaced following two separate clashes involving members of the New People’s Army and government forces in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental over the weekend. Three NPA members were killed in the two clashes. City Mayor Benjie...
A total of 165 families in Daraga and Guinobatan, Albay who lost their homes due to lahar flooding were given new homes by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). PH Red Cross' relocation site in Bubulusan, Guinobatan (Photo courtesy of PRC) PRC has recently handed the displaced families their certificate...
Senatorial candidate Jose Manuel ‘Chel’ Diokno on Thursday, April 28, called out the government for the ongoing delay in the rehabilitation of Marawi City and in the settlement of land titles of displaced residents. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
