BUTUAN CITY – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the Southern Mindanao Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council are monitoring damage from the magnitude-6.7 earthquake that rocked Davao Occidental on Tuesday, January 9. PEOPLE were roused from their sleep by a magnitude-6.7...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that occurred off the coast of southeast Sarangani Island in Davao Occidental early Tuesday morning, Jan. 9. (Phivolcs / Manila Bulletin) Initially, Phivolcs recorded a 7.1-magnitude quake which...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Davao Occidental suspended classes in public schools on December 4 and 5 as part of the inspection of all public infrastructures and other facilities following the magnitude 7.4-earthquake on Saturday night, December 2. “All school heads, safety...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its field office in Region 12, deployed on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at least 20 social workers to address the emotional toll of the recent 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Mindanao on Nov. 17. The DSWD’s social workers...
(Phivolcs) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a 6.1-magnitude offshore earthquake struck Davao Occidental at 10:48 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 22. The earthquake had its epicenter 413 kilometers (km) southeast of Balut Island in the municipality of Sarangani, in the...
DSWD-Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (Facebook) As part of its ongoing disaster response efforts to assist families affected by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Davao Occidental, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far distributed at least...
DAVAO CITY – Several infrastructure, including schools, in the Davao region were damaged following a magnitude-6.8 earthquake on Friday, November 17. Karlo Alexie C. Puerto, information officer II of the Office of the Civil Defense-Davao, said that the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and...
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., through Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Secretary Antonio Lagdameo Jr., has directed the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao (OPAMINE) to address all concerns in Mindanao following the magnitude-6.8 earthquake in...
Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. instructed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately deploy personnel to inspect infrastructure affected by the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Mindanao on Friday afternoon. The undersea tectonic quake occurred at a depth of 72 kilometers (km)...
DAVAO CITY – A total of 174 individuals residing around the construction site of the high-rise condominium tower The Paragon Davao of Cebu Landmasters were advised to vacate after a crane collapsed in the magnitude-6.8 earthquake that rocked this city and a southern Mindanao on Friday, November...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A couple was reportedly killed in the magnitude-6.8 earthquake that struck a wide area of Mindanao on Friday afternoon, November 17. HANDOUT photo obtained on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, from the Facebook page of Shaira Ann Sandigan-Rodrigo shows a damaged ceiling in a...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday, Nov. 17 ordered its field offices in Mindanao to be on high alert and prepared to support local government units (LGUs) that have been severely affected by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Philippines....
