Mayon Volcano (Yves Eli Yu- Rep. Joey Salceda's Facebook) Pointing to the current restiveness of Mayon Volcano that has displaced thousands, Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda are urging the Senate to quickly approve its version of the bill advocating...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office (APSEMO) has ordered municipal and city governments to evacuate residents inside the six-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) of Mayon Volcano after the alert level was further raised from two to three (increased...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – More than 100 families or about 400 persons were preemptively evacuated in Cagayan Valley or Region 2 due to the threat of typhoon “Betty.” The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Region 2 said the evacuees are from Gonzaga, particularly Barangay Ipil with 74 individuals...
BACOLOD CITY -- The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center (DRRMC) in Western Visayas reported on Sunday, May 28, that a preemptive evacuation of about 1,082 families composed of 3,659 individuals was conducted in Negros Occidental over the weekend due to typhoon "Betty." Some of the evacuees...
BACOLOD CITY – Several families left their homes after a series of clashes between the New People’s Army and government forces erupted in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 20. THE Army holds a dialogue with several residents of Barangay Quintin Remo,...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) in San Carlos, Negros Occidental has implemented a preemptive evacuation on 10 families on Friday, May 12, after a portion of the retaining wall along Palampas River in Purok Tindalo, Barangay 1, showed early signs of...
The first batch of Filipinos who fled from Sudan arrived in Manila on Saturday after their escape from the deadly clashes of military and paramilitary forces there. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo welcomed a total of 17 evacuees who initially sought refuge in Athens,...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) A House leader is prodding the Senate to speed up passage of its version of the measure calling for the construction of permanent evacuation centers nationwide. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made this call even as he...
More than half of the 700 registered Filipinos in strife-torn Sudan have been evacuated by the Philippine government during the 72-hour ceasefire there. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that as of Friday noon (Manila time), 496 Filipinos were able to get out of the capital city,...
At least 409 Filipinos, mostly overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), were evacuated from strife-torn Sudan in Egypt, Malacañang said on Thursday, April 27. (Photo by Mark Johnson/MOD/AFP) The Palace reported that some 335 OFWs and their family members left Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on April 26 for...
Fear gripped a group of Filipinos as they travelled from the Sudanese capital to the north, where the Egyptian border is reached after a 15-hour ride. A Filipino national evacuated from the deadly clashes in Sudan on Thursday recalled her journey as she joined other Filipino evacuees...
The rental price of evacuation buses in Sudan has gone up for as much as P1.5 million or 30,000 US dollars each just to get out from the deadly conflict Filipinos who want to seek refuge in nearby Egypt. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said Thursday that...