About 596 families, or 2,238 individuals, remained in 13 evacuation centers across 9 barangays in Pasig City as of Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 18, following days of flooding triggered by heavy Habagat rains. According to the city’s latest 9 a.m. update, the evacuees continue to stay in temporary...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian checked on 155 families displaced by flooding in Las Piñas City on Tuesday, Aug. 11, after inspecting flood‑mitigation efforts at Alido Bridge in Barangay Zapote. The families were...
Hundreds of families stayed in evacuation centers in Pasig and Marikina cities as rains continued due to the enhanced southwest monsoon (Habagat) on Sunday, Aug. 9. In Pasig City, 531 families, or a total of 1,750 individuals, were staying at seven evacuation centers in five barangays as of 3 p.m....
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Wednesday, May 13, announced that it has started a three-day relief operation for families and communities affected by the ongoing effusive eruption of Mayon Volcano in Albay province. In a statement, the OVP said its Disaster Operations Center (DOC) has...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has donated a P15.6-million lot as relocation site for residents displaced by Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said they are letting the municipal government decided on how to develop the...
COTABATO CITY – About 800 families in several coastal barangays in Kalamansig town in Sultan Kudarat province vacated their homes and proceeded to higher grounds due to successive earthquake aftershocks over the past 24 hours. Mayor Ronan Eugene Garcia ordered a preemptive evacuation on Wednesday...
A total of 8,826 families or 32,637 individuals have been evacuated in Cavite due to Typhoon Uwan as of 9:00 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said it has recorded incidents of fallen trees and soil erosion in various areas. In...
CEBU CITY – Respiratory illness has started to spread in tents where victims of the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that struck northern Cebu province on Sept. 30 are staying. The Provincial Health Office (PHO) said cases of acute respiratory infections have been recorded in evacuation centers in Borbon...
A total of 1,314 families or 4,187 individuals have evacuated in Isabela province due to typhoon ‘’Paolo.’’ The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office on Friday said they are affected by the threat of a storm surge and living in houses made of light materials and low-lying and...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Authorities in this province have started the pre-emptive evacuation of thousands of families as typhoon “Opong” is expected to bring heavy to intense rains that may trigger flooding and dangerous lahar flows from Mayon Volcano. The Albay Public Safety and Emergency...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two families from Bago City, Negros Occidental displaced by Kanlaon Volcano each received P10,000 in financial assistance from the city government on Thursday, Aug. 14, two days before their scheduled return to their homes in Barangay Ilijan on Saturday, Aug. 16. Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixty-one families or 225 individuals affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental returned home on Thursday, Aug. 14, after eight months in an evacuation center. The La Carlota City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office transported...