DAVAO CITY – Damage to agriculture due to severe flooding in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has soared to over P323 million and has affected almost 11,000 farmers. A FLOODED rice field in Maguindanao del Sur. (Contributed photo) A report from the BARMM Rapid...
DAVAO CITY – The National Power Corp.-Mindanao Generation Office based in Iligan City has admitted that they had indeed discharged huge amounts of water from one of their dams in Bukidnon that may have contributed to the severe flooding in Central Mindanao. FLOOD victims are rescued in Ligawasan...
DAVAO CITY – From no water to too much water. PEOPLE wade through floodwater in Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao del Sur. (SSB MDRRMO photo) About five months ago, residents in many parts of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) provinces were praying for the rains to come as the...
DAVAO CITY – Rescuers evacuated 57 families or 282 individuals due to flooding caused by heavy rain due to a low-pressure area (LPA) on Tuesday evening, July 16. RESCUERS approach a pickup truck on a flooded street in Davao City on July 16. (Hardcore Rescue Team FB) Ezzra James Fernandez,...
By KEITH BACONGCO DAVAO CITY – Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza has urged the national government as well as concerned government agencies to assist in addressing the perennial flooding in Central Mindanao. Mendoza suggested to the concerned government agencies to refer to the...
By LIZA JOCSON ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four persons were killed over the weekend in landslides triggered by heavy rains in Barangay Pamucutan here. The victims were identified as Leonilo Moret and son Justin and Nica Ortega and son JM. Their bodies were found during search and retrieval operations....
Philippine Coast Guard personnel rescue a woman using a basin as deep floods caused by heavy rains due to the southwest monsoon (habagat) hit Zamobanga City on July 14, 2024. (Photo: PCG) By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG Two persons were reported killed as heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon...
By ARGYLL CYRUS GEDUCOS Families affected by the southwest monsoon in Matanog, Maguindanao del Norte received government financial assistance and relief supplies over the weekend. ASSISTANCE TO FLOOD VICTIMS — Special Assistant to the President Secretary Antonio Lagdameo Jr. and Department...
By KEITH BACONGCO DAVAO CITY – Several provinces in Mindanao were flooded on Friday, July 12, and left some road networks temporarily impassable following heavy rain in the last two days. One of those severely affected was Maguindanao del Norte and parts of Lanao del Sur due to flashflood...
By LIZA JOCSON ZAMBOANGA CITY – Over 1,000 families have evacuated due to heavy monsoon rains which pummeled this city since Friday night, July 12. RESCUE teams from the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office conduct rescue operations in Barangay San Jose Gusu, Zamboanga City....
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly man died and 41 families were evacuated due to flooding in Barangay Cabugan, Bindoy, Negros Oriental on Monday night, July 8. A 70-year-old man died in a flood in Barangay Cabugan, Bindoy, Negros Oriental on Monday, July 8. (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Provincial...
CEBU CITY — An 11-year-old girl died and six others are missing when the pickup truck they were riding in was swept away by flashflood on Monday afternoon, July 8, in Carmen town, northern Cebu. The fatality and the missing were among the 17 persons who were aboard the pickup truck...
