President Marcos suggested that building higher flood walls was among other measures that could help mitigate flooding in Metro Manila and other flood-prone areas, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) reported. Photo from President Marcos/Facebook Marcos said this in a meeting with the...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno (File photo) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) expressed sympathies with the government of Japan on Tuesday, Sept. 24, in light of the devastating floods and landslides that struck the country's center. “I am deeply saddened by...
CARMEN, Davao del Norte – Eight months after the severe flooding that devastated thousands of hectares of agricultural land, farmers here are now in the recovery period for this harvest season that started this month. But as perennial flooding and dry spell remain as a threat to farmers’...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Davao region said on Friday, September 20, that 139 families or 409 persons in the Davao region were affected by the flooding incident on Wednesday, September 18, caused by heavy rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” The agency said...
DAVAO CITY – Another wave of flooding has inundated the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as residents are still reeling from the impact of a similar flooding last July. RESIDENTS wade through raging flood in Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao del Norte. (Northern...
BACOLOD CITY – Nine out of 61 barangays here were flooded since Friday night, September 13, due to heavy rains from the intensified southwest monsoon or “habagat.” BARANGAY Pahanocoy was among the areas flooded by heavy rain from the southwest monsoon in Bacolod City on Saturday, September...
BACOLOD CITY – Seventeen barangays were flooded in Negros Occidental on Friday, September 13, due to heavy rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by tropical storm “Bebinca.” A PART of San Enrique in Negros Occidental was flooded on Friday, September 13, due to heavy...
President Marcos has raised the importance of updating the country's flood hazard maps and seeking new strategies to address flooding, noting that the course of floodwaters has changed over time. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this following the onslaught...
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage Office is appealing to the national government to hasten the implementation of mitigating measures to address the adverse impacts of perennial flooding. ALIP (Keith Bacongco) MDRRMO chief Benjamin Alip...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The second-highest ranked official in the House of Representatives is pleading to Filipinos to exercise proper waste disposal amid the projected La Niña or extended rainy season. “I call on all Filipino households to do...
Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Katrina Ponce Enrile clapped back at Vice President Sara Duterte for blaming her hometown Davao City’s flooding to President Marcos. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte (Ali...
Vice President Sara Duterte (left), Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (Facebook) Two ranking congressmen have backed Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero's statement wherein he questioned the Duterte administration’s response--or lack...
