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...
Migrant workers offices (MWOs) in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are now preparing food items and other items for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid the severe flooding in the Middle East country. In a statement, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said it is...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno gestures during a meeting with technical experts and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on March 15, 2024. The officials tackled ways to improve flood mitigation in the...
The agency in charge of securing funding for the Metro Manila Subway project has assured that the country’s first subway system is designed to withstand not only flooding but also other natural disasters. Given that the Philippines is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world, the...
Due to the recent flooding in Agusan del Sur, the state-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has allotted nearly half a billion pesos for the province’s emergency loan which may be availed by active members affected by the calamity. The P499 million worth of assistance was opened due to...
