Tropical Depression (TD) “Verbena” disrupted communities across the Visayas and Mindanao on Tuesday, Nov. 25, affecting close to 47,000 individuals and forcing widespread evacuations as floods and landslides hit several provinces, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
The combined death toll from Super Typhoon “Uwan” and Typhoon “Tino” has climbed to 297, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) disclosed on Monday, Nov. 17, as government teams continued ground inspections in hardest-hit provinces. Uwan has claimed 28 lives, left two people missing, and injured...
As the nation continues to reel from the devastation left by Typhoon Tino, which claimed the lives of at least 188 people as of Friday, Nov. 7, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has begun shifting its focus to brace for the impact of another powerful storm, the potential super typhoon “Uwan,”...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has completed the crafting of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 12287 or the “Declaration of State of Imminent Disaster Act.” In a statement Saturday, Oct. 25, the OCD said a five-day workshop was held in Clark, Pampanga to...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) welcomed Tuesday, Aug. 26, a techie officer and retired Philippine Army major general as its new administrator and concurrently, the new executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Harold N. Cabreros, who joined...