Imagine receiving a text message claiming you 're eligible for government aid following the recent storms. It includes a link, and without a second thought, you click it. The site looks suspicious, so you exit quickly and forget about it. What you don’t realize is that by simply clicking...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) transported relief assistance to the island of Batanes on Tuesday, July 29, in the aftermath of the successive storms and enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) that affected the country. Department of National Defense (DND)...
Proactive disaster risk reduction and a whole-of-government approach in responding to increasingly frequent and intense natural calamities are key pillars under the administration of President Marcos Jr. Thus, said Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary and National Disaster Risk Reduction...
The death toll due to the combined effects of Tropical Cyclones “Crising”, “Dante”, “Emong” and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) was lowered by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to 31 from 32 on Monday, July 28. A report from the NDRRMC showed...
Five 10-wheeler trucks loaded with essential non-food items were dispatched by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to Ilocos (Region 1) as part of its continuing relief operations in the wake of recent tropical cyclones and flooding. The OCD said three of the trucks carried kitchen sets, each truck...
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Chairman and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. deeply appreciated the provincial government of Sulu for sending relief goods to help victims of recent storms in Luzon get back up on their feet. In a...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson wondered why floods continue to plague Filipinos despite yearly increases in the budget for the national government 's flood management programs. Lacson noted that while the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has spent an estimated P2 trillion on...
The provincial government of Sulu in Mindanao displayed in its truest sense the spirit of "bayanihan" and solidarity as it sent the first batch of its donations to Luzon to support families affected by the recent typhoons and severe weather. The relief assistance, consisting of 600 sacks of rice...
(UPDATED) A total of 25 people died due to the combined effects of tropical cyclones “Crising”, “Dante”, “Emong”, and the southwest monsoon (habagat) which have been felt only since last week as a transport aircraft from the United States is arriving in the country to assist in the...
The estimated cost of damage to infrastructure by Tropical Storm “Crising” and enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) has reached P4 billion while damage to agriculture was pegged at P462 million, prompting the declaration of a state of calamity in 29 areas nationwide, the Office of Civil...
Key military locations under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and United States are now being utilized to bolster the country’s humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) operations amid the lingering effects of Tropical Storm Crising and the...
Two more people were killed due to the combined effects of Tropical Storm “Crising” and the southwest monsoon (habagat), pushing the death toll to five, while the number of individuals affected by the bad weather jumped to 800,000, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...
