The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) transported thousands of relief packages to victims of severe flooding in Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, May 25. OCD Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno and PCSO General Manager Mel Robles supervised the loading of...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) convened the Inter-Agency Coordinating Cell (IACC) on Friday, May 23, to address the ongoing crisis in Samar caused by the partial closure of the San Juanico Bridge. OCD Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno led the IACC meeting at the National Disaster Risk...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Negros Island Region is inspecting the proposed sites for permanent evacuation centers and resettlement areas for residents displaced by Kanlaon Volcano in four local government units in Negros Occidental. OCD-NIR Regional Director Donato Sermeno III...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has raised its alert status and directed all regional offices to intensify preparedness measures to help ensure the orderly and secure conduct of the May 12 national and local elections. OCD Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno said the agency is working closely with...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno highlighted three crucial areas for earthquake preparedness, emphasizing that the occurrence of the “Big One” is not a matter of if, but when. In a statement Sunday, May 4, the OCD said that Nepomuceno delivered a compelling...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol has recorded six fatalities due to severe tropical storm “Kristine. Gremil Naz, OCD-Bicol information officer, said these fatalities as of Thursday morning, Oct. 24, were from the provinces of Masbate and...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-Bicol is under red alert in preparation for tropical depression “Kristine” which is expected to make landfall as a typhoon in Northern Luzon this week. Gremil Naz, spokesperson of the Office of the Civil...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-6 (Western Visayas) has warned that a scammer is using the name of Regional Director Raul Fernandez to solicit money for victims of tropical storm "Enteng." FERNANDEZ (Tara Yap) “It has come to our attention that unscrupulous individuals are falsely...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – At least 1,379 families or 4,155 persons in the Bicol region were affected by tropical storm "Enteng," the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol said on Monday afternoon, September 2. Gremil Naz, information officer of OCD-Bicol, said 841 families or 3,455 persons...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-6 has released almost P162-million worth of aid to families affected by the El Niño climate phenomenon in Western Visayas and the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Occidental. FERNANDEZ (left). (PIA-6) Bulk of the aid was for El Niño...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol announced on Saturday morning, May 25, that sea travel and flights in the region were canceled due to tropical depression "Aghon." Gremil Naz, spokesperson of OCD-Bicol, said that sea travels in major ports of Bicol were...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has ordered its Bicol office to decamp around 55 families that are housed in an evacuation center in Camalig, Albay after it downgraded its emergency alert status when the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) lowered Mayon Volcano’s alert...
