LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Twenty municipalities in Bicol region suspended classes on all levels on Monday, May 29, due to the effects of tropical cyclone "Betty," the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol said. In a 3 p.m. media advisory issued by OCD-Bicol, the suspension took effect Monday...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – More than 100 families or about 400 persons were preemptively evacuated in Cagayan Valley or Region 2 due to the threat of typhoon “Betty.” The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Region 2 said the evacuees are from Gonzaga, particularly Barangay Ipil with 74 individuals...
More than 4,000 individuals have been pre-emptively evacuated in Western Visayas (Region 6) and Central Luzon (Region 3) due to southwest monsoon (habagat) which was enhanced by typhoon “Betty”, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Sunday, May 28....
Around 500,000 residents in Cagayan province and 1,000 families in Isabela province are potentially at risk due to the impacts of super typhoon “Betty,” local disaster officials revealed Saturday, May 27. (Members of the Philippine Army's Light Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team prepare a...
CITY OF SANTA ROSA, Laguna – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) is on blue alert status in preparation for super typhoon “Mawar” which is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Friday night, May 26, or Saturday...
All eyes are on Northern Luzon as the government prepares for the impact of super typhoon “Mawar” (international name) when it hits the country this weekend. (The Armed Forces of the Philippines transports relief goods to Batanes on May 25, 2023 in preparation for the effects of super typhoon...
Malacañang has assured that the government is doing the necessary preparations for the possible effects of typhoon Mawar on the country, which has reintensified as a super typhoon. (Photo courtesy of PAGASA) Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Cheloy Garafil cited the statement of...
The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) advised the public Wednesday, May 24, to prepare for the possible impacts of Super Typhoon “Mawar” off the Pacific Ocean which is poised to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and be given the local name “Betty”. (Search and rescue teams...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said there was no casualty nor significant damage recorded in the aftermath of a magnitude 5.2 earthquake that hit Looc, Occidental Mindoro on Saturday midnight, April 29. (Courtesy of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology / Phivolcs) However, the...
A storage of non-food items of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in Clark, Pampanga was flooded on Sunday, April 23, due to a damaged faucet. ( File photo shows a personnel of the Office of Civil Defense [OCD] facilitating the hauling of various non-food items...
A mobile water filtration truck was deployed by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to Oriental Mindoro on Saturday, April 22, to ensure that residents affected by the oil spill will have potable water. (Photo by Office of Civil Defense - Mimaropa) The OCD regional office in Mimaropa (Region 4B) said...
The Department of Health (DOH) is monitoring the quality of drinking water in Oriental Mindoro amid the massive oil spill in the province that has since spread to other areas. (Office of Civil Defense Administrator, Assistant Secretary Ariel Nepomuceno speaks during a coordination meeting of the...
