The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced on Friday, October 3, that it will deploy an Aid Caravan to deliver additional relief goods and transport vehicles to communities devastated by Typhoon “Opong” in Masbate and the 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Cebu. PCSO General Manager...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has opened its first medical tent at the Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo City and reported a surge in blood donations from Cebuanos after the devastating 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Northern Cebu earlier this week. The facility, now fully operational, is...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Thursday, October 2, announced that it is mobilizing family tents and emergency supplies for thousands of families displaced by the powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Northern Cebu, following a direct call from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The quake, which...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has mobilized immediate relief operations to assist communities devastated by the powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Cebu and nearby provinces earlier this week. Acting on the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., PCSO General...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will provide burial assistance to families of those who perished in the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off Cebu on Sept. 30. DSWD-Disaster Response Management Group Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said the agency’s Field Office 7 in...
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 jolted Cebu and nearby provinces on Tuesday night, Sept. 30, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its Earthquake Information No. 2, Phivolcs said the tectonic quake struck at 9:59 p.m., with its epicenter traced...
The 72 earthquakes that shook Kanlaon Volcano on Monday, Sept. 15, were caused by underground rock fracturing as pressure pushed upward beneath the volcano, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. “Ang ibig lamang sabihin ng pagdami ng volcano-tectonic earthquakes...
There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following a strong offshore earthquake that struck near the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia, the and Seismology (Phivolcs) assured on Saturday, Sept. 13. Phivolcs issued Tsunami Information No. 1 at 10:54 a.m., about 16 minutes after the quake hit at...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday, September 6, recorded 26 volcanic earthquakes in Mayon Volcano, warning that unrest beneath the edifice could trigger sudden steam-driven eruptions. The agency said that the tremors, detected from 12 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,...
Migrant Workers Offices in Taiwan have been placed under high alert after two strong earthquakes, both recorded 5.9 magnitude in the Richter Scale, hit the areas anew on Monday afternoon. The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said that it is continuously monitoring the effects of the twin quakes...
There was no Filipino who was hurt following two succesive earthquakes that hit Taiwan on Saturday morning, April 27, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. In a statement the DMW said Migrant Workers Offices (MWOs) in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung were immediately contacted to check on the...
Nine overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were injured when a 7.2 magnitude quake jolted Taiwan on April 3, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) disclosed on Monday, April 8. In a statement, the DMW said it the nine OFWs suffered injuries ranging from minor to light injuries. “All the OFWs have...
