BAYBAY CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense Region 8 has ordered the search, rescue and retrieval operation stopped in two barangays here on Tuesday due to geological and health hazards. OCD-8 Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion said the search and rescue operations in Barangays Bunga...
Search, rescue and retrieval (SRR) operations were officially concluded in at least three landslide-hit areas in Leyte province despite the fact that majority of the 110 missing persons due to Typhoon “Agaton” were recorded in Eastern Visayas (Region 8), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and...
After nearly a full week of continuous search and rescue (SAR) operations, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Monday, April 18, that it was already considering to stop looking for survivors in Leyte province, days after it was battered by Typhoon...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) deployed additional personnel and assets to help in the humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) operations in Visayas, days after it was battered by Typhoon “Agaton.” Search and rescue personnel from the...
The death toll due to Typhoon “Agaton” has climbed to 137 and this is feared to further increase as over two dozens more are still missing in landslide-hit areas in Eastern Visayas (Region 8), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Good Friday, April...
After multiple landslides occurred in Leyte due to tropical storm "Agaton", the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sent a search and rescue team on Monday, April 11, to Barangay Ga-as, Baybay City. (Photos courtesy of Philippine Red Cross) PRC said two assessment teams from their chapter in Leyte, together...
ILOILO CITY -- A barn owl (Tyto alba) was recently rescued in Capiz province. The barn owl was rescued in Capiz province recently. (Photo courtesy of the Capiz PENRO / MANILA BULLETIN) Analyn Delfin of Maayon town personally took the owl and turned it over to the Capiz Provincial Environment and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Six passengers of a distressed vessel were rescued in the waters off Little Coco Island, Basilan Province on Thursday morning, Feb. 17. A Coast Guard personnel rescues one of six passengers from a distressed vessel in the waters off Basilan Province on Thursday, Feb. 17. (PCG photo)...
Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Southern Police District (SPD) director, ordered an investigation into the rising number of kidnapping incidents involving Chinese nationals in the southern part of Metro Manila. Macaraeg issued his directive to SPD investigators after three Chinese were arrested for...
A total of 4,200,000 individuals were affected by typhoon Odette, with almost 570,000 of them are now sheltered in the 1,179 evacuation centers being monitored by the concerned agencies, said Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año. In a briefing with the...
Over 4,500 Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) personnel have evacuated a total of 247,400 individuals in areas battered by typhoon "Odette", Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Tuesday, Dec. 21. Reports disclosed that...
The Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety(DPOS) and Barangay Sauyo rescued a man who climbed a billboard along Mindanao Ave. on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 12. According to a report from DZBB, the man went up the structure, which is more than 60 ft. above ground. The rescuers were able to...
