DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Sarangani is crafting a measure to hasten rehabilitation efforts in communities hit by the June 8 earthquake. Gov. Rogelio Pacquiao said the provincial government is preparing a comprehensive package of interventions in the recovery phase. Provincial...
House Secretary General Cheloy Garafil says the institution is on the same page with President Marcos regarding the effort to make this year 's State of the Nation Address (SONA) an austere event, yet again. Garafil, in a chance interview with reporters Thursday, July 16, reiterated that the...
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck waters off Balut Island in Davao Occidental late Tuesday evening, July 14, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its Earthquake Information No. 1, Phivolcs said the quake occurred at 11:49 p.m. Its epicenter was located...
DAVAO CITY – The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Glan in Sarangani has acknowledged that preemptive evacuation on July 10 saved the lives of residents in Barangay Mudan and Padidu from a flash flood on July 11. MDRRMO Assistant Operations chief Daniel Nocos said in a...
The death toll from the combined effects of Typhoon “Inday” and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) rose to 18 on Sunday, July 12, as more than 562,000 people across the country have been affected while hundreds of travelers remained stranded in ports due to rough seas. The Office of Civil...
Typhoon “Inday” has officially exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday morning, July 11, but the nation remains under siege as the storm continues to enhance habagat or southwest monsoon, bringing relentless rains that have claimed at least 17 lives and displaced...
The death toll from rain-induced landslides triggered by Super Typhoon Inday and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) climbed to 15 on Friday, July 10, after five more people were killed in a landslide in Lanao del Sur, adding to the 10 fatalities in a separate landslide in Sarangani. The Lanao...
Ten people died after a landslide buried a house occupied by two families in Malapatan, Sarangani on Friday, July 10, as heavy rains triggered by Super Typhoon Inday and the enhanced southwest monsoon saturated the soil, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said. Rodrigo Sosmeña, director of the OCD...
DAVAO CITY – Almost a month since the magnitude-7.8 struck Sarangani, 16 beach resorts in the town of Glan have reopened after securing clearances from the local government’s Office of the Building Official. In a statement from the provincial government, Glan Tourism Officer Rhoa Wadingan said...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Education in Sarangani province is raising funds through “Project Tahanan: Adopt-A-Teacher” to help teaching and non-teaching personnel rebuild houses totally destroyed in the recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake. The fund-raising drive aims to help them have simple...
Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), on Monday, June 22, directed a manhunt operation for a gunman who fatally shot a police officer inside a mosque in Madamba, Lanao del Sur. Police Chief Master Sergeant Alioden Sarangani, of the Madamba Municipal Police...
The Quezon City government has extended P4.5 million in financial aid and deployed humanitarian assistance to several areas in Mindanao affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on June 8, 2026, to support relief and recovery operations. General Santos City received P1.5 million, while Jose Abad...
