DAVAO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office in Region 12 has extended financial assistance to families affected by earthquakes in Sultan Kudarat from mid-January to February. The Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) was distributed through the Disaster Response Management...
DAVAO CITY – Sultan Kudarat Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu has strengthened measures to address surging prices of fuel as well as basic commodities due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Mangudadatu has issued an executive order forming the Provincial Price Stabilization Council (PPSC) to...
DAVAO CITY – Sultan Kudarat Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu has assured assistance for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) returning home from conflict-torn Middle East. He said that the provincial government is ready to facilitate the repatriation of the OFWs once commercial flights are available....
The offshore earthquake swarm in Sultan Kudarat appears to be gradually weakening, with fewer tremors recorded per day compared to late January, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Sunday, Feb. 8. At the height of the swarm, Phivolcs recorded up to 833...
Sultan Kudarat Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu has urged the government to hasten the decommissioning process of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) combatants as well as the disbanding of all private armed groups in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to stop the...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Sultan Kudarat urged the people to remain prepared and vigilant as classes and work resume after days of suspension due to swarm of earthquakes last week. Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu lifted the suspension on Feb. 1 through an executive order. However,...
The earthquake swarm offshore of Sultan Kudarat, which began on Jan. 19, is producing fewer tremors per day, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Tuesday, Feb. 3, but warned that strong earthquakes could still occur. Phivolcs said the tremors are generated by...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolted parts of Sultan Kudarat on Friday morning, Jan. 30, as an offshore earthquake swarm that began on Jan. 19 entered its 12th day, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs said the earthquake struck at 8:49 a.m., with the...
DAVAO CITY – As earthquakes continue to rock many parts of Central Mindanao, class and work suspensions have expanded to several municipalities and provinces outside of Sultan Kudarat province which has been experiencing a swarm of earthquakes totaling 2,264 as of 7 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29. Sultan...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided at least ₱11.9 million worth of humanitarian assistance to families displaced by a series of earthquakes or swarm that struck the municipalities of Lebak and Kalamansig in Sultan Kudarat. An earthquake swarm is defined as a...
An ongoing offshore earthquake swarm off Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat produced six strong tremors measuring magnitude 5 and above on Jan. 28, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The Jan. 28 earthquakes included two magnitude 5.5 tremors, as well as events...
DAVAO CITY – Hundreds of families living along the coastline of Sultan Kudarat have initiated a preemptive evacuation due to fear of tsunami following the magnitude-5.7 earthquake that jolted the province at 1:05 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28. In a report from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology...