BUTUAN CITY – Seven New People’s Army (NPA) fighters surrendered to the Army 36th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Puyat, Carmen, Surigao del Sur, on Thursday, December 14. Major Francisco P. Garello Jr., chief of Public Affairs Office (PAO) of Army 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division, said...
(File photo by Office of Civil Defense) The damage to infrastructure caused by the two powerful earthquakes in Surigao del Sur two weeks ago has now reached the P1-billion mark. A situation report released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Saturday, Dec. 16,...
BUTUAN CITY – The government has released 88,124 family food packs (FFPs) to earthquake-affected families in Surigao del Sur. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga based here said they are still attending to the needs of families who are still in evacuation centers as...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-5.1 earthquake rocked Surigao del Sur on Monday morning, December 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 6:52 a.m. and its epicenter was 123 kilometers (kms) southeast of Cagwait, Surigao del...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Sunday, Dec. 10 recorded 4,386 aftershocks following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur a week ago. (Phivolcs) The magnitudes of the aftershocks caused by the Dec. 2 earthquake ranged from 1.3 to...
Department of Social Welfare and Development-Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DSWD Facebook) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said 3,310 people, or 829 families, are still in evacuation centers following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck...
BUTUAN CITY – The Surigao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said continuing aftershocks from the magnitude-7.4 earthquake have affected efforts to normalize the situation in the province. Data received by the PDRRMO from Municipal DRRMOs in the province...
The death toll in the 7.4 magnitude quake that hit Mindanao over the weekend rose to three as two more fatalities were reported in the Caraga region, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Wednesday, Dec. 6. But the NDRRMC said all of the fatalities,...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has practically guaranteed the availability of whatever funds Surigao del Sur would need in terms of its recovery and rehabilitation from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte announced that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) will coordinate with the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) with the stress debriefing for children affected by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake...
The number of aftershocks from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Surigao del Sur has risen to 1,692 on Monday morning, Dec. 4, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). (Phivolcs) Of the recorded aftershocks, Phivolcs said 340 were plotted by at least three seismic...
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Surigao del Sur at 3:49 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). (Phivolcs) The epicenter of the earthquake was located 67 kilometers northeast of Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, at a depth of one kilometer. Although...
