ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in this city has deployed personnel to augment power restoration efforts in Negros Island devastated by typhoon ‘’Tino.’’ A team was sent to help personnel of Negros Power Corp., a sister company that is a joint venture with Central...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed 1,254,157 family food packs to local government units (LGUs) affected by Typhoons Tino (Kalmaegi) and Uwan (Fung-wong). In addition to food packs, the DSWD has also provided 24,072 boxes of ready-to-eat food and at least 31,000...
The international community has stepped up support for the Philippines’ relief and recovery efforts following the destruction caused by Typhoons Tino and Uwan, with the European Union, New Zealand, and the United States mobilizing new humanitarian aid packages and military assistance. €1.25...
The ill feelings of the people towards the government 's failure to respond to recent disasters in the Visayas are natural and understandable, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Wednesday, Nov. 12. “Natural na sumama yung loob, magka-trauma, magka-phobia, magalit ang mga tao dahil ang...
CEBU CITY – Typhoon "Tino" claimed more than 30 lives in Liloan town, Cebu province. It could have been more if not for the heroics of this teen. Jayboy Magdadaro, a 15-year-old resident of Barangay Jubay, Liloan, has become the talk of the town when he saved at least 50 residents when Tino...
CEBU CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Nov. 12, visited Danao City, Cebu province, one of the areas hardest-hit by typhoon "Tino." Duterte visited Barangay Taytay, one of the 42 barangays in Danao severely hit by flash floods during the onslaught of Tino on Nov. 4. The Vice...
DAVAO CITY – The city government dispatched 16 trucks carrying food packs and medicines to Cebu province Wednesday to assist communities affected by typhoon ‘’Tino.’’ CDRRMO head Alfredo Baloran said the convoy carries approximately 4,000 food packs, 2,000 bottles of drinking water, and...
To ensure students can return to school as soon as possible, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara joined a high-level government team in Negros Occidental to oversee classroom repairs and relief operations in areas devastated by Typhoon Tino. In a statement issued on Wednesday,...
Two of the country’s major teachers’ organizations have called on the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to provide stronger, more compassionate, and more direct financial assistance to government workers and educators severely affected by recent disasters, particularly Typhoons Tino...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed at least 865,000 family food packs and other relief items to families affected by Typhoons Uwan (Fung-wong) and Tino (Kalmaegi), which brought heavy rains and flooding across several regions over the past weeks. As of...
Philippine Army (PA) engineer units are working non-stop to reopen blocked roads and reconnect isolated communities in Aurora and Cebu in the wake of two devastating storms that struck the country, a military spokesperson said Wednesday, Nov. 12. In Aurora, where Super Typhoon “Uwan” made...
DAVAO CITY – The mayor of the municipality of Midsayap in Cotabato province is donating his one-month salary for calamity-hit areas in Cebu province. Mayor Rolly Sacdalan donated his paycheck as the local government conducted a donation drive among local government workers for Cebu and the town...
