Representatives from provinces devastated by recent natural calamities held a face-to-face meeting with the heads of agencies tasked on disaster response during a recent House Committee on Disaster Resilience hearing. Dinagat Rep. Alan Ecleo, chair of the House Committee on Disaster Resilience...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Aug. 10, lauded the Leyteños’ resilience and courage for standing up in the aftermath of Typhoon “Odette” that hit the province in December 2021. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the celebration of Maasin, Leyte’s 22nd Cityhood anniversary...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released the funding to support the emergency shelter assistance to households affected by Typhoon Odette in December last year. In a statement on Wednesday, Aug. 10, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said over 153,410 households affected by...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – Power in all barangays in Southern Leyte has been fully restored some 226 days after typhoon “Odette” ravaged the province, a local electric cooperative reported Wednesday, August 3. The Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (Soleco) completed the power restoration last...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 546th Engineer Construction Battalion of the Philippine Army based here confirmed that the construction of temporary housing facilities for victims of typhoon “Odette” last Dec. 16 in Limasawa, Southern Leyte is almost complete. According to Sgt. Randy Libradilla,...
The embassy of Spain, Instituto Cervantes, AECID, and UN-OCHA collaborate on an exhibit that sounds alarm bells on climate change IMAGES OF DESTRUCTION The exhibit paints a clear picture of the tragedy and wreckage caused by Typhoon Rai As most of Western Europe grapples with a heatwave, the...
Vice President Sara Duterte has visited typhoon-stricken Bohol to personally check on the damage typhoon Odette left in the province last year. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo courtesy of the OVP) Duterte, also the Education Secretary, on Friday, July 22, went to check on the schools ravaged by...
Aerial view of Rabbit Village where a huge rabbit mound named Pablo has been erected. Rabbiton is an agri-tourism site that is unlike anything else in the country. It is a rabbit-themed agri-park in Pamplona, Negros Oriental with certain parts of the farm inspired by Hobbiton, a fictional setting...
Distribution of relief goods with Oplan Smile The Udenna Foundation together with Worklink Services, Inc., and Operation Smile, distributed relief goods in hope of bringing comfort to our fellow Filipinos who suffered the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in December 2021. Four hundred forty-five boxes...
Society groups express alarm over dengue cases spike in super typhoon Odette-affected areas Humanitarian organizations called for continued assistance for Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) survivors amid a rise in dengue infections in typhoon-affected areas. “We hope the newly elected...
The United States will be donating an additional P400-million aid to the Philippines for the recovery of typhoon Odette victims, the US Embassy in the Philippines said Monday, May 23. Aftermath of Typhoon Odette in Dinagat Islands (Photo courtesy of the OVP) United States Agency for International...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (APF) and its partner-agencies turned over P950,000 worth of construction materials to residents of Limasawa Island, Southern Leyte on Saturday, April 30, to help residents rebuild their homes after the devastayion brought by Typhoon Odette. Gen. Andres Centino,...
