Water purifiers are now in the earthquake-struck Abra province to ensure the access of the public to clean and safe drinking water, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. said Thursday, July 28. In a situation briefing in Abra, Abalos...
AMBULANCES from the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Batac City, Ilocos Norte loaded with medical supplies await deployment to earthquake-hit Abra, Thursday, July 28. (MMMHMC FB photo) LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte (PNA) – Some 100 personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon sent off on July 28 a team of volunteers from the Muntinlupa K9 Search and Rescue (SAR) to Abra which was severely damaged by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on July 27. The K9s, or police dogs, will assist in search and rescue operations in collapsed buildings and areas...
A day after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. backed the passage of a bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), he backpedaled and instead agreed with his sister's idea to merely create a disaster resilience body under the Office of the President (OP). President Ferdinand...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday, July 28, said they are looking at the “best practices” of the disaster management and preparedness agencies in the United States (US) and Turkey as models for the establishment of the country’s own agency. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides the...
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visits injured victims of the earthquake in a hospital in Bangued, Abra Thursday, July 28. (PRO-Cordillera photo) BANGUED, Abra – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visited this province today, Thursday, July 28, to check the situation a day after a...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made his way to Bangued, Abra, on Thursday, July 28, and led the situation briefing on the effects of the destructive 7.0-magnitude earthquake that jolted parts of Northern Luzon. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads on July 28, the situation...
The number of aftershocks following the destructive magnitude 7.0 quake on Wednesday, July 27, has climbed to 849, said state seismologists on Thursday morning, July 27. Of the 849 aftershocks as of 1 p.m., 188 were plotted while 24 were felt, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and...
BAGUIO CITY – A total of 1,729 families have been brought to evacuation areas, and 51 government buildings were damaged in Abra, the hardest-hit of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake which struck northern Philippines on Wednesday morning, July 27. DSWD Secretary Raffy Tulfo was seen visiting the...
A 39-man team from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be deployed in earthquake-hit areas in Abra to assist in road-clearing operations and other disaster responses. MMDA Officer-in-Charge Baltazar Melgar said the first team consisting of 11 people is already on its way to...
In the aftermath of the Magnitude 7.0 earthquake which hit most parts of Luzon on Wednesday July 27, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. instructed the department’s concerned Regional Offices to join the Philippine National Police...
At least four people died while more than 60 others were injured when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the northern parts of Luzon on Wednesday morning, July 27, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. said. Quoting reports from the local...
