DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday thanked his "Arab brothers" for aid supplied following last week's deadly earthquake, that saw countries in the region break with years of diplomatic silence. The 7.8-magnitude quake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6, leaving a...
BACOLOD CITY -- Twenty-five former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received P250,000 cash assistance from the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 14. According to the Army, the former rebels received P10,000...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), an emergency procedure performed when a patient’s heart stops beating, may sound intimidating and intricate, but an expert from the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) shared ways on how this life-saving procedure may be conducted even by the untrained. PCP...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye -- A border crossing between Armenia and Türkiye opened for the first time in 35 years on Saturday, to allow humanitarian aid through after a massive earthquake hit the region, an official said. Five trucks with aid including food and water arrived in Türkiye from the...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged the Security Council to authorize the opening of new cross-border humanitarian aid points between Turkey and Syria to deliver UN aid to earthquake victims. Some 4 million people living in the...
Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a building in the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 9, 2023, three days after a deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Mohammed AL-RIFAI / AFP WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85...
The Philippine Embassy in Turkey on Thursday, Feb. 9, began its mission of bringing aid to affected Filipinos by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this week. Rescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building in the city of Gaziantep, close to the earthquake’s...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – At least 2,000 families affected by inclement weather in the island-town of Rapu-Rapu in Albay province received aid from the government on Sunday, Feb. 5. Beneficiaries were from Barangays Bilbao, Dapdap, Lagundi, Sagrada, Caracaran, San Ramon, and Liguan in Batan...
GEN. LUNA, Quezon -- A total of 985 scholars received financial aid from the local government unit (LGU) under Bayanihan para sa Kinabukasan ng Kabataan (BKK) program for college students on Sunday, Feb. 5, here. The payout, which covers the first semester of 2023, was undertaken by General Luna...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided hot meals and psychological first aid to the victims of the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Mindanao. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross Seven hundred individuals from the municipalities of Montevista and Nabunturan, Davao de Oro, and in Kiamba, Sarangani were...
The Quezon City local government distributed cash assistance and tablets to public school students in the city on Thursday, Feb. 2. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and QC Social Services Development Department (SSDD) officer-in-charge Rowena Macatao led the distribution of P3,000 cash aid to each...
United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed that the US would provide humanitarian assistance to the earthquake victims that rocked a Davao de Oro town on Wednesday evening. President 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Malacañang, Feb. 2, 2023....
