The Philippine National Police (PNP) branded on Saturday, Jan. 7, as fake news the circulating police memorandum purportedly placing all its its units under the highest alert status over an alleged destabilization plot in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). PNP chief information officer Col....
Police forces across the country will remain under the highest security alert status until Jan. 6 when the situation is expected to fully normalize after the long Holiday break. Col. Redrico Maranan, chief information officer of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the full alert status is...
CEBU CITY – All ports in Cebu were placed on heightened alert starting Friday, Dec. 16, as the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) activated its “Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Pasko 2022.” A PORT terminal in Pier 1 in Cebu City is packed with passengers in this May 2022 file photo. The Cebu Port Authority has...
CAMP OSCAR FLORENDO, La Union – Police in the Ilocos region have been placed under red alert for “Simbang Gabi” (dawn Mass) and the rest of the holiday season. "It is our tradition at the beginning of Simbang Gabi that our police officers are alert in the churches, so I have given a directive...
DOH The government’s pandemic task force instructed the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to further study the proposal on decoupling restrictions from the Covid-19 alert level system. This was discussed during the recent Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging...
LUCENA CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Region 4-A announced Thursday, Nov. 17, that 15 towns and two cities in the province of Quezon are under Covid-19 Alert Level 1 from Nov. 16 to 30. These are Alabat, Atimonan, Candelaria, City of Tayabas, Lucena City,...
Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 at a time when Metro Manila was under alert level 3. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Department of Health (DOH) is set to recommend to the government’s pandemic task force the “decoupling” of restrictions from the Covid-19 Alert Level...
DOH Thirty-two areas in the country were placed under Covid-19 Alert Level 2 from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, the Department of Health (DOH) said. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. approved the latest Covid-19 Alert Level System (ALS) classifications for provinces, highly urbanized cities, and...
Seventy nine volcanic earthquakes were recorded at Bulusan in the past 24 hours – an indication that the volcano is still showing signs of “low-level unrest.” The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), in its bulletin issued on Saturday, Oct. 15, said 79 earthquakes...
Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon (PIXABAY FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) logged 313 volcanic earthquakes at Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon in the past 24 hours. Phivolcs on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 12 raised Bulusan Volcano’s alert status from Level 0 to...
Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon (PIXABAY FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 12 placed Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon under Alert Level 1 due to “low-level unrest.” In a bulletin issued at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Phivolcs said 126 weak...
The entry of individuals into the six-kilometer radius Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) of Mayon Volcano has been banned as its alert level was raised due to "increased unrest," the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Monday, Oct. 10. MAYON VOLCANO (File photo)...