TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 have sent personnel to Cebu province in response to the magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Sept. 30. A team was sent on Oct. 1 – a search-and-rescue dog with a handler and 17 personnel from the Regional Maritime Unit-8. Two days later on Oct. 3, 17...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has opened its first medical tent at the Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo City and reported a surge in blood donations from Cebuanos after the devastating 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Northern Cebu earlier this week. The facility, now fully operational, is...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has repurposed Tourist Rest Areas (TRAs) in Cebu, originally built to serve travelers, as donation drop-off centers for communities affected by the 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Sept. 30. DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco joined President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr....
CEBU CITY – The death toll and infrastructure damage in the Cebu earthquake continue to rise. Authorities in the province on Thursday, Oct. 2, confirmed that the death toll from the 6.9-magnitude earthquake went up to 73. Ainjeliz “AJ” Orong, Capitol public information officer, said...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will extend financial assistance to the victims of the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that severely impacted northern Cebu province on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. Mayor Greg Gasataya, in a media interview, said that he will meet the City Council to discuss the amount of...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Thursday, October 2, announced that it is mobilizing family tents and emergency supplies for thousands of families displaced by the powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Northern Cebu, following a direct call from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The quake, which...
President Marcos has made an assurance that power supply in the entire Bogo City in Cebu will be restored by the end of Thursday, Oct. 2. Marcos announced this on Thursday during his visit in the city after the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that jolted Cebu on Tuesday night. He said the Department of...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Oct. 2, extended sympathies to the families of earthquake victims in Cebu, as she personally visited towns struck by the magnitude 6.9 tremor that left dozens dead and thousands displaced. “Pinapaabot namin yung pakikiramay namin sa mga pamilya nung mga...
Zamboanga City led by Mayor Khymer Olaso deployed a 19-man team to Cebu province on Wednesday, Oct. 1, to help in earthquake rescue efforts. The team was composed of nine personnel from the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, eight from the City Health Office, and two from the City...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, October 2, confirmed that 1,187 classrooms were totally destroyed by the powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Cebu earlier this week, leaving thousands of students and teachers without safe learning spaces. As of 11 p.m. on October...
BACOLOD CITY – Uniformed personnel from the Negros Island Region were sent to Cebu province to augment humanitarian assistance efforts in the aftermath of the magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. Eighty personnel from the Police Regional Office (PRO)-NIR and search and rescue...
Condolences and sympathies from around the world poured for the victims of the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that jolted Cebu province earlier this week. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru led the new batch of messages from the international community. “I am deeply saddened and worried to learn...
