Local disaster authorities carried out damage assessment after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Saturday morning, June 28. Mr. Harley Sauro, municipal disaster risk reduction and management office (MDRRMO) designate in Sarangani, said the quake was...
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Sarangani Island in Davao Occidental on Saturday, June 28, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its Earthquake Information No. 2 bulletin, Phivolcs reported that the tectonic quake occurred at 7:07 a.m....
Police said a junk shop owner was gunned down in Barangay Poblacion, Santa Maria, Davao Occidental on Monday night. Investigation said the 42-year-old victim was loading metal scrap onto his truck when motorcycle-riding gunmen appeared and shot him. Recovered from the area were six empty .45...
A three-year-old girl was raped and killed by her 17-year-old brother in Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental on Thursday, March 6. Police said the suspect arrived home drunk and took his sister. He brought her to a nearby furnace where she was raped and killed when she resisted. Neighbors heard the...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.7 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental on Tuesday morning, February 13. EARTHQUAKE epicenter The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 4:45 a.m. and its epicenter was 284 kilometers (kms) southeast of...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.5 earthquake rocked Davao Occidental on Friday morning, January 12. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was tectonic in origin and was recorded at 10:05 a.m. Its epicenter was 97 kilometers (kms) southeast of...
BUTUAN CITY – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the Southern Mindanao Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council are monitoring damage from the magnitude-6.7 earthquake that rocked Davao Occidental on Tuesday, January 9. PEOPLE were roused from their sleep by a magnitude-6.7...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that occurred off the coast of southeast Sarangani Island in Davao Occidental early Tuesday morning, Jan. 9. (Phivolcs / Manila Bulletin) Initially, Phivolcs recorded a 7.1-magnitude quake which...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Davao Occidental suspended classes in public schools on December 4 and 5 as part of the inspection of all public infrastructures and other facilities following the magnitude 7.4-earthquake on Saturday night, December 2. “All school heads, safety...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its field office in Region 12, deployed on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at least 20 social workers to address the emotional toll of the recent 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Mindanao on Nov. 17. The DSWD’s social workers...
(Phivolcs) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a 6.1-magnitude offshore earthquake struck Davao Occidental at 10:48 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 22. The earthquake had its epicenter 413 kilometers (km) southeast of Balut Island in the municipality of Sarangani, in the...
DSWD-Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (Facebook) As part of its ongoing disaster response efforts to assist families affected by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Davao Occidental, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far distributed at least...
