RELIEF goods bound for quake-hit Abra are loaded into a helicopter in Camp Aquino, Tarlac City. (Photos courtesy of Lt. Col. Tabutol Sr. via Liz Inigo) CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) is expediting the delivery of aid to quake-affected communities in...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has promised to push for increased financial subsidies for victims of natural disasters in the 2023 annual budget. (Photo from Gabriela Women's Party-list Facebook) “In the upcoming budget deliberations, we will definitely push for more budget for...
ILOCOS SUR -- Around 20 tourist attractions and establishments in Bantay town and Vigan City here were found to have sustained minor to major damages during the magnitude 7 earthquake on Wednesday, July 27. Ancestral house in Vigan City sustained damages from the earthquake. (Contributed photo by...
BAUKO, Mt. Province – A 59-year old man was unearthed from a landslide in Sitio Boga, Monamon Sur in this town on Thursday morning, July 28, in what could be the first recorded death in Cordillera region after a magnitude 7 earthquake hit northern Luzon on Wednesday, July 27. Photo Courtesy...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said more than 50 health facilities were damaged due to the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that recently hit the province of Abra and other areas. The damaged facilities include eight hospitals, 28 rural health units, and 18 barangay health stations, said DOH...
DAGUPAN CITY -- One person was reported dead and 39 were injured in Ilocos region after the magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Northern Luzon on Wednesday morning, July 27, according to authorities. Photo from PNP The Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office said the lone casualty was from Sitio Baudan,...
Vigan City, Ilocos Sur Mayor Jose “Bonito” Singson Jr. has ordered private establishments to check and ensure the structural integrity of their buildings following the magnitude-7 earthquake Wednesday, July 27. Singson, in Executive Order No. 7, Series of 2022, issued Wednesday, said there is a...
Just when President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was about to conclude the situation briefing in Bangued, Abra on Thursday, July 28, a local official took the floor and voiced out the province's long-standing concern on emergency response, imploring the President to act on them. President...
Caritas Philippines is currently assessing the situation in areas affected by the magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Luzon, Wednesday. Photo Caritas Philippines FB The humanitarian organization deployed emergency teams “to further assess the damaged communities, and see how the Catholic Church can...
Over 2,000 personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), including medical doctors, were dispatched to the earthquake-hit Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to provide the necessary assistance to the region’s distressed areas. BFP chief Director Louie Puracan said at least 25 fire trucks...
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)...
Several celebrities took to social media to share their thoughts on the recent earthquake that rocked several parts of the country recently. Among them were Janno Gibbs, Sunshine Guimary and Joe Black who were all in La Union shooting scenes for an upcoming film when it occurred. Janno wrote: "Here...
