The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) commemorated the ninth anniversary of Super Typhoon (ST) “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the most powerful storm to make landfall in the recorded history of the Philippines. Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. (left), chairman of...
One more fatality due to Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” was recorded by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Saturday, Nov. 5, raising the death toll to 155. Residents walk along a flooded street as they head home after being stranded overnight in Kawit town,...
A tsunami scenario will be included in this year’s fourth quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Courtesy of NDRRMC NDRRMC spokesperson Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said the fourth quarter NSED will be held...
A week since Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” hit the country, the Christmas season would be a little lonelier for more than one million individuals who are still yet to return to their homes and relying on relief assistance being offered by the national and local government. Teachers of Oquendo...
The damage wrought by severe tropical storm "Paeng" to agriculture and infrastructure has ballooned to over P5.3 billion as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) began to have clear picture of the extent of destruction based on the reports on all the affected areas....
Bodies continue to pile up even as Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” already left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) as the running death toll now reached 121 while more than 700,000 individuals were still staying in and outside evacuation centers. Photo by PCG The National Disaster Risk...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has recorded over 120 landslides and soil erosions in various parts of the country during the onslaught of severe tropical storm "Paeng" that has so far left at least 110 people dead. A few of the landslides were deadly as in the...
Despite the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm ‘Paeng’ in 16 of the country’s 17 regions, authorities have yet to declare a state of calamity in the affected areas, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur’’ Abalos Jr. confirmed Monday, Oct. 31....
Ninety-eight people have already been killed by Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Paeng as more cadavers were retrieved by search, rescue, and retrieval teams in the aftermath of one of the deadliest storms to hit the country this year, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Sunday, October 30 expressed his support for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s (NDRRMC) call for a declaration of a state of calamity following the devastating onslaught of Tropical Storm Paeng in the country. “I echo...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has recommended to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. the declaration of a national state of calamity due to the impact of Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng.” NDRRMC Chairman Jose Faustino Jr. In a press briefing in Camp Aguinaldo,...
Due to the massive effects of Severe Tropical Storm Paeng, a state of calamity was declared in 55 areas in Bicol Region (Region 5), Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and SOCCSKSARGEN (Region 12), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) bared...
