The Muntinlupa City government has identified more local government units (LGUs) that will benefit from its P20 million financial assistance to areas hit by typhoon “Odette.” Mayor Jaime Fresnedi signed Ordinance No. 2021-303 on Dec. 24 allotting P20 million financial assistance to 38 LGUs...
H&M Foundation is sending help through the Philippine Red Cross With the devastation currently happening in the Visayas and Mindanao regions due to the recent onslaught of Typhoon Odette, organizations, both local and international, are doing their part in helping the affected Filipinos get...
From left: Philippine Red Cross Secretary General Elizabeth Zavalla, Binibining Pilipinas International 2021 Hannah Arnold, PRC Chairman Senator Richard Gordon, Miss Intercontinental 2021 Cinderella Obenita, and PRC Board of Governors Ernesto Isla The Araneta Group partners with the Philippine Red...
(Photo from DepEd) In the wake of typhoon Odette, the Department of Education (DepEd) assured the public that immediate assistance will be given to damaged schools nationwide. “I saw the extent of the damages,” said Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones who was at Negros Oriental when the...
More than 100,000 bottles of drinking water intended for typhoon-hit communities in the country were donated by the Chinese government on Wednesday, Dec. 29. WATER FOR TYPHOON VICTIMS--The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines donated over 100,000 bottles of drinking water intended for typhoon-hit...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his running mate, vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpioreturned to the typhoon-hit provinces in Visayas and Mindao on Wednesday to extend more assistance to those affected by Typhoon "Odette." Marcos Jr. was welcomed by Southern...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. thanked the United States for its additional P950-million donation to the Philippines as part of the ongoing relief operations in typhoon Odette-affected areas on Wednesday, Dec. 29. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and US Embassy in the Philippines...
Got expendable cash for firecrackers? Donate it to victims of typhoon "Odette" instead. (Charles Etoroma/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles gave this advice to Filipinos Wednesday, Dec. 29, or two days before the New Year's Eve celebration. "Imbis na...
(DSWD) Over 88,000 families or about 354,000 individuals affected by typhoon Odette continue to seek temporary shelter in 1,488 evacuation centers in Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
Typhoon Odette's damage to the agriculture sector now stood at P8 billion as it wiped out 171,222 metric tons (MT) of agricultural produce and destroyed 341,280 hectares of agricultural areas. Photo from Philippine News Agency In 2020, the most destructive typhoon for the agriculture sector was...
The Department of Information and Communications (DICT) sent Government Emergency Communications System (GEC)-Mobile Operations Vehicles for Emergency (MOVE) units in Cebu towns that were hit by Typhoon "Odette." (Photo from DICT) The DICT said the MOVE units were deployed in the towns of Alegria...
The United States is providing an additional P950-million aid to the Philippines for its ongoing relief operations to areas affected by the onslaught of typhoon Odette. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) In a statement Wednesday, Dec. 29, the US Embassy in Manila disclosed the...
