CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri turned over 53 disaster response and rescue vehicles – the first batch of 81 such vehicles that the Senate chief pledged to the city government and different barangays – here on Friday, August 18. SENATE President Juan...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) detained a passenger boat after a man jumped overboard while the vessel was transiting the Iloilo Gulf last week. BOAT crew attempts to rescue a man who jumped overboard from the Shady Slezh 2 on Friday, August 4. (Ylamme Grey/Facebook) ...
BACOLOD CITY – A man drowned in the sea in Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 29. Police identified the victim as Joven Buenaflor, 25, of Barangay Aguisan. The victim and his friends went fishing and he decided to swim. After a while, his friends heard him...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued seven fishermen from a distressed boat off the coast of Carles, Iloilo. Personnel from PCG substations in Estancia and Carles responded to the half-submerged fishing boat Raj Warrior between Gigantes Island in Carles and Jintutulo Island in...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) has mobilized 350 search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) teams to help communities affected by typhoon “Egay.” The Nolcom deployed 1,992 highly trained SRR personnel, 813 Civilian Active Auxiliary, and 197 reservists in...
BAGUIO CITY – Two persons were injured when a landslide buried their shanty at the Baguio General Hospital compound on Wednesday morning, July 26. The Baguio City Police Office Station 8 (Kennon Road) rescued the victims, a taxi driver who owned the shanty, and a 44-year-old carwash worker and...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has prepared rescue equipment for typhoon “Egay.” Rueli Rapsing, PDRRMO officer-in-charge, has inspected these and said they are in good condition. These are located in the seven Task Force Lingkod...
BACOLOD CITY – An eight-year-old boy drowned in a river in Sitio Bayabas III, Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 22. Authorities withheld the name of the victim. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the victim went to a river with his siblings to play. AN...
LEGAZPI CITY – The nine fishermen, mostly from Mercedes town in Camarines Norte, who were reported missing since July 11 were found alive and rescued on Sunday afternoon, July 16. In an interview on Monday, July 17, Gremil Alexis Naz, Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol spokesperson, said the...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Nine fishermen went missing off the waters of Mercedes town in Camarines Norte, the Office of Civil Defense in Bicol (OCD-5) said on Sunday, July 16. Gremil Alexis Naz, OCD-Bicol spokesperson, said 10 left the Mercedes Fish Port on Tuesday, July 11, and were expected to return...
CAVITE - Authorities rescued 13 employees of an alleged “love scam” den in Silang that held the victims against their will on Wednesday night, July 12. Silang Municipal Police Station (MPS) Chief Lt. Col. Romulo Co Dela Rea said they conducted the rescue operation after getting a report from one...
BACOLOD CITY – A juvenile hawksbill sea turtle rescued after it accidentally swallowed a large fishing hook last month was released back to the sea in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 4. On June 7, a fisherman from Barangay Manta-angan, E.B. Magalona, caught the young sea turtle...
