Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto expressed his gratitude to the city 's residents and emergency responders for their efforts in ensuring everyone 's safety from the adverse effects of Super Typhoon Uwan, which battered the entire Luzon region, including Metro Manila on Sunday, Nov. 9. "Salamat...
In times of disasters and calamities, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) personnel are among the first to be deployed for emergency response. That is why it pains OCD spokesperson Junie Castillo to learn from the news of the massive corruption involving flood control projects in the government. During a...
President Marcos has ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and other relevant government agencies to ensure the welfare of first responders as he expressed his gratitude to them anew for their sacrifices during the recent series of typhoons. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
CEBU CITY – An emergency responder was killed and three others were injured when the ambulance they were riding overturned in Argao town, southern Cebu on Thursday afternoon, June 13. AN emergency responder was killed after an ambulance overturned in Argao town, Cebu on Thursday, June 13....
The measure requiring Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) personnel to be certified medical first responders and emergency medical technicians has been approved on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Unanimously passed on third...
Underneath a pile of rubble from a collapsed building in Turkiye, the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) extricated two bodies and a mutilated right leg as they continued their search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) operations a week since the occurrence of a devastating magnitude...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The provincial government recently trained 146 first responders on high-angle search and rescue to upgrade their skills and knowledge in principles of life saving techniques on a high angle slope. Trained by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
Editorial The barangay health workers are a very special group of people in the community. They are vital to the delivery of primary health care to the people in the grassroots level. In the early days of the pandemic, the BHWs were the first responders to the public health problem brought by...
A ‘VICTIM’ of a mass casualty incident is put on a stretcher during a mass casualty management exercise at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) Friday, August 5. (DOH-Region 7 FB) CEBU CITY – A simulation exercise tested the readiness of emergency responders here Friday, August 5. The...
The San Juan City local government held its very first Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Summit to further improve the disaster response efforts of the city government. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, together with his sister, Atty. Bel Zamora, and other city government officials, led the...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Station Central Cebu Operations Unit have conducted a five-day lifeguard qualification training for 21 responders in Naga City, Cebu. Personnel of the PCG have conducted a five-day lifeguard qualification training for 21 responders in Naga City, Cebu on...
