ILOILO CITY – Secretary Benhur Abalos of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Black Saturday joined a dive team conducting a follow-up search operation for the missing Ati leader who fell off a fishing boat off the coast of world-famous Boracay Island. DILG Secretary...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Search operations continue off an island in Basilan and nearby areas as 23 passengers of the ill-fated M/V Mary Joy 3 remain missing, officials said Tuesday, April 4. Nixon Alonzo, Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, said they managed to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – The search and retrieval operations on the wreckage of the ill-fated M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan, ended on Saturday, April 1. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and...
Around 20 personnel of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of Lal-lo in Cagayan underwent a three-day water search and rescue (WASAR) training. The Cagayan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDDRMO) said they were taught basic rope rescue, high...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued four crew of a distressed motor banca struck by a dolphin in the sea off Palaui Island here on Monday, March 20. The M/B Kiray was traversing the vicinity waters 20 nautical miles north of Palaui Island enroute to Babuyan Claro when its...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The wreckage of the Cessna plane missing since Jan. 24 in Isabela was found on Thursday, March 9, in Barangay Ditarum, Divilacan, but there were no survivors, the Incident Management Team (IMT) confirmed. The Army identified the fatalities as pilot Capt. Eleazar Mark...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The remains of a Cessna plane crash victim arrived at the command center in Barangay Anoling in Camalig, Albay on Wednesday night, March 1. THE remains of a Cessna plane crash victim arrive at the Forest Ranger Station in Barangay Anoling, Camalig, Albay on Wednesday...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Bad weather and the steep and slippery terrain of the slope of Mayon Volcano hampered the transportation of the bodies of the four crew and passengers of the ill-fated Cessna plane that crashed near the crater of Mayon Volcano last week. RESPONDERS carry the retrieved bodies...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – The provincial government of Albay is still thoroughly conducting search and rescue operation to locate the four passengers of the Cessna 340 aircraft which was reported missing on Saturday, Feb. 18, and found on Sunday, Feb. 19, at the crash site near Mayon Volcano in...
CORDOVILLA (Nino Luces) CAMALIG, Albay – Sixteen veteran mountaineers are on standby to climb Mayon Volcano and look for the four people onboard the Cessna plane owned by Energy Development Corp. (EDC) that crashed near the crater of Mayon Volcano over the weekend. George Cordovilla, team...
RESCUERS struggle to reach the wreckage of the missing Cessna plane in Camalig, Albay after it was located on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19. (Albay Rep. Joey Salceda FB) CAMALIG, Albay – Rescuers struggled to reach the slopes of Mayon Volcano after the wreckage of the missing Cessna 340 plane was...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Authorities arrested four drug personalities and seized suspected shabu valued at P227,000 in a search warrant operation in Sitio Matoytoyok, Barangay Bontoc Ili, here, on Sunday, Feb. 19. Police identified the suspect as Gregorio Caramto Binmuyag, 53, a...
