President Duterte says he will visit Dinagat Islands and Siargao on Wednesday, Dec. 22, to see first hand the extent of damages caused by typhoon "Odette" (international name: Rai). President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot) The Chief Executive had...
President Duterte signed on Tuesday, Dec. 21 a declaration placing six regions in the country under a "state of calamity" after they were pummelled by typhoon "Odette" over the weekend. STATE OF CALAMITY--President Duterte signs a declaration placing six regions in the country under a "state of...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, Dec. 21, extended his condolences to President Duterte over the deadly typhoon Odette that battered the Philippines last week. (Photo courtesy of the Chinese Embassy in Manila Facebook Page) "Xi, on behalf of the Chinese government and people as well as in...
Christophe Bariou (Facebook) Filipino-French businessman Christophe Bariou, rumored boyfriend of actress Nadine Lustre, is alive and well in Siargao Island, which was devastated by typhoon "Odette" recently. On Facebook Dec. 20, Bariou said that his family and every single person he knows on the...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Dec. 21, maintained that she has no agenda in extending help to victims of Typhoon Odette, which flattened hundreds of villages in Visayas and Mindanao provinces late last week. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo said there should...
From national roads, to bridges and even flood-control structures, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has estimated P448.9 million in damaged structures caused by typhoon Odette. The department released the estimated figure on Tuesday, Dec. 21, following the assessment from the DPWH...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has stopped releasing updates of the casualties of typhoon "Odette" following a big discrepancy on the death toll it has been reporting compared to the data of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). As of Tuesday, Dec. 21, the PNP reported reported in its 6 a.m....
The Quezon City government will donate P10 million assistance to the municipalities affected by typhoon "Odette". The Quezon City Council has filed Resolution No. SP 8797, S-21 authorizing City Mayor Joy Belmonte to donate P10,000,000 to typhoon-ravaged areas in Southern Leyte. The resolution was...
Pet lover Senator Manny Pacquiao did not forget pets equally devastated by Typhoon Odette in the relief effort he initiated for victims of the worst weather disturbance to hit the country this year. Pacman Dog Pacquiao, standard bearer of PROMDI Party, stepped up the donation drive to generate more...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Dec. 21, flew to Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental, to bring relief aid and leave a team there for the assessment of the situation on the ground amid the devastation left by Typhoon “Odette”. Actress-TV host Kris Aquino joins...
The Valenzuela City government approved on Monday, Dec. 20, a resolution providing P26 million worth of assistance, both in cash and in-kind, to the victims of typhoon "Odette". Vice-Mayor Lorena Natividad-Borja, signed the resolution intended to help the people who were affected by the typhoon in...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects further rise in losses and damage the agriculture sector sustained from Super Typhoon Odette – which now stood at more than half a billion pesos. The same observation was noted by Federation of Free Farmers Board Chairman Leonardo Montemayor, who said...
