Modern rescue vans to be stationed in key areas for Sinulog 2019

Rosalie Abatayo 01/10/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – Aside from deploying emergency responders, the two new modern emergency rescue vans of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) will also be positioned in key areas in Cebu City for…

TEAM to rescue passengers who will get stranded after Sinulog

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (Team) will be deploying coasters to rescue Sinulog goers from the northern towns of Cebu who might get stranded after the Sinulog activities on January 20. Team head Glenn…

Danao CDRRMO rescues 8-foot python

Irene R. Sino Cruz 01/04/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines – A reticulated python has been recovered at the underground of a house along the national highway in Barangay Looc, Danao City at around 3:40 a.m. on Thursday, January 3, 2019. The Danao…

MGB-7 sends team to probe Sibulan tunnel collapse as rescuers recover one body

Futch Anthony Inso and Inquirer.net 01/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of Central Visayas (MGB – 7) deployed a team to investigate an alleged treasure hunting that went wrong in Sibulan town, Negros Oriental that resulted to three…

Three men buried in collapsed tunnel in Sibulan presumed dead

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/03/2019

The rescue operation for the three men buried 27 feet underground in an alleged illegal mining site has turned into a retrieval operation.…

Sibulan tunnel collapse: Rescue operations on for three men trapped underground

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 01/03/2019

Rescuers worked well into the night on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 as they raced against time to locate and save three men, who were buried under 27 feet of soil in a suspected illegal mining site in…

Rescue exercise simulates plane crash at MCIA

Norman V. Mendoza 11/16/2018

A plane crashed at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA)? Relax. It was just an exercise. The MCIA Authority (MCIAA) conducted the Mactan Airport Crash and Rescue Exercise (Macrex) Friday afternoon as part of their rescue exercise held…

No survivors found, death toll rises to 29 Rains continue to hamper rescue operations

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/21/2018

  Over thirty-six hours of search, rescue and recovery operations in the landslide area in Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan in Naga City have already yielded 29 dead bodies, saved 8 persons and left 41 individuals unaccounted. On…

ITCZ seen to hamper rescue of landslide victims

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/20/2018

CEBU will remain damp and gloomy for the next few days due to the prevailing Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). This is bad news for those conducting search and rescue operations for the more than 60 persons feared…

Rescue operation after landslide may be unsafe, says PAGASA Mactan

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/20/2018

The weather state bureau in Mactan has observed that the occasional downpour brought by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) had caused the landslide in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City on Thursday morning (September 20). Weather Specialist Romeo Aguirre…

Thousands await rescue amid deadly south Indian floods

AP 08/18/2018

NEW DELHI — Thousands of stranded people are waiting for rescue as relentless monsoon floods batter the south Indian state of Kerala, where more than 170 have died in a little over a week and much of…

Indonesia in rescue bid for 500 hikers stranded after quake

AFP 07/30/2018

INDONESIA mounted a rescue operation Monday to reach more than 500 hikers and guides stranded by landslides on an active volcano on Lombok, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the holiday island. Helicopters and search teams…

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