We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To find out more, please click this link.
As someone who is identified with the militant Left, Social Welfare secretary Judy Taguiwalo views anything associated with the US and other Western countries that are not socialist or communist as evil and having an ulterior agenda.…
A CALL for donations in cash and in kind has been sounded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the more than a million people affected by Supertyphoon Lawin in the northern areas of…
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has called for strengthened disaster resilience among micro, small, and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) through an enhanced partnership between the government and private sectors. Jerry Clavesillas, director of DTI’s Bureau of…
ASIDE from a Bantay Dagat outpost, Sitio Mambacayao Dako in Barangay Lipayran, Bantayan town will also be a beneficiary of the provincial government’s integrated development program. Baltazar Tribunalo Jr., Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) chief,…
Disaster authorities on Saturday put the damage caused by supertyphoon “Lawin” in four affected regions at over P657 million — P581.9 million for infrastructure and P75.8 million for agriculture. The estimate was based on aerial assessments and…
ABOUT 11 passenger, cargo, and roll-on roll-off vessels remain docked in Cebu’s ports as supertyphoon Lawin makes its way to the country Wednesday evening. Agapito Bibat, station commander of the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station, said there is…
MAYOR Jose Esgana of Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island stood firm in his decision to distribute the emergency shelter assistance (ESA) to Supertyphoon Yolanda victims who already received core shelters from non-government organizations (NGOs). Esgana was earlier warned…
By signing the Paris Agreement on April 22, 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Philippines committed, together with other countries, to reduce the polluting greenhouse gases that are causing our climate system to…
The recently concluded climate change conference in Paris, France, known as the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), may not draw praise from environmental groups who said the agreement signed by the world’s nations was inadequate. But First…
Beijing — A typhoon that lashed Taiwan dumped heavy rain and winds on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, leaving a total of 22 people dead or missing, collapsing homes and trees and cutting power to more than…
He may have resigned as rehabilitation czar for the Yolanda rebuilding program, but former senator Panfilo Lacson isn’t quitting on his efforts to remind the national government about its obligation to those who were devastated by the…
All storm signals were lifted as Tropical Storm “Egay” (international name: Linfa) moved out the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday morning, the state weather bureau said. As of 8 a.m. Egay was spotted 320 kilometers…
We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To find out more, please click this link.