MANILA: Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Mel Robles on Thursday led the relief drive for flood victims in the cities of Valenzuela and Navotas.
In a statement, Robles reiterated his earlier instructions to all PCSO branch …
MANILA: The humanitarian arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is closely coordinating with dioceses and archdioceses to determine the necessary assistance to be given to those affected by widespread floods due to Super Typ…
MANILA: The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said it will file a claim under the National Indemnity Insurance Program (NIIP) for the damage incurred by 45 public schools in eight regions due to Typhoon Carina.
In a statement on Thursday, the BTr said the…
MANILA: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday said children suffer the most in any emergency, bearing the brunt of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change.
This was after heavy rains and massive floods devastated the Na…
ILOILO CITY: Five municipalities of Iloilo experienced flooding due to massive rains caused by the southwest monsoon and enhanced by Super Typhoon Carina.
Despite this, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief Cornelio Salinas s…
MANILA: Three 44-meter multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) have been deployed to augment the ongoing oil spill response operations in Bataan.
This was after the Philippine-flagged Motor Tanker Terra Nova sank 3.6 nautical miles east of Lamao Point, L…
BACOLOD CITY: Some 8,504 rice farmers in Negros Occidental can avail of technology for fast and efficient land preparation through the 15 brand-new units of floating tiller distributed by the provincial government here.
Data from the Office of the Pr…
BACOLOD CITY: Negros Occidental’s provincial government awarded on Thursday a total of PHP901,000 in cash incentives to its athletes who won medals in the just-concluded 2024 Palarong Pambansa held in Cebu City.
The amount consisted of PHP224,000 for…
After 7 years in operation, the first human milk bank in Vietnam at the Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in the central city of Da Nang has yielded exciting results. The bank has called on 618 mothers to donate 12,744 litres of human milk, prov…