Strong quake injures 20 in Taiwan
A strong earthquake shook buildings in the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Wednesday, injuring at least 20 people and sparking a fire, emergency officials said.
A strong earthquake shook buildings in the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Wednesday, injuring at least 20 people and sparking a fire, emergency officials said.
At least P16 billion is needed for typhoon-devastated Compostela Valley province to get back on its feet, officials said.
Evangelist Brother Eddie Villanueva assailed the Department of Social Welfare and Development on Wednesday for its “failure to quickly and efficiently distribute relief goods” in areas of Mindanao that were ravaged by Typhoon “Pablo”.
Survivors of Typhoon “Pablo” from Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental stormed the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), forcing its gates open, jumping over its walls and taking off with sacks and boxes of relief goods on Tuesday.
More than 4,000 residents of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental affected by Typhoon Pablo in December will be hired to assist in the government’s reforestation effort in the disaster-hit areas, the government said on Tuesday.
More than 3,000 residents devastated by Typhoon Pablo in the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental marched to the gates of the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development here, on Monday, and set up camp to demand that government extend relief operations.
Residents of the low-lying village of Saoquegue in Baganga, Davao Oriental, have been evacuated to safer ground after a river overflowed its banks following heavy rains since Monday night.
Continued heavy rains early Wednesday flooded Ozamiz City, prompting the local government to suspend classes.
Difficulties arising from natural calamities that hit the country last year prompted some 524,000 members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) to take out a total of P9 billion in emergency loans.
It is a universal organization that revels in helping people in need and whose humanitarian mission transcends the figures who run it.
Isaac was upgraded Tuesday to hurricane status as New Orleans girded for the impact seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the “Big Easy” and killed 1,800 people across the US Gulf Coast.
Central Luzon bore the brunt of Typhoon “Gener” and heavy monsoon rains early this month, which resulted in agricultural losses estimated at P1.18 billion in 27 provinces in Luzon and the Visayas, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Tropical Storm “Helen” crossed Isabela province at dawn on Wednesday, dumping heavy rains and whipping strong winds that toppled trees, especially in the coastal villages facing the Pacific Ocean. At least six fatalities were reported.
