A multipartite monitoring team (MMT) has recommended that the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) rehabilitate the area hit by a landslide that killed 14 workers on March 1 inside its geothermal complex in Kananga town, Leyte.
Rescuers will continue looking for nine workers buried alive in a landslide inside the geothermal complex of Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in Kananga town, Leyte, company officials said.
Nineteen areas were put under Signal No. 1 as tropical depression “Crising” moved closer to the southern tip of Davao del Sur Tuesday morning, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.
Retiring National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Executive Director Benito Ramos was awarded by the Department of National Defense on Monday at Camp Aguinaldo in recognition for his service to the disaster agency.
Affected persons in Mindanao floods caused by incessant rains spawned by the tail-end of a cold front the past few days rose to about 245,000 persons, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday.
Six people were killed due to continuous rains spawned by a tail-end of a cold front in parts of Mindanao, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Tuesday afternoon.
Even before they could fully recover, the typhoon-ravaged towns of Davao Oriental are again facing the challenges of nature.
Three people were reported dead and two others were missing from floods in Mindanao due to heavy rains spawned by the tail-end of a cold front, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Monday.
Over 27,000 individuals were affected by floods dumped by heavy rains in Davao region the past few days due to a tail-end of a cold front.
Another bridge has collapsed in Davao Oriental, making Caraga town isolated.
Two church bells that alerted some 3,000 families in Barangay (village) San Vicente here of the need to evacuate from lahar flows after Mt. Pinatubo’s eruptions in 1991 had been stolen early this month.
More than 5,000 families or 25,000 individuals have been affected by the flooding that hit riverside villages here following non-stop rain since Saturday night.
Inside the San Antonio barangay hall compound here, at least 10 workers were building a Department of Social Welfare and Development-funded bunkhouse.
