Day: July 25, 2024

CEBU CITY: The Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 (Central Visayas) has intensified its personnel’s foot patrols to ensure the safety and security of learners during the opening of classes on Monday. Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, director of PRO-7, ordered the chiefs of police stations to strengthen foot patrols in their jurisdiction to watch over schoolchildren’s journey from their homes to their schools. Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, PRO-7 spokesperson, said police assistance desks would be established in every school in the region to assist parents and learners. ‘During the opening, we will be establishing public or police assistance desks in

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and other concerned agencies to assess the environmental impact of an oil spill from a massive oil tanker that capsized off the coast of Bataan. In a situation briefing on the effects of Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon, Marcos called on the DENR, along with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), to lead the assessment and allow the government to prepare for mitigation measures. ‘Can we add an instruction to the DENR to

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and other concerned agencies to assess the environmental impact of an oil spill from a massive oil tanker that capsized off the coast of Bataan. In a situation briefing on the effects of Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon, Marcos called on the DENR, along with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), to lead the assessment and allow the government to prepare for mitigation measures. ‘Can we add an instruction to the DENR to

MALASIQUI: La Union recorded its first casualty since rains from the southwest monsoon aggravated by Super Typhoon Carina started Tuesday, while the number of evacuees has declined to 59 families. La Union Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head Aureliano Rulloda III, in his report on Thursday, identified the 11-year told victim as Hayzel Rey Gaudia from Barangay Tammocalao Bacnotan town. He said the victim was brought to a hospital after she was hit by a fallen tree on July 23 but was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctor. Meanwhile, the search and rescue or retrieval operations

MALASIQUI: La Union recorded its first casualty since rains from the southwest monsoon aggravated by Super Typhoon Carina started Tuesday, while the number of evacuees has declined to 59 families. La Union Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head Aureliano Rulloda III, in his report on Thursday, identified the 11-year told victim as Hayzel Rey Gaudia from Barangay Tammocalao Bacnotan town. He said the victim was brought to a hospital after she was hit by a fallen tree on July 23 but was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctor. Meanwhile, the search and rescue or retrieval operations