Category: General

The city government here is ready for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day as it released guidelines to ensure an orderly and peaceful observance on Nov. 1 and 2. In a press conference on Thursday, acting Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon said he has issued Executive Order (EO) 138-A, series of 2024, which enumerates the items and activities to be prohibited when visiting cemeteries. He said the order covers private and public cemeteries, memorial parks, columbaria, and similar places within the city. Prohibited in these places are liquor and other alcoholic beverages, highly combustible materials, drones, and firearms, except those with

Inter-government quick response teams in Apayao province continue to reach out to families who have evacuated due to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) as of Thursday. Jocelyn Loyon, head of Apayao’s Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, in a statement said there is a total of 483 affected families, composed of 1,661 individuals. “Of the 483 affected families province-wide, at least 162 families or 516 persons have been served,’ she said. As of this posting, 35 evacuation centers across the province are being used as temporary shelters for affected families who were pre-emptively evacuated due to their susceptibility

The government is on top of the situation in responding to the effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name Trami), Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary (DILG) Jonvic Remulla said Thursday. In an interview with PTV’s Balitang Pambansa, Remulla said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed all concerned agencies to assist all storm-affected areas as quick as possible and by ‘all means possible.’ ‘Ang lahat ng efforts ng ating gobyerno lalong-lalo na ang DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) at DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways) ay deployed na ang kanilang resources para matulungan

CEBU CITY – Strong winds brought about by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) pushed a cargo vessel ashore and ran aground in a coastal town of Minglanilla, a coast guard officer here reported on Thursday. Ensign Abel Lomboy, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas, said the vessel, LCT Golden Bella, was anchoring near the coast of Barangay Calajoan on Wednesday after it delayed its travel to Naga City due to bad weather when strong winds pushed it ashore. The vessel was from Tawi-Tawi days past the arrival of the storm, he added. ‘It was dragged toward the

LAOAG CITY – Around 364 families, or 1,112 individuals, have been pre-emptively evacuated since Wednesday across Ilocos Norte amidst the impact of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami). According to 11:30 a.m. report of the Ilocos Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) on Thursday, the affected families are from high risk areas in the municipalities of Bacarra, Pasuquin, Pagudpud, Banna, Solsona, Pinili, San Nicolas, Victar, Batac, Burgos, and Sarat, and in Laoag City. For this city alone, 90 families composed of 298 individuals, are still in evacuation sites, Laoag City DRRRM officer Dr. Melvin Manuel said. ‘We