Category: General

LAOAG CITY – Authorities in the Ilocos Region (Region I) on Wednesday ordered the pre-emptive evacuation of residents in flood- and landslide-prone areas to minimize the impact of Tropical Storm Kristine. Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region I acting regional director Carmelita Laverinto, in a virtual press conference with the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said a total of 227 families, composed of 621 individuals, from Bangar, La Union have been pre-emptively evacuated to Bangar Central School and municipal gymnasium. ‘We are advocating for pre-emptive evacuation as early as possible because we can not depend on others because

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday projected a robust rice supply by yearend despite the effects of La Niña and other weather disturbances. Based on the DA’s national rice supply outlook, the country will have 3.83 million metric tons (MT) of rice inventory. In a statement, DA Undersecretary for the National Rice Industry Development Program Christopher Morales said this is enough to cover a 100-day consumption. ‘This projection incorporates updated rice stock data, actual import arrivals, and historical trends, ensuring the country’s rice needs are met despite the production drop,’ he said. The stable supply is expected despite

Western Visayas’ Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) approved Resolution 7, recommending the declaration of a 4-km. permanent danger zone (PDZ) set by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) in Mt. Kanlaon as a strict protection zone (SPZ). ‘Under the law, when this particular area will be categorized as a strict protection zone, meaning to say there will be no human activity except for research and Indigenous People cultural practices,’ Melissa Banias, chief of the operations section of the Office of Civil Defense, said during the RDRRMC full council special meeting in Iloilo City on Tuesday

LEGAZPI CITY – The Office of Civil Defense in Bicol (OCD 5) reported on Wednesday that two persons died while five fishermen are missing in the region due to Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami). In a phone interview, Gremil Alexis Naz, OCD-Bicol spokesperson, said the victims are a 22-year-old male from Palanas town, Masbate province, “who had a respiratory arrest secondary to cervical cord injury secondary to trauma by falling off a branch of a tree,” and a 71-year-old male from Bagamanoc town, Catanduanes province, “who fell from the house.” Naz said coordination was also conducted with the Provincial

Manila: The Philippine National Police (PNP) has discovered in its investigations that Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy was trying to emulate the biblical story of King Solomon who had 700 wives and 300 concubines, a police official said on Wednesday. During the resumption of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality’s probe on alleged abuses within the KOJC, Davao City Police Office Director Col. Hansel Marantan said this was based on the narrative of Quiboloy’s former inner pastorals who listened to his preaching. “Believed to have victimized 200 women already, currently, PNP identified