Category: General

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Some 227 families from Bangar town in La Union who evacuated on Tuesday ahead of the onslaught of Tropical Storm Kristine have received food and non-food assistance. The La Union Provincial Information Office told the Philippine News Agency Wednesday that the food items included six kilos of rice, eight pieces of canned goods, and six pieces of instant coffee while non-food items included toothbrushes, soap, laundry powder, shampoo, and towels. The evacuees are staying at the municipal covered court and the municipal evacuation center. The province is under red alert status since Tuesday due to Kristine. Provincial

LEGAZPI CITY – The Albay Public Safety Emergency Management Office (APSEMO) reported that 17,095 individuals, or 4,948 families from several towns and cities in the province, moved to evacuation centers as Tropical Storm Kristine’s heavy rainfall caused floodings. In an interview on Wednesday, APSEMO acting chief Dante Baclao said the number of evacuated persons is expected to increase as reports from local government disaster response units are consolidated. “Unprecedented po ung pagbuhos ng ulan. Mostly, ang mga ilog ay umapaw. Ang pag ulan na ito ay record-breaking, talagang napaka-tindi (The downpour is unprecedented. Mostly the rivers have overflowed. This rain

Negros Occidental’s provincial government is strengthening the security protocol in its social media assets after recovering access to its official Facebook page on Wednesday, a day after it was hacked. Charina Magallanes-Tan, head of the Public Information Office, said in an interview that losing access to the ‘Provincial Government of Negros Occidental’ page was quite a scare and that she is glad they were able to regain control of it after sending a request to Meta, the owner and operator of Facebook. ‘Meta responded to our request and restored access to the PIO. We will change the entire security protocol

MANILA – Power restoration efforts are underway to bring back electricity supply to 970: Trami) mostly in Luzon and Visayas regions. During the Task Force on Energy Resiliency (TFER) press conference Wednesday, National Electrification Administration (NEA) Director Eric Campoto said initial estimated damage cost to power infrastructure due to the typhoon amounted to PHP971,410, as reported by Nueva Ecija II Electric Cooperative-Area 1 and Tablas Island Electric Cooperative, both in Luzon; and Leyte II Electric Cooperative in the Visayas. ‘Inaasahan po natin na baka po tumaas po itong damage cost kasi po ‘yong ibang ECs (electrical cooperatives) po ay ongoing

Manila: The Chinese national who was recently kidnapped in Bulacan province and has alleged links to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hubs was released “somewhere in Manila”, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Wednesday. In a press conference held at Camp Crame, Quezon City, PNP spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, said the victim has underwent medical examination and is currently undergoing debriefing by the PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG). ‘He was released around 12:05 a.m. (Wednesday). He was also able to visit his wife who gave birth early Wednesday morning,” Fajardo added. Fajardo said the police probers are searching for