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Preparing relief packs for Auring victims

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 02:50 PM

Volunteers prepare relief packs for distribution at the Department of Social Welfare and Development -Resource Operations Center (DSWD- NROC) in Pasay City on Monday. Read more »

More areas placed under signal no. 2 as Auring nears land

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 12:35 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - More areas in the Southern part of the Philippines were placed under storm signal no. 2 as tropical storm Auring moved closer to land, the state weather bureau said in its latest bulletin on Sunday.  Read more »

Thousands of families evacuate in Visayas, Mindanao as Auring landfall nears

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 12:40 PM

Thousands of families in the Visayas and Mindanao have fled their homes ahead of tropical storm Auring's projected landfall, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Sunday. Read more »

Pet rescued as floodwater rises in Tandag due to Auring

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 02:44 PM

A man rescues his dog from their flooded house in Barangay Telaje, Tandag City in Surigao del Sur after waters from the Tandag river swelled through the city on Sunday morning due to Tropical Storm Auring. Read more »

Davao del Norte town under state of calamity due to massive flooding

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 06:29 PM

The entire municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte was placed under under state of calamity due to heavy floods last Monday. Read more »

Higit 20 lugar sa Camarines Sur, lubog sa baha

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 07:52 PM

Lubog sa baha ang higit 20 lugar sa Camarines Sur dahil sa patuloy na pag-ulan. Read more »

NDRRMC lacks funds for rescuers' hazard pay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 05:30 PM

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Monday that it lacked funds to provide hazard pay to rescuers who are facing the twin threat of calamities and the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Recto files P485-B Bayanihan 3 bill to accelerate PH recovery from COVID-19, calamities

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 12:14 PM

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has filed a bill seeking to create the Philippines' third COVID-19 relief package, saying the measure would help the Philippines "accelerate" its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and recent calamities. Read more »

Duterte, Robredo urge Filipinos to emulate Bonifacio's courage in COVID-19 fight

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 12:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday urged Filipinos to emulate the courage of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio, as the country wrestled with the coronavirus pandemic and a series of destructive storms. Read more »

Aplikasyon para sa SSS calamity loan package aarangkada sa Biyernes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 06:11 PM

Simula Biyernes ay maaari nang maka-claim ng calamity loan ang mga miyembro ng SSS na nasalanta ng mga bagyo.  Read more »

SSS calamity loan package out this week

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 02:56 PM

The Social Security System said Wednesday it would start offering a calamity loan package to its members later this week to help them cope with the recent spate of destructive storms.    Read more »

DTI: Price freeze violators face up to P2 million fine

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 12:03 AM

Retailers who spurn the price freeze on basic goods while Luzon is under state of calamity are risking up to P2 million in fine, the trade department said Monday, after some vendors reported difficulty in following the guideline.    Read more »

Senate adopts resolution urging DSWD to release unspent funds for calamity, COVID-19 victims

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 06:36 PM

The Senate on Monday adopted a resolution urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to release some P83-billion in its coffers to aid typhoon victims and other Filipinos still reeling from the effects of COVID-19. Read more »

Some senators OK with House's proposed P5-B hike for 2021 calamity fund

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 02:28 PM

Several senators on Monday said there "shouldn't be a problem" in accommodating the House of Representatives' proposal to increase the 2021 calamity fund by P5 billion "given recent events." Read more »

House to seek additional P5 billion in 2021 calamity fund

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 09:31 PM

In a statement, House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the House will propose the P5 billion increase during the bicameral conference on the proposed P4.506 trillion 2021 national budget.   Read more »

DTI reminds businesses: Price freeze enforced in Luzon

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 01:57 PM

The Department of Trade and Industry on Sunday reminded businesses that a price freeze is in effect in the entire Luzon after it was placed under a state of calamity following the onslaught of several typhoons. Read more »

Some QC vendors struggle with price freeze; DA insists strict compliance

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 07:48 PM

Prices of certain items increased despite the Department of Agriculture freezing prices on selected basic goods and commodities following the declaration. Read more »

DOLE releases P1.8 billion for calamity-hit workers in Luzon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 08:18 PM

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has released close to P2 billion in assistance for typhoon-stricken workers, it said.    Read more »

Luzon isinailalim sa state of calamity kasunod ng mga bagyo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 07:05 PM

Isinailalim ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa state of calamity ang buong Luzon dahil sa sunod-sunod na pananalasa ng mga bagyo. Read more »

Duterte declares Luzon state of calamity after Ulysses deluge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 11:51 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night placed Luzon island, home to about half of the country's 108 million people, under state of calamity due to a series of cyclones, the latest of which triggered the worst flooding in years and left dozens dead.  Read more »