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Aid group questions inclusion in military's list of 'communist fronts'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 11:44 PM

An aid group which works with the government in disaster response slammed its inclusion in the military's list of organizations allegedly serving as fronts for the communist movement.    Read more »

Worries over quakes not stopping Koronadal from helping in tremor-hit areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 06:50 PM

Residents of South Cotabato's provincial capital have channeled their restlessness to help in areas severely hit by a series of recent quakes, Mayor Eliordo Ogena said. Read more »

Good samaritans from neighboring provinces send help to Mindanao

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 01:25 PM

Residents from outside Cotabato have volunteered to prepare relief packs and distribute rations to quake-stricken towns. Read more »

'Real-life Angel': Actress Angel Locsin needs no superpowers to help out

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 03:39 PM

Notwithstanding the absence of a Darna costume, Locsin has been active in helping out people in need, particularly in times of calamities. Read more »

No water supply for residents in parts of quake-hit Cotabato as pipes, dams damaged

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 12:52 PM

People lining up around water tanks has become a usual sight in this town after a 6.5-magnitude hit Mindanao. Read more »

Quake victims in Cotabato beg for food, medicine on roadside

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 03:46 PM

Earthquake-affected residents here staying outside of evacuation centers, on Saturday, begged for help along the main highway. Read more »

Palace: Gov't on top of Mindanao quake disaster response

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 01:05 PM

Malacañang called on Filipinos in Mindanao to remain calm after a powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Tuesday as it assured the public that the government is on top of the disaster response. Read more »

One for posterity

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 08:30 PM

Lumad students from various Bakwit schools have their photo taken during the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center’s 35th anniversary celebration at the University of the Philippines Diliman on Wednesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 26, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 12:11 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

'Remember Ondoy'

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 26 05:00 PM

Marikina residents remember Typhoon Ondoy, which unleashed a month’s volume of rain in just six hours 10 years ago, on Thursday.  Read more »

Amazon countries sign forest pact, promising to coordinate disaster response

Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 10:20 AM

Seven Amazonian countries on Friday signed a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring, amid recent fires that torched thousands of square miles of the jungle. Read more »

EU, New Zealand offer help to treat Manila water, improve disaster response

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 04:11 PM

Envoys from the European Union and New Zealand on Tuesday committed to help the Philippine capital improve its waste disposal system and disaster response programs. Read more »

Cisco sees disaster management as main contribution to PH

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 04:55 PM

Ensuring that communications systems continue to work before and after calamities is one of the most important tasks in disaster response, said Cisco Philippines managing director Karrie Ilagan. Read more »

Private sector wants new disaster response, preparedness agency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 08:09 PM

A privately-run disaster resilience group is urging the Philippine government to set up a new agency to take charge during disasters. The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation says the new body should be able to integrate and synchronize efforts from the private and public sectors as well as from the international community. PDRF's Chief Resilience Officer Bill Luz adds such an agency would be able to tap resources and management skills of the private sector.    Read more »

To ‘save lives’ during typhoons, Bato suggests to arrest people who refuse rescue

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 27 07:33 PM

During a televised debate, former police and corrections chief Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa said that if police must arrest people who refuse to be rescued they must do so to save lives. Read more »

NDRRMC opens Cordillera regional evacuation center

Mae Cornes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 06 03:13 PM

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (UPDATED) – The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Wednesday formally opened a regional evacuation center (REC) here, the first of six such facilities planned in the Cordilleras. Read more »

5 mayors absent during typhoon onslaught risk admin raps

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 03:00 PM

Five mayors in northern Luzon may face administrative sanctions for their absence during the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong late last year, the interior department said Tuesday. Read more »

Disaster response: Silver lining and a grim remembering

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jan 12 12:21 PM

Calbayog folks, in diaspora around the globe, and more so, those back home, ought to take pride in the spontaneous display of caring, sharing, optimism and positivity in the Usman relief effectively launched at home. Exemplary voluntarism in effective display. Read more »

10 mayors face probe over Ompong response: DILG

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 01:25 PM

At least 10 mayors who were allegedly missing in action during the onslaught of typhoon Mangkhut over the weekend are facing investigation for negligence, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Tuesday.  Read more »

UN food program to aid gov't in disaster response

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 11:40 AM

The UN agency said it would transport 20,000 bags of rice for which will distributed as rations to victims of the typhoon. Read more »