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Death toll from massive flooding across PH climbs to 35

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 11:10 AM

The death toll from the massive flooding that hit several areas across the Philippines this January has risen to 35, the Office of Civil Defense said. Read more »

Death toll from Christmas floods now at 32

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 08:21 AM

The death toll from the Christmas Day floods that hit parts of Visayas and Mindanao has risen to 32, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Thursday. Read more »

Bicol, Mindanao flooding death toll rises to 8: OCD

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 07:32 AM

The death toll due to flooding in various parts of the Philippines has risen to 8, the Office of the Civil Defense said Monday night. Read more »

Gov't bares plan to acquire emergency response vehicles

Jeck Batallones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 08:06 PM

DND officer-in-charge Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino, Jr. said Monday that the government plans to acquire emergency response vehicles for its regional offices. Read more »

Cebu City reports over 23 landslides due to Paeng

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 02:27 PM

Mountain barangays in Cebu City have logged over 23 landslide incidents since the onslaught of storm Paeng last week. Read more »

P63-M funds, aid on standby for Mayon, Bulusan unrest

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 13 06:28 PM

Government placed around P63 million worth of funds and aid on standby to respond to the unrest of the Bulusan and Mayon volcanoes, the DSWD said. Read more »

New app launched to boost disaster response efforts

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 10:40 PM

The government launched Wednesday a new app that could boost disaster preparedness and response of both the national and the local governments. Read more »

Agri damage due to Florita hits P19.1 million: OCD

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 12:05 PM

Damage to agriculture due to severe tropical storm Florita has climbed to P19.1 million, the Office of Civil Defense said on Friday. Read more »

New Civil Defense administrator assumes office

Rowegie Abanto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 04:47 PM

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer took his oath Tuesday as the new administrator of the Office of Civil Defense. Read more »

'Disinfecting until it hurts:' OCD cases rise as COVID-19 lingers

Ianna Gayle Agus, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 01:07 PM

Those with OCD do more cleaning because avoiding their compulsive hand washing or sanitation would consequently make them spiral into thoughts of death. Read more »

OCD explains unused funds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 12:10 PM

The Office of Civil Defense explained its unused funds for disaster relief and COVID-19 response, which state auditors recently flagged. Read more »

COA flags OCD's low spending on disaster, COVID-19 funds

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 07:36 PM

COA has flagged the Office of Defense's low utilization rate of its humanitarian and disaster relief operations and COVID-19 response funds for 2021. Read more »

NDRRMC holds nationwide online earthquake drill

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 07:10 PM

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), through the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD), held the Second Quarter Online Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on Thursday. Read more »

Biyahe pa-Northern Samar tigil muna sa banta ng bagyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 12:44 PM

Itinigil na muna ang biyahe sa dagat mula sa Sorsogon papuntang Northern Samar dahil sa banta ng sama ng panahong dala ng paparating na bagyong Odette. Read more »

Why COVID-19 is hell for Hongkongers with OCD

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Nov 15 06:57 AM

Nearly everything about the coronavirus pandemic seems tailor-made to increase the anxiety of Hongkongers living with obsessive compulsive disorder. Read more »

Office of Civil Defense Twitter account hacked

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 01:22 PM

The Office of Civil Defense assured that unauthorized access to its social media account did not hamper any of its disaster management-related services. Read more »

Minor damage, no casualty reported after strong quake

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:36 PM

A strong earthquake that rattled parts of Luzon at the start of the week only spawned 'very minor' damage to property and did not cause any casualty. Read more »

Lani Mercado nakiusap na ilabas ang pondo para sa isolation facility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 01:54 PM

Nananawagan ang alkalde ng Bacoor sa Office of Civil Defense na aprubahan na pondo para sa pagbubukas ng dalawang quarantine facilities sa lungsod. Read more »

116 Civil Defense employees test positive for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 09:25 PM

The OCD will shut its central office in Quezon City until the end of the month after 116 of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

Aftershocks, patuloy pa rin nararanasan sa Kadingilan, Bukidnon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 04:09 PM

Patuloy pa ring nakararamdam ng aftershocks ngayong Martes ang mga residente sa bayan ng Kadingilan, Bukidnon. Read more »