2+ week, 5+ day ago   (915+ words) FOREIGN travel advisories against travel to Mindanao are often based on outdated reports that fail to capture the island’s dramatically improved security landscape, according to a top official from the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). MinDA Assistant Secretary and Deputy Executive…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (677+ words) AS JOSE Abad Santos (JAS), Davao Occidental continues to recover from the destructive magnitude 7.8 earthquake in June and a series of floods that followed in July, the Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11) has provided ₱8.27 million worth of agricultural…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (268+ words) THE Office of Civil Defense-Davao Region (OCD-Davao) is proposing mandatory Incident Command System (ICS) executive training for school principals and campus administrators to bolster disaster preparedness and security across the region. Under National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (154+ words) Infrastructure damage from the effects of Tropical Depressions Luis, Maymay and Neneng and southwest monsoon has reached ₱434.5 million. The provincial government said the largest reported damage was in Minalin, where the collapse of a 100-meter concrete slope protection along a…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (267+ words) JOINT Task Force Agila has completed 43 resilient shelters for families affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao on June 8, with 13 more currently under construction, Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) spokesperson Col. Rosa Maria Cristina Rosete-Manuel said during a press conference…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (146+ words) FOLLOWING several days of torrential rains, the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia is appealing for aid for calamity-hit Ilocos Sur. In his message to Caritas Manila, Nueva Segovia Archbishop David William Antonio asked for assistance for communities in Ilocos Sur affected…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (341+ words) A TOTAL of 47 areas across Luzon have been placed under a state of calamity amid the effects of the southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Friday, August 14, 2026. In a report,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (301+ words) DABAWENYO Senator Christopher “Bong” Go extended assistance to flood-affected communities in General Salipada K. Pendatun in Maguindanao del Sur and the municipalities of Parang and Sultan Mastura in Maguindanao del Norte on Wednesday, August 5. A total of 1,075 food packs were…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (355+ words) THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has lifted the red alert status over the Mindanao power grid after several hours of tight supply conditions on Monday, August 10, as available capacity recovered and eased pressure on the grid. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (416+ words) MANILA – Senators on Friday raised questions over the credibility of the so-called “18 maleta boys” following reports that some of them have recanted their allegations, particularly whether those who reversed their statements were among the witnesses whose sworn accounts figured in…...