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Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, the administrator of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), has been infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it was confirmed Friday, Aug. 27. Undersecretary Ricardo

Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad is among the 116 personnel of the Office of Civil Defense who have contracted COVID-19.

The Office of Civil Defense says Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad has mild symptoms

Courtesy: Phivolcs Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 24) — A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Calatagan, Batangas early Saturday morning, state seismologists reported, noting aftershocks were expected. There was no immediate report of damage. In an earthquake bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the tremor occurred at 4:49 a.m. at a depth of 116 kilometers. It was tectonic in origin, which means there was a movement in the Earths crust. It was immediately f...

Published July 24, 2021, 2:46 PM More than 13,000 residents were forced to flee in Marikina City after their homes were submerged in floodwater caused by monsoon rains and enhanced by typhoon “Fabian,” the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported Saturday morning, July 24. More than 13,000 residents evacuate in Marikina City on July 24, 2021 after their homes were submerged in floodwater caused by monsoon rains and enhanced by typhoon “Fabian.” (Photo courtesy of Joint Task Force NCR) In ...

Marikina River alert level lowered to 1 Updated Jul 24, 2021 10:00:00 AM enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 24)— The alert status at the Marikina River was downgraded to first alarm Saturday afternoon after its water level went down the 15-meter mark. The rivers water level was reported at 15.5 meters as of 3 p.m. UPDATE: The alert level at the Marikina River is downgraded to First Alarm. The water level went down to 15.5 meters as of 2:48pm | @crissydimatu...

Double danger A man feeding fish in front of a hill coated with layers of ash from the Taal volcano in Agoncillo, Batangas province as thousands of people are evacuated from around the rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital. — AP THOUSANDS of people are being evacuated from villages around a rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital, but officials say they face another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will not turn into epicentres of Covid-19 infections. The alert was raised to...

July 2, 2021 Share Thousands of people were being evacuated from villages around a rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital Friday, but officials said they faced another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will not turn into epicenters of COVID-19 infections. The alert was raised to three on a five-level scale after Taal Volcano blasted a dark gray plume into the sky Thursday. The five-minute steam- and gas-driven explosion was followed by four smaller emissions but the volcano w...

Published July 3, 2021, 2:37 PM In less than 24 hours, nearly 1,000 residents in Batangas have left their homes to seek safer shelters amid the continued unrest of Taal Volcano, a disaster management official disclosed Saturday, July 3. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on July 1, 2021 after a short-lived phreatomagmatic eruption occurs at Taal Volcano’s main crater. (Photo by ALI VICOY) Lito Castro, chief of the Provincial Disaster Risk ...

Aaron Favila And Joeal Calupitan July 02, 2021 - 7:14 AM LAUREL, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people were being evacuated from villages around a rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital Friday, but officials said they faced another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will not turn into epicenters of COVID-19 infections. The alert was raised to three on a five-level scale after Taal Volcano blasted a dark gray plume into the sky Thursday. The five-minut...