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Humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) units from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have been deployed to various areas in the National Capital Region (NCR), Eastern Visayas (Region 8), and Mimaropa (Region 4B) to assist communities that were af

MANILA - The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Wednesday maintained that it has complied with all observations and recommendations made by the Commission on Audit (COA) for calendar year 2021. "In the said report, the COA Resident Auditor gave OCD an "Unmodified Opinion on the fairness of the presentation of the financial statements of OCD. An Unmodified Opinion means that OCD strictly adheres to all relevant and applicable accounting and auditing rules and regulations," the agency...

(Image grabbed from PAGASA's Facebook page) MANILA - The weather in areas of the Visayas and Mindanao where Typhoon Odette passed through is now improving, the weather bureau said on Friday. "We're talking of Eastern Visayas and Mindanao, even Central Visayas and northern Mindanao, are having an improved weather," Benison Estareja, weather specialist of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in a briefing. Estareja said PA...

The Provincial Board of Canvassers proclaimed the result of the plebiscite on Tuesday, March 16. “On the basis of the foregoing, we hereby proclaim to ratify the division of the province of palawan pursuant to Republic Act 11259 was rejected and disapproved on the basis of the votes cast in the province of Palawan on March 13, 2021,” the PBOC said. Based on the statement of votes by municipality, the “no” votes won in 19 municipalities namely: Narra, Brooke’s Point, El Nido, Aborla...

(Photo from COMELEC Commissioner Rowena Guanzon) Data released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed that of the eight municipalities already canvassed, the “no” votes has a total of 75,075 compared to the 68,198 “yes” votes. A total of 23 Palawan municipalities participated in the March 13 plebiscite. The “no” votes won in the municipalities of Narra, Brooke’s Point, El Nido, Aborlan, Sofronio Espanola, and San Vicente while in Rizal, and Bataraza the “yes” vote won...

OCD warns of possible strong storms at year end Format By Lyndon Plantilla QUEZON CITY, Dec. 19 (PIA) -- Regional agencies, local governments units and residents of Mimaropa must prepare for every typhoon entering Mimaropa towards the end of the year, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Mimaropa said on Friday. During yesterday’s Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment Meeting for Tropical Depression (TD) Vicky, Civil Defense Assistant Regional Director Nieves Bonifacio recalled typhoons in November and D...