Typhoon Sendong News Today

Several mining companies have responded to the recent landslide in Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro that has caused significant damage and disruption in the community.

DAVAO CITY–The Japanese government turned over to the Cagayan de Oro City government last Friday the second package of a project that seeks to mitigate the flooding of the city’s downtown area. Funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the project consisted of a 2.3-kilometer floodwall with a boulevard along…

The Supreme Court issued the ruling clearing Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo of malversation and graft charges on February 22, 10 days before he was attacked and killed

In the face of real climate change, Filipino leaders, from the national down to local executives, now have to make a choice: go with Project NOAH and its menu of programs for disaster mitigation and avoidance or live and let live on different versions of Noah’s ark.

“Gaana sa among dughan karon nga naa na jud mi saktong kapuy-an, kabalhinan (Our hearts feel light now that we have a good home to live in).”

That was fast… and worrisome. Within hours last Sunday, tropical cyclone Karding intensified into a super typhoon as it pounded Luzon.

Students, youth, women in communities, workers, and local government officials are among those we reach out to and engage with on the steps that should be implemented to address climate change.

The House committee on natural resources has approved two bills banning logging and mining operations in Cagayan de Oro City.

HOUSING PROJECT. The facade of the medium-rise resettlement buildings in Cagayan de Oro City. An initial 240 houses within the 10 buildings are now being occupied by qualified informal settler families. (Photo courtesy by DHSUD) MANILA - Some 240 informal settler families (ISFs) have been relocated to medium-rise resettlement buildings in Cagayan de Oro City, according to the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), Secretary Eduardo Del Rosario on Wednesday. Apart from res...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to release P42.2 million as relief assistance to the agency’s employees affected by Typhoon “Yolanda” (international code name Haiyan) almost a decade ago. Yolanda struck on November 8, 2013, devastating Central Philippines. To benefit from the cash assistance are DENR…