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MEDICAL AID. Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Royina Garma (right) talks with Balangkayan, Eastern Samar Mayor Allan Contado during a gathering in Tacloban City on Monday (Oct. 4, 2021). The PCSO distributed PHP1.46 million worth of medicines, equipment, and medical supplies to 23 towns in Eastern Samar province. (PNA photo by Sarwell Meniano) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) distributed on Monday PHP1.46 million worth of medicines, equipment, and medical supplies to 23 towns in Eastern Samar province. PCSO General Manager Royina Garm...

Published April 20, 2021, 1:37 PM Over 50K people affected by typhoon Two persons died while another one was reported missing after typhoon “Bising” (international name: Surigae) pummeled Southern Luzon and parts of Visayas, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) disclosed Tuesday, April 20. An aerial shot of cargo trucks bound for the Visayas and Mindanao islands line up along a highway in Daraga town, Albay province, south of Manila on April 18, 2021, after authorities stopped the ferry service between Luzon and Samar islands due to Typhoon Surigae as it mo...

(MDRRMO Virac) The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said it is yet to confirm the death of 79-year-old Alberto Wales who was reportedly hit by an uprooted coconut tree in St. Bernard, Southern Leyte. The agency is also confirming reports that 40-year old fisherman Louie Din went missing after sailing into the sea before the Bising onslaught. His three companions were able to return to their homes. “We received the information regarding [the] casualties reported from Region 8 but the data are still subjected for further validation.” said Easha Mariano, of th...

Published January 12, 2021, 12:47 PM TACLOBAN CITY  (PNA) – Widespread flooding has displaced thousands of residents in three Samar provinces on Tuesday as non-stop rains caused rivers and streams to rise and burst their banks. A flooded community in Dolores, Eastern Samar in this Jan. 11, 2021 photo. Widespread flooding has displaced thousands of residents in three Samar provinces on Tuesday as non-stop rains caused rivers and streams to swell. (Photo courtesy of Dolores municipal disaster risk reduction and management office/ via PNA) The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management C...

Massive flooding affects more than 3,000 families in Eastern Samar enablePagination: false endIndex: Tacloban City (CNN Philippines, January 12) — The Eastern Samar Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Office reported massive flooding in the province’s five towns due to incessant rains on Monday, affecting over 3,000 families. Close to 100 villages in the towns of Can-avid, Taft, Sulat, Maslog, Arteche, Dolores, and Jipapad were flooded. Most of these areas are located near river banks and flood prone areas. The Eastern Samar PDRRMO said most of the evacuated families are from the upstream...