OZAMIZ CITY —-Watch out! The Department of Environment and Natural Resources office in the Zamboanga Peninsula is warning collectors of ‘Badiang’ or Giant Taro not to collect such a plant as it is considered ‘critically endangered’. Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez, Regional Executive Director of DENR in the Zamboanga Peninsula said collectors run the risk of paying […]
Environment
Flash floods damage P2.8-M crops in Zamboanga
ZAMBOANGA CITY –— The Monday dawn flash floods here has damaged some P2.8-million crops. The City agriculture office in its partial report said some 75-hectare rice fields and vegetable farms in Culianan District were damaged due to flash floods early Monday, September 14. The heavy downpour and strong winds caused the destruction of several houses, […]
Desperate husband burns rented room gutted 67 others including classrooms
DAVAO CITY — A man who just separate from his wife lit his rented room which resulted to the burning of 60 more houses and 7 classrooms in Barangay Leon Garcia, Agdao District, early morning of September 3. No serious injuries nor casualties reported, fire officials declared fire out at around 5:00 a.m and the […]
PRRD wants to visit quake victims in Masbate
MANILA – Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte wants to visit residents affected by the 6.6 earthquake which rocked Masbate province on Tuesday morning. In a virtual press briefing on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, even if Duterte is more than willing to fly to Masbate, it remains to be seen whether his close-in security would […]
Magnitude 5.1 quake hits Sultan Kudarat
MANILA – A magnitude 5.1 quake hit Sultan Kudarat Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The tectonic quake struck 66 kilometers southwest of the municipality of Kalamansig at 3:22 p.m. It had a depth focus of 586 kilometers. There were no reported intensities and Phivolcs said it is not expecting damages […]
Heavy rains trigger landslide in hinterlands hit by 2019 earthquake causing flash floods in NoCot
DAVAO CITY — Motorist passing the Davao-Cotabato route on Thursday witnessed the rampaging water along the highway from the Barangays of Old Bulatukan to Kisante in Makilala, North Cotabato. This was the offshoot of the landslide in the upstream barangays of Makilala just near Mt. Apo. Motorists witnessed the boulders and rocks cascading down the […]
2 minors swept by flash flood in NoCot rescued
DAVAO CITY — Heavy rains and ctrong current of flood waters swept children in Barangay Kisante in Makilala, North Cotabato. Kisante is a village located at the foothills of Mt. Apo stretched along the Davao-Cotabato highway. “The children were enjoying the 4 p.m. heavy downpour near the river when rampaging waters swept them away,” said […]
Davao City Council to discuss measures in disposing single-use face masks
DAVAO CITY — The City Council here is set to define modalities on the disposal of single-use face masks. Councilor Mary Joselle Villafuerte, the Chairperson of the Committee on Health, in an interview with the city government-owned DCDR said she is proposing an ordinance which will define the proper disposal of single-use masks that contain […]
Air Force personnel on chopper crash identified
CAUAYAN CITY — The four people who died on board a Philippine Air Force (PAF) Huey helicopter which crashed at the Cauayan Air Station here on Thursday night have already been identified. The victims were identified as Captain Christopher Cesar Urbano, the pilot in command, and Captain Fiorelio Bernardo, his co-pilot. Their bodies were retrieved […]
Immigration arrests American pedophile in Pampanga
DAVAO CITY — Personnel from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested on July 6, a suspected American pedophile wanted by the US authorities for alleged sexual exploitation of a Filipino minor. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente identified the suspect as Michael Kent Clapper, 69, who arrived in the country on May 26, 2019, as a tourist, […]
No regular face-to-face classes in August: CHED
MANILA – There will be no regular in-person classes in the opening of the semester this coming August, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairperson Prospero de Vera III clarified on Saturday. “CHED wants to make it very clear that higher education institutions (HEIs) will open the semester in August using flexible learning mode. There are no […]
Davao City installs new alert and warning system
DAVAO CITY — The city government of Davao purchased seven (7) sirens to augment the city’s Public Alert and Warning System Project and installed the same to the densely populated and disaster-prone villages. In a press statement released by the city government of Davao, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) chief Alfredo Baloran […]
Magnitude 4.7 quake hits Davao del Sur
DAVAO CITY — A magnitude 4.7 tectonic earthquake shook the town of Magsaysay in Davao del Sur at 2:51 Friday morning, no damage has been reported, so far. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that the earthquake was detected southeast of Kibalawan town with a depth of 16 kilometer. 0 Jul 2020 […]