DAVAO CITY (March 19) — Typhoon Chedeng changed its route, has made a landfall over Malita at 5:30 in Davao Occidental. It was weakened into Low Pressure Area at 5:30 am. The PAGASA in its latest weather advisory has lifted Tropical Cyclone Warning Signals. However, scattered to at times widespread moderate to heavy rains will […]
Environment
BREAKING! Davao City orders pre-emptive evacuation affecting 16 low-lying areas
DAVAO CITY (MARCH 18) — The Davao City Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office operation center has advised the residents from the 16 villages situated in the low-lying areas of the city to conduct a pre-emptive evacuation as Typhoon Chedeng affects the city. On it’s official page, the city government stated “CDRRMO-OPCEN advises everyone to […]
Davao del Norte suspends classes in all levels due to Typhoon Chedeng
DAVAO CITY (March 18) —The provincial government of Davao del Norte suspends the classes in all levels as Tyhoon Chedeng affects the province. Governor Anthony del Rosario ordered the suspension following the storm signal issued by PAGASA. Earlier on, Island Garden City of Samal Mayor Al David Uy this afternoon ordered the suspension of classes […]
DENR shuts down 1,800 gold processing plants in Diwalwal to save Naboc River
DAVAO CITY (March 18) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has closed 1,761 on its second day of serving the Cease and Desist Order (CDO) to all illegal ball mills, rod mills and Carbon-in-pulp (CIP) operating in Mt. Diwata, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province. The three-day operation dubbed as “Lihuk Alang sa Naboc” […]
Comelec ready for power outages due to El Nino
DAVAO CITY — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday that it is ready for an power interruptions caused by the El Nino that might have possible effects in the conduct of the May 13 elections. “While we cannot do anything about the weather, what we can control is the response to any sort […]
24 drums of spilled oil recovered off Davao rivers
DAVAO CITY—Twenty-four drums of spilled oil were recovered from the Ising and Taba Rivers on Friday after a pipeline of a banana packing plant in Carmen, Davao del Norte leaked to the canal and flowed to the two waterways. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – Davao commander Lt. George Maganto said they conducted the clean-up and […]
6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Surigao del Norte
DAVAO CITY (March 8)-— A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Surigao del Norte at 11:06 tonight. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake of tectonic origin had a depth of 16 kilometers North of Burgos, Surigao del Norte. The Phivolcs also reported a 4.1 magnitude earthquake about five kilometers East of Carmen North […]
Rescued dolphin released back to the sea in Northern Samar
TACLOBAN CITY — Authorities have released Monday afternoon a spinner dolphin slightly injured from blast fishing in Mondragon, Northern Samar. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Eastern Visayas Regional Director Juan Albaladejo said the two-meter-long dolphin was released more than two hours after it was rescued by a team from BFAR provincial office and local […]
5.5 magnitude earthquake hits Surigao del Sur
SURIGAO CITY (March 6) — A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Surigao Del Sur early this morning. Residents of Barobo town in Surigao del Sur felt the movement of the ground at around 8:12 in the morning. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake of tectonic origin had a depth of 14 kilometers […]
Dry spell affects 12 NoCot towns, damaged P300M crops
DAVAO CITY (March 6)— The present dry spell has already affected 12 municipalities in North Catabato and the estimated damage to agricultural crops has been estimated to cost P300-million. In a report published by the Philippines News Agency, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) officer, Arnulfo Villaruz, identified the affected towns as Carmen, […]
Iligan solon lauds BOC officials for MisOr garbage exposé
ILIGAN CITY — A lawmaker here lauded the Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials who exposed the misdeclaration of garbage shipments from South Korea at the Mindanao International Container Terminal (MICT) port in Misamis Oriental last year. Iligan City Rep. Frederick Siao on Monday said he will recommend to BOC Commissioner Rey Guerrero that officials be given […]
P5-M palm oil plantation gutted by fire
KIDAPAWAN CITY – An estimated PHP5-million worth of oil palm trees were destroyed when a fire hit an oil palm plantation in Arakan, North Cotabato on Thursday afternoon, February 28. Senior Fire Officer Ronald Valle, spokesperson of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Arakan, said they received a call stating that a forest fire was developing […]
300 ‘lambago’ seedlings planted on CDO riverbank
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY–At least 300 seedlings of “lambago” trees were planted on Friday by different government agencies and city government departments to mark the 19th anniversary of the City Local Environment and Natural Resources Office (Clenro) here. Engineer Armen Cuenca, head of Clenro, said that the seedlings were donated by Rhona Canoy, daughter of […]