DAVAO CITY — The local government of Davao on Thursday night deployed four (4) buses for the passengers who are stranded due flooding in various parts of the city. In an interview with Newsline, Harvey James Lanticse, information officer of the City of Davao, explained that Mayor Sebastian Duterte requested bus companies to provide free […]
Environment
DENR cites resort owner for illegal possession of endangered sea turtle hatchlings
DAVAO CITY –— The Community Environment and Natural Resouces in Panabo City has issued a notice of violation to a resort owner in Talicud Island, Island Garden City of Samal, for violating the law while keeping new hatched sea turtles inside a rectangular box instead of immediately releasing it to the sea. The environment department […]
7 persons died including minors as massive landslides happen in Daveo de Oro town
DAVAO CITY — Seven people including children died, two others were injured while residents fear many went missing due to the series of landslides at around 12:00 noon on Thursday in the Mining Site of Purok 20, Pag-asa, Barangay Mt. Diwata, Monkayo, Davao de Oro. Jergrace Cabag, information officer of LGU Monkayo said, the search […]
44K families evacuate in Davao Region due to flooding, landslides
DAVAO CITY — A total of 44,888 families with 187, 108 individuals have evacuated in various provinces in Davao Region since Tuesday as the number continue to increase while Shear line brought about northwest monsoon enter its fourth day. As of Wednesday night, the Office of Civil Defense XI recorded that of the total number […]
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolts Surigao del Sur
DAVAO CITY — A magnitude 5.7 earthquakes shook Surigao del Sur with the epicenter in Hinatuan town The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported that the movement took place at 8:31 Wednesday evening with a Depth of 010 km in Hinatuan town. The earthquake was also felt at Intensity V – City of Bislig, […]
DSWD distributes relief assistance to families affected by flood
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Social Services and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday distributed relief goods to some 2,683 families displaced by flood in Davao de Oro as Shear line continues to affect Davao Region. The inclement weather condition worsened as northeast monsoon traverse across various provinces in the Davao Region as of presstime. The […]
552 families displace due to inclement weather
DAVAO CITY –— – Some 552 families comprising 1,898 individuals from three provinces of Davao Region have been displaced due to inclement weather caused by Shear Line. Classes and works have been suspended as of Today. As of 3:00 in the afternoon on Tuesday, January 16, the Office of Civil Defense record showed provincial records […]
13 rescued from tilted vessel off Zamboanga del Norte shores
DAVAO CITY — Thirteen crew members of M/V Staf Sabang were rescued after their vessel experienced engine failure on Sunday which totally capsized yesterday January 15 in the waters off Zamboanga del Norte. Christian Marven Sabijon, operations and warning officer of MDRRMO Labason told Newsline that “Around 5:25 afternoon on January 14, 2024, the Philippine […]
Flooding prompts 295 families in Davao de Oro to evacuate
DAVAO CITY — Some 295 families have evacuated in Davao de Oro early morning today due to flooding brought about by Shear Line in Davao region which also prompting local government units to declare suspension of classes in all levels while government employees were advised to work from home if neecssary. . The provincial governments […]
Davao City suspends classes due to bad weather
DAVAO CITY— the city government early today announced that all classes in all level in public and private schools in the city are suspended today Tuesday, January 16, due to bad weather. The city government in an advisory stated “Work-From-Home (WFH) arrangement shall be adopted in all national and local government offices, including government-owned and […]
Mandaya folks in Davao Oriental want to learn modern disaster mitigation methods
DAVAO CITY — After tropical storm Kabayan ravaged their communties in December rendering over 1,400 families to starvation, Mandaya residents in the hinterlands of Barangay Pichon, Caraga Davao Oriental, want to learn more about modern disaster mitigation methods. Barangay Pichon is one of the 17 barangays in Caraga, Davao Oriental, it was the most devastated […]
Davao Coast guard cleanse oil spill off city waters
DAVAO CITY– Personnel from Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao quickly responded to an oil spill incident in one of the city’s port on January 2. Personnel from said agency immediately contained the sludge, which was a mixture of oil wastage mostly from diesel and bunker oil, and started cleaning up around 8 p.m. which lasted […]
Over a thousand families trapped in the hinterlands of Davao Oriental without food
DAVAO CITY — Over 1,400 families in the hinterlands of Barangay Pichon, Caraga Davao Oriental are still stranded after tropical storm Kabayan devastated their village on Sunday. Worse, the residents face the challenge of hunger as food become scare day by day and the government supply has yet to come due to the road access […]