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Cavite declares state of calamity due to pertussis outbreak
The province’s Sangguniang Panlalawigan declared a state of calamity on Wednesday, according to the Cavite’s information office......»»
State of calamity declared in Iloilo due to pertussis
Iloilo City was placed under a state of calamity yesterday due to an outbreak of pertussis......»»
Iloilo City declares state of calamity due to pertussis outbreak
Iloilo City declares state of calamity due to pertussis outbreak.....»»
Poe: State of calamity won’t solve Metro traffic
With an estimated P3.5 billion in economic losses incurred per day due to traffic congestion, the government should listen to experts and stakeholders to address the monstrous traffic jams in Metro Manila, Sen. Grace Poe said yesterday......»»
28 ka brgy. iduso sa state of calamity
28 ka brgy. iduso sa state of calamity.....»»
Rama wants state of calamity declared in Cebu City due to El Niño
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Mayor Michael Rama wants to place Cebu City under a state of calamity or a state of emergency due to the effects of the El Niño phenomenon. The declaration will allow City Hall to use government funds to assist those who are badly affected by the worsening El Niño, especially the.....»»
MAP wants Metro under ‘state of traffic calamity’
Business group Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) is calling on the government to declare a “state of traffic calamity” in Metro Manila, citing the economic losses from the congestion on roads......»»
Globe partners with Albay, groups in battle vs hunger
Digital platform Globe and the Albay provincial government have forged a partnership in support of the Hapag Movement, marking the first time a local government unit has joined the initiative against involuntary hunger. Albay Governor Edcel Greco “Grex” Lagman hosted a benefit dinner on 11 August 2023 at the Governor’s Guest House in Legazpi, which gathered prominent Albayanos. Proceeds from the dinner will be channeled directly to The Hapag Movement, with the goal of supplementing the efforts of the provincial government of Albay to provide meals to the families that have been affected by the ongoing state of calamity that the locality is still experiencing. Shared value leads to partnership This is a tangible commitment to alleviating hunger, reflecting the shared values and dedication of both Globe and the Provincial Government of Albay. The initiative’s key partner organizations are the Albay chapter for the Tzu Chi Foundation, an international humanitarian organization that is one of the implementing partners of the Hapag Movement, Albay Queen 102, Leo Club, and their mother organization Legazpi City “Host” Lions Club, PMJF, a socio-civic organization that focuses on eight global causes, including hunger. Yoly Crisanto, chief Sustainability and corporate Communications Officer of the Globe Group, thanked the Provincial Government of Albay for stepping up to the challenge of addressing involuntary hunger. “Tonight marks a huge milestone for the Hapag Movement because Albay is the first LGU to sign up and join us. We believe that LGUs are among the key pillars for nation-building,” Crisanto said. The post Globe partners with Albay, groups in battle vs hunger appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
DA, DSWD accept 300MT rice donation from Japan for Mayon evacuees
Department of Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban on Saturday said the department has formally accepted the 300-metric ton milled rice donation by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Tier 3 Program on 17 August 2023 in Camalig, Albay. Panganiban said the donated rice is intended for the families affected by the Mayon Volcano eruption and was turned over by the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines Minister for Economic Affairs Nihei Daisuke to APTERR Secretariat General Manager Choomjet Kernjanakesorn. It was then accepted by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Director Michael Christopher Mathay, and DA - National Food Authority (NFA) Special Assistant to the Administrator Roger Navarro. The officials also launched the distribution of the 300-MT milled rice stocks equivalent to 10,000 30-kilogram bags to the affected families identified by the DSWD. “We are not merely witnessing the ceremonial exchange of rice donation but more so the exchange of hope and support from our dependable partners in the ASEAN Region. This contribution is a testament to the unbreakable bond that binds us together as a global community,” Panganiban said. On behalf of the Philippine government, the DA official thanked the Government of Japan and the APTERR Secretariat for the donation that will benefit 10,000 families displaced by the calamity. The family beneficiaries in Daraga, Camalig, Guinobatan, Tabaco City, Malilipot, Sto. Domingo, and Ligao City will receive 30-kilogram bags of rice. From the 10,000 beneficiaries, at least 1,441 shall be granted rice assistance through the DSWD’s Food for Work Program in the affected areas. The APTERR is a regional cooperation scheme among 10 ASEAN member states plus three countries that include China, Japan, and South Korea. The cooperation aims at strengthening food security and reducing poverty in East Asia. Other officials present during the activity include APTERR Secretariat Japanese Expert and MAFF-Japan Representative Akinori Ando, Albay Governor Edcel Greco Lagman, Camalig Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo Jr., and NFA Acting Assistant Regional Manager Gerard Lim. The post DA, DSWD accept 300MT rice donation from Japan for Mayon evacuees appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
COMELEC asked to exempt DSWD, related agencies from election spending ban
The Commission on Elections has been asked to consider exempting the Department of Social Welfare and Development and other related agencies doing relief work in the province of Albay in light of the impending election spending ban. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, who made the appeal on Saturday, sent a letter to the poll body, requesting that the DSWD and other government agencies involved in relief operations in Mayon Volcano be granted exemption from Omnibus Election Code amid the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls on 30 October. "Any minute, Mayon could erupt violently. This could also be a prolonged evacuation effort. Nobody knows for sure. But it's better to be safe and be ready with all the relief programs we need -– this could extend beyond the Barangay elections," the veteran lawmaker said. "Clarity is everything for us. We want to abide by the law. And we want to take care of our people. We want to do both. COMELEC has the means and the power to help us do both. That’s why we are making this request," Salceda added. Mayon's violent eruption, according to Salceda, might affect at least 103,181 people in eight cities and municipalities in Albay, accounting for 7.5% of the province's entire population. Meanwhile, 39,901 individuals are currently directly at risk under Alert Level 3. Since warnings of an imminent violent eruption have been known to come and go, Salceda believes that evacuation operations might take 45, 90, or 110 days. "Evacuation efforts must continue until volcanic activity clearly subsides or until a violent eruption actually occurs. Until then, evacuees will require food aid, training activities, cash-for-work programs, and other socioeconomic support to replace economic activities they are barred from doing due to the evacuation orders," Salceda added. Amid the restiveness of Albay's Mayon, the lawmaker averted that relief operations from various agencies would not end once the eruption. The economist-lawmaker said the eruption will displace agricultural, quarrying, ecotourism, and other economic activities in the danger zones, indirectly affecting Albay's economy as a whole. "Likewise, a violent eruption will also likely cause health issues, which will require immediate medical attention and corresponding support through the Medical Assistance Program." With this, Salceda asks Comelec, which had the power under the Omnibus Election Code, to allow such other expenditures especially forDSWD-like activities. Section 261 of the Omnibus Election Code prohibits the release, disbursement, and expenditure of public funds 45 days before a regular election and thirty days before a special election, but emergency works due to a public calamity and maintenance of existing public works are exempted from the provision. The BSKE election, which was originally set for 5 December of this year, was moved to an earlier date, pursuant to Republic Act 11935, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on 12 October last year. The coming grassroots poll this year will break the year-long postponement. Recall that BSKE has been postponed four times since 2016 through RAs 10923, 10952, 11462 and 11935. The post COMELEC asked to exempt DSWD, related agencies from election spending ban appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Geothermal keeps Albay lights on despite Mayon
Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant in Albay maintained unhampered operations despite the Mayon Volcano unrest. The facility is controlled by the Aboitiz Power Corporation, the Aboitiz group’s holding company for energy-related investments. AP Renewables Inc. president and CEO Jeffrey Estrella, in a statement, reiterated that the facility’s geothermal electricity production is unaffected by the increased activity of the volcano. Thus, the plant will continue supplying renewable energy to the Luzon Grid. “The complex gross generation for the past week has been around 120 megawatts with no incident relating to Mayon’s unrest,” Estrella reported. “Nonetheless, despite Tiwi geothermal’s distance to Mayon’s crater of about 24 kilometers, we remain on safety alert for any possible eventualities,” he said. Binary plant soon Likewise, Estrella noted that the construction of a binary geothermal plant in the Tiwi Facility continues to progress. It is expected to generate an additional 17 MW of clean electricity to the main grid by the end of the year. Currently, the province of Albay is under a state of calamity due to the threat of eruption by the Mayon Volcano. The authorities raised an Alert Level 3 due to its “intensified unrest” or magmatic unrest. As a result, people living within the “permanent danger zone” or the six-kilometer radius have been evacuated. Recent data from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council indicated that there are close to 5,800 affected families, composed of over 20,000 individuals, from six municipalities and two component cities in the province. The affected families are now staying in evacuation centers that include local government-owned evacuation centers, public schools, and other buildings converted into temporary shelters in the cities of Ligao and Tabaco, and the towns of Sto. Domingo, Malilipot, Guinobatan, Camalig and Daraga. The post Geothermal keeps Albay lights on despite Mayon appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
How disaster-resilient are we?
News stories with accompanying photographs again flood the usual outlets of radio, television, print, and now, even social media, showing school children busy with their lessons while gathered under the shade of towering trees, tents, gymnasiums or basketball courts, crowded corridors of government buildings, even chapels. In previous seasons, the students were displaced from their schools by earthquakes or typhoons. Today, they are refugees fleeing from the lava flow and deadly fumes from a volcano, acting up with signs of worsening disaster ahead. Their schoolrooms have been taken over by entire communities whose residents have left their homes along the fringes of Mayon, the country’s most active volcano, because there is nowhere else to park their hastily-packed belongings and no space to sleep, eat and get on with their lives. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who visited the evacuation sites in Albay province, agreed with local officials that the situation could last longer than expected or at least three months before they could return to their homes. A news report said more than 17,000 students in five Albay towns were affected by the transfer, and more evacuees were distributed to about 20 emergency shelters. “We have to find ways to ensure the learning continuity,” a teacher told a news reporter, adding that learning modules used at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic were again being used. Still, one problem was tracking down the dispersed students. Because of its geography, the Philippines is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries, hosting natural hazards like typhoons (20 to 21 hitting the country a year), floods, earthquakes, storm surges, landslides and volcanic eruptions. There are 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines and more than 1,500 on Earth, which are in Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Italy, El Salvador and Kenya, are at higher risk of volcanic eruptions. As of 15 June 2023, 24 active volcanos have been recorded as erupting worldwide. Considering the statistics in the Philippines, how disaster-resilient are we? Local government units or LGUs on the frontline of building resilient communities want financial aid and technical skills in dealing with disaster risk reduction and resilience-building measures. Several Internet apps on early warning systems can enable local officials to develop real-time analyses and adopt swift solutions as part of disaster preparedness and mitigation efforts. The LGUs’ crucial role in this effort should cascade to their respective communities through early warning systems. Also, due recognition should be given to their powers, authority, and corresponding responsibilities to lessen the adverse effects of calamities descending on their shoes, especially in places with no previous history of disasters. But then again, the question of financial capability comes into play because no local governments are equal in the budget, with bigger LGUs getting a bigger slice of the pie from local revenues than the smaller ones. Observers have cited areas of concern: insufficient data and contingency funds of LGUs, lack of adequate disaster risk reduction skills among political leaders, and not enough planning and contingency measures on the part of school authorities on how to deal with problems arising from the use of their grounds and facilities as evacuation sites. The Philippines, however, is not alone in this regard. In the highly-developed United States, for example, it has been observed that not all state officials “have a game plan for local emergency management that encompasses pre-disaster resilience and long-term rebuilding and recovery. Most solely have a short-term emergency response strategy.” Still, it is never too late to catch up, even if this will require spending more on preventive measures like investing in equipment warning residents of impending disasters, anticipating the problems of evacuees by building safer and more permanent shelters instead of displacing school children from their classrooms, extending safety zones and relocating homes away from risk areas, and planning recovery steps once the disaster blows over. We can no longer afford to sit back and wait for the point of no return, acting only when calamity strikes. Being prepared can save thousands of lives, homes and livelihoods. The post How disaster-resilient are we? appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
House Speaker piles up Albay assistance
Affected residents in Albay due to the threat of the Mayon Volcano — which is reportedly in its initial stages of eruption — are set to receive a total of P33 million in financial and in-kind assistances which were made available to the province. Each of the three districts will receive P1 million, which will be divided in half, P500,000 in cash and P500,000 in relief supplies from House Speaker Martin Romauldez office’s personal disaster response fund, which facilitated the P33 million sum alongside Tingog Representatives Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre. The P1-million assistance will be channeled through Romualdez’s colleagues’ respective offices — Representatives Edcel Lagman, Joey Salceda and Fernando Cabredo — who oversee the three congressional districts of Albay. The P500,000 cash assistance will be turned over to each district on Monday, while the relief packs will be distributed soon after. “The members of the House are one with the people of Albay during this challenging time. Mayon Volcano’s eruption is something that we cannot stop, but so is showing malasakit to our countrymen when difficulties arise. Together, we will ride out this calamity,” said Romualdez in a statement on Sunday. Approximately 1,420 aid packs were all set for distribution in each district, with hundreds of volunteers repacking and preparing them for the displaced families before dawn Sunday. Romualdez tapped his former peer, now Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian, to provide another P10 million worth of assistance to the Albay’s three districts through the agency’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations or AICS program. “We expect this assistance from the DSWD, along with our humble contribution, to ease the worries that our kababayans in Albay may have for the immediate future,” Romualdez said. Earlier, Salceda lauded the DSWD chief for promptly heeding his request to send food packs to the affected families in the 6-kilometer permanent danger zone and 7-kilometer danger zone around Mayon in the municipalities of Camalig, Daraga, Guinobatan, Santo Domingo and Malilipot. Amid the Mayon’s restiveness, the DSWD on Friday readied 3,000 initial family tents for households who were forced to evacuate their homes within the six-kilometer permanent danger zone of Mayon. Mayon is presently in the early stages of the eruption, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, but it is not yet hazardous. “This can already be considered an eruption, but it is not yet hazardous because the eruption is only within the summit or the mouth of the volcano,” Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol said in a television interview on Saturday. The post House Speaker piles up Albay assistance appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
State of calamity declared in Philippine province due to volcano status
A state of calamity was declared in the Philippine province of Albay due to the Mayon Volcano's relatively high level of unrest, local TV channel PTVph reported on Friday.Source: CGTN.....»»
Thousands evacuated; Mayon eruption looms
Albay officials have started evacuating thousands of residents after a state of calamity was declared in the province yesterday due to unrest in Mayon Volcano, which the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology described as a “quiet” eruption......»»
Albay declares state of calamity due to threat of Mayon eruption
The province’s Sangguniang Panlalawigan declared a state of calamity a day after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alarm......»»
Residents within Mayon danger zone evacuated
The provincial government is set to place Albay under a state of calamity, which will allow authorities to access quick access funds to provide assistance to affected residents......»»
Philippines sees increase in hotel bookings from overseas in 2023 — report
Hotel bookings from overseas rose in the Philippines in 2023, a report on hotel booking trends by hotel channel manager SiteMinder found......»»
No Pinoy hurt in Baltimore bridge collapse
The Philippine embassy in Washington has not received any report of Filipinos hurt in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday......»»
Companies State it Takes More Than 6 Months to Fill Cybersecurity Positions
The latest Kaspersky survey found that 48% of companies require over half a year to find a qualified cybersecurity professional. A lack of proven experience was cited as one of the biggest challenges, along with the high cost of hiring and global competition in talent acquisition. With global labor markets continuing to clamor for InfoSec […].....»»