Tag: Evacuation centers

Palace: COVID-19 antigen tests to be used to assess individuals in evacuation centers

(Eagle News)–The government will  test evacuees hit by the recent storms in the country using COVID-19 antigen tests. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the revelation on Tuesday, Nov. 17, days after “Quinta,” “Rolly” and then “Ulysses” caused devastation in several parts of the Philippines. According to Roque, although he could not confirm all evacuees would be tested,  “magkakaroon po ng testing sa mga evacuation centers lalung-lalo na po doon sa mayroong sintomas.” He said this […]

Dagupan City nakakaranas ng pagbaha; mahigit 10,000 katao bumalik sa evacuation centers dahil sa pagtaas ng tubig

DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Mahigit 10,000 indibidwal sa Dagupan City ang muling bumalik sa mga evacuation center dahil sa pagtaas ng tubig baha kahit pa wala nang nararanasang pag-ulan sa lalawigan. Ayon kay Lenny Basa, City Information Officer ng lungsod, nasa 2,503 na pamilya o 10,098 na indibidwal ang bumalik sa evacuation centers sa siyudad matapos na abutin ng patuloy na tumataas na tubig baha. Namahagi naman ng relief goods ang Dagupan City […]

Mahigit 1,000 residente, nananatili pa rin sa mga evacuation center sa Marawi

(Eagle News) — Aabot sa mahigit isang-libong katao ang pansamantalang nanunuluyan sa isang evacuation center sa bayan ng Saguiran, matapos lumikas mula sa Marawi City kung saan nagpapatuloy ang bakbakan sa pamamagitan ng tropa ng pamahalaan at Maute Group. Sampung kilometro lamang ang layo nito mula sa Marawi. Ito ang pinakamalapit sa mismong battle zone. Karamihan sa mga ito nilisan ang kanilang mga tahanan nang magsimula ang kaguluhan. Bagaman nilisan na ang lugar, ramdam pa […]

Mga buntis at bata, mahigpit na minomonitor ng DOH sa mga evacuation center sa Iligan City

ILIGAN CITY (Eagle News) – Isa sa mahigpit na minomonitor ngayon ng Department of Health (DOH) ay ang mga buntis, mga may inaalagaang sanggol, mga bata, at kababaihan na nasa evacuation center. Ito ang inihayag ng DOH Region 10 matapos makapagtala ng mga malnourished na mga buntis sa mga evacuation center sa Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. Ayon sa DOH, sa 53 na mga naitalang buntis, ay dalawa ang mahina ang lagay ng kalusugan. Samantala, sa limang […]

Israel sends P1-M worth of supplies, medicine and equipment for Marawi victims thru PHL Red Cross

  The Israel Embassy officially has turned over P1 million worth of basic equipment, medicines, and supplies to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), to support immediate needs of those affected by the Marawi conflict. “We are all touched by the events in Marawi and the effect they brought to the people of Marawi. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed us to lend a hand of support to the affected people in Marawi and the surrounding […]

DOH assures that cholera will not spread in evacuation centers in Iligan City 

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) has assured that cholera will not spread in the evacuation centers in Iligan City. According to the DOH-Region 10, although some of the evacuees suffered from diarrhea, nausea and stomach pain, and they were positively affected by cholera, they were immediately taken to the hospital for treatment.  The patients were already released on June 3 and 5. DOH-10 Regional Director Nimfa Torrizo also pointed […]

Gov’t gears up for looming return of evacuees to Marawi as troops close in on Maute, Abu Sayyaf

(Eagle News) — The government is now gearing up for the looming return of evacuees to Marawi, as government troops close in on local terrorists who have wrought havoc in the city. In a briefing in Malacanang on Thursday, Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said President Rodrigo Duterte was “setting aside” P20 billion for the “reconstruction” of Marawi, where government troops are close to defeating members of the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups that have pledged […]

Butuan City nasa ilalim na ng state of calamity

BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte (Eagle News) – Aprubado na ng Sangguniang Panglungsod ng Butuan City ang rekomendasyon ng CDRRMC council na ipailalim na sa state of calamity ang nasabing lalawigan. Ayon kay Vice Mayor Jose Aquino II, magagamit ng gobyerno ang 5% ng calamity funds para sa restoration, rehabilitation at relief purposes. Tinatayang nasa 32,443 pamilya mula sa 39 barangay ng Butuan ang apektado ng baha. May 6,093 na pamilya naman ang sa kasalukuyan ay nasa mga […]