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Iglesia Ni Cristo members in Canada prepare food and other items to help those in need in Canada, including the people affected by the raging forest fire in Fort McMurray, Canada. Many of residents in the areas where the fires continue to rage drove to Edmonton, as they tried to escape the wildfires that had engulfed their homes. (Eagle News Service)
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Apr. 15 (PIA) — Mt. Apo, the country’s highest peak, is off limits to all mountaineers, an official of the city government of Kidapawan announced. Joey Recimilla, city tourism officer of Kidapawan and eco-tourism committee chair of the Mt. Apo Natural Park-Protected Area Management Board (MANP-PAMB), told Philippine Information Agency 12 that the PAMB has agreed to restrict climbing to the peak after the destructive forest fire. Recimilla said the PAMB, in […]
POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato — Mahigit dalawang daang indibidwal na ang lumikas kasunod ng nagpapatuloy na forest fire sa paanan ng Mt. Matutum. Ang mga lumikas na residente ay mula sa apat na purok sa barangay Kinilis, Polomolok, South Cotabato . Ayon kay kay kapitan Marina Tapay, kasalukuyang namamalagi sa barangay hall ang mga ito sa takot na maabot ng apoy ang kanilang mga bahay. Kasalukuyan namang nasa barangay ang mga personnel ng Department of Social […]
POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato (Eagle News) — Aabot na sa P2 million ang tinatayang danyos sa nagpapatuloy na forest fire sa paanan ng Mt. Matutum sa South Cotabato. Ayon sa Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO)-Polomolok, nasira ang nasa 55 ektarya ng taniman ng kape na bahagi ng tinatayang nasa 100 ektaryang lupain na apektado ng nasabing sunog sa Brgy. Kinilis, Polomolok, South Cotabato. Nasa 100 indibidwal o mahigit 50 pamilya na rin ang apektado […]
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Umaabot na sa 200 ektarya ang natutupok dahil sa nagpapatuloy pang forest fire sa Mount Apo na sumiklab noong Sabado, Marso 26. Ayon kay Harry Camoro, action officer ng Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction And Management Council (PDRRMC) ng Davao del Sur, nagsimula ang naturang forest fire sa Kapatagan Trail sa Digos City at kumalat naman hanggang sa parte ng Lake Venado. Napag-alaman ding kabilang na sa naabo ang mini-forest sa Lake […]
The Colombian capital city of Bogota was covered in haze on Tuesday (February 2) as strong winds blew smoke and ash from forest fires into the city. Firefighters using helicopters have been battling the flames for nearly two days in the Aguas Claras reserve located south of Bogota. Bogota Mayor Enrique Penaloso said the fire began at a military base. “Unfortunately, despite the great work of the military, the fire department, the civil defence, the […]
By Saul E. Pa-a DOLORES, Quezon March 21 (PNA) — Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Calabarzon Regional Executive Director Reynulfo Juan confirmed on Friday that the grassfires at the Mt. Banahaw peak has dissipated with rains drenching the affected areas but authorities are now tightening the protected landscape from trespassers. In a media interview, DENR Regional Director Juan mulled the tightening of surveillance and monitoring operations and perimeter guards around the Mt. Banahaw-San […]
MANILA, March 20 (PNA) — The environment department’s Forest Management Bureau (FMB) deployed on Thursday a team of experts who will assess conditions in portions of Mt. Banahaw currently being ravaged by fire since Wednesday night. “They’ll evaluate the situation there and make the corresponding recommendations,” FMB Director Ricardo Calderon said of the fire which firefighters are desperately trying to contain. He said FMB formed the team immediately after learning that a fire broke out […]
