(Eagle News)–The Office of the Civil Defense on Friday, May 31, said it spent only P10,000 out of a P36.9-million donation it received for victims of the Marawi siege because it was still using the Quick Response Fund it had to “ensure expeditious delivery of services.” OCD administrator Ricardo Jalad issued the statement after a Commission on Audit report found in its 2018 report that the “donations were not utilized to provide for the much […]
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Palace: Faeldon’s appointment papers as BuCor head to come out “soon”
(Eagle News) — The papers appointing Nicanor Faeldon as the new chief of the Bureau of Corrections will come out “soon,” the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after Faeldon, now an administrator at the Office of the Civil Defense, took offense at Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra’s statement he had yet to report to the BuCor despite an announcement about his transfer from the OCD. Guevarra later clarified […]
Two senators slam Faeldon’s appointment to DND-OCD
(Eagle News) — Several senators on Wednesday slammed the appointment of former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon to a new government post. In a statement, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV alleged Faeldon “knows the dark secrets of the Duterte family that’s why even if he is grossly incompetent, he remains a sacred cow.” Although he did not provide specifics, Trillanes has already accused President Rodrigo Duterte’s son, Paolo Duterte, and his son-in-law Mans Carpio of being part of […]
MDRRMO-Daet, tatanggap ng Gawad Kalasag award; 15-day training para sa calamity preparedness sinimulan na
Daet, Camarines Norte – Sinimulan na nitong Agosto 15, 2016 ng Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) dito ang 15 araw na training para sa mga miyembro nito bilang paghahanda sa sa anumang kalamidad, partikular sa inaasahang La Niña sa mga susunod na buwan. Ito ay ginaganap sa Kalinangan Center sa Barangay Calasgasan dito sa Daet. Ayon kay MDRRMO Head Santi Mella, bahagi lamang ito ng kanilang tuloy-tuloy na pagsasanay upang matiyak na sapat ang kakayanan at kaalaman […]
Emergency Telecommunication Forum isinasagawa sa Tagaytay
Pinaghahandaan ngayon ng pamahalaan ang posibleng maging problema sa kawalan ng anumang uri ng komunikasyon sakaling tumama ang isang malaking kalamidad sa bansa. Tinipon ng Office of the Civil Defense ang mga ahensiya ng pamahalaan at pribadong sektor na may mga communication facilities na maaaring gamitin sa panahon ng emergency. (Tagaytay, Cavite) (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Nelson Lubao)





