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By Pam CASTRO MANILA, April 12, 2024 (AFP) – With her owner holding her leash, Philippine pooch Hazel sniffs through rubble in a simulated search for survivors of a major earthquake in the capital Manila. Hazel is taking part in a programme training pet dogs and their owners in search and rescue so they can be deployed in the aftermath of a disaster. Every Sunday, around 46 mongrels and purebreds of all sizes are put […]
US Ambassador Carlson says joint exercises to ensure a “more connected, open and secure Indo-Pacific” (Eagle News) – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) are set to conduct a “joint search and rescue” exercises this week. The PCG, on Tuesday, August 30, welcomed the US Coast Guard Cutter (USGC) Midgett (WMSL-757) in the vicinity waters off Manila Bay. The maritime drills of the PCG and USCG will simulate […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has inaugurated its first-ever search and rescue base in the country. In a statement, the PCG said the base, which was opened on May 12, is located in Siargao. It is a 600-square-meter and four-story building constructed in a 5,000-square-meter lot on Siargao Island donated by the provincial government. It is equipped with an automatic identification system (AIS) monitoring equipment, watch tower, helipad, and an elevated base defense […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Authorities in Rodriguez, Rizal are searching for two men who were swept away by raging river waters early Tuesday, July 10. Charlie Labez of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said authorities were searching for Eben Selga and Lander Ranara, both 21 years old, who were at that time crossing the river in San Jose on board a motorcycle. Their companion, Joric Velasco, managed to jump off […]
BONDO VILLAGE, BREGAGLIA, Switzerland (Reuters) — Rescue crews continued to search on Thursday (August 24) for eight people including Germans, Austrians and Swiss who have been missing for more than a day after a landslide struck a remote Swiss mountain valley near the Italian border. Authorities evacuated around 100 people from the village of Bondo and airlifted hikers from nearby huts in the eastern canton of Grisons after rocks and mud hit the area on […]
