MANILA, Dec 5 — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday presided over a National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) meeting in Camp Aquinaldo to coordinate government efforts to mitigate the impact of Typhoon ‘Ruby’, which is expected to hit Eastern Visayas on Saturday afternoon. President Aquino said he wanted concerned government agencies to complete such preparations as evacuating people, putting up emergency facilities as well as prepositioning food and non-food items, before […]
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DSWD earmarks P270 million in standby funds for Typhoon ‘Ruby’
MANILA, Dec 5 — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has allocated P270 million in standby funds in aid of areas that will be affected by Typhoon ‘Ruby’ (international name ‘Hagupit’), Malacañang said on Thursday. Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said that some 270,000 family food packs worth P18 million have also been prepositioned in all DSWD regional offices, as part of government efforts to prepare for the storm. The […]
Palace urges citizens to cooperate with government agencies as Typhoon ‘Ruby’ makes its landfall
MANILA, Dec. 5 — Malacañang on Thursday urged the public to cooperate with all government agencies involved in disaster management and relief operations, as Typhoon ‘Ruby’ inched closer to the Visayas region to make its landfall in the country. Typhoon ‘Ruby,’ known internationally as ‘Hagupit,’ is expected to land over the Samar area before noon on Saturday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (PAGASA) weather bulletin. During the daily press briefing […]
Classes suspended in Cebu province
Cebu Governor Hilario P. Davide declared on Thursday the suspension of classes in all levels in public and private schools in the province on December 5 and 6, Friday and Saturday. Davide made the declaration as typhoon Ruby (with international name Hagupit) entered the Philippine area of responsibility early Thursday. The US Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center has categorized typhoon Ruby as a super storm. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said […]
