LEAVING FOR SAFETY. Policemen in Ormoc City facilitate evacuation in Don Potenciano Larrazabal village on Thursday (Dec. 16, 2021). Some 82,080 residents in Eastern Visayas have heeded the call for early evacuation ahead of Typhoon Odette's landfall. (Photo courtesy of Ormoc Police Mobile Force Company) TACLOBAN CITY - At least 82,080 residents in Eastern Visayas as of Thursday morning have heeded the call for early evacuation ahead of Typhoon Odette's landfall, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported. The PNP said these residents belonging to 22,110 families are now taking shelter in 274 evacuation centers in the provinces of Southern Leyte, Leyte, Samar, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, and Biliran. Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chair Lord Byron Torrecarion has lauded the proactive measures of local government units in moving residents away from the shoreline, low-lying communities, and landslide-prone areas. "Pre-emptive evacuation
STRANDED. Traffic jam leading to Matnog port in Sorsogon of trucks bound for Samar in this Dec. 13, 2021 photo. The Eastern Visayas Regional Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) has canceled on Tuesday (Dec. 14) land travel of all vehicles bound for Luzon and Mindanao ahead of the storm's entry in the country to avoid stranding in ports.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Ports Authority) TACLOBAN CITY - The Eastern Visayas Regional Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) has canceled land travel of all vehicles bound for Luzon and Mindanao ahead of the storm's entry in the country to avoid stranding in ports. RDRRMC chairperson Lord Byron Torrecarion said the body issued the memorandum that took effect 8 a.m. on Tuesday, following the post-disaster risk assessment core group meeting night of Dec. 13. "This covers buses, trucks, and private cars unless they are already in transit during the effectivity of cancellation. On top of the incoming ty
TACLOBAN CITY - The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council 8 will implement cancellation of land travel effective December 14, 8:00 a.m.., except those already in transit during the said period. Office of the Civil Defense 8 Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion, said the action
Published May 11, 2021, 3:38 PM
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 2,000 medical frontliners in Eastern Visayas will get three hot meals daily for two months as part of the government’s support for those battling the pandemic, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported on Tuesday.
HOT MEALS. Some packs of hot meals for medical front-liners in Eastern Visayas in this May 1, 2021 photo. Hot meals will be given to at least 2,000 medical front-liners in Eastern Visayas daily from May 1 to June 20, 2021 as part of the government’s support for those battling the pandemic, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported on Tuesday (May 11, 2021). (Photo courtesy of OCD / via PNA)
The casualty was identified as
Alberto Wales, 79, from Brgy. San Isidro, St. Bernard, Southern Leyte.
Office of the Civil Defense Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion, said the victim died dur to severe head injury caused by a felled coconut tree.
He was declared dead at Anahawan District Hospital.
A fisherman identified as Louie Din, 40, from Brgy. Dao, San Jose, Northern Samar is still missing after he sailed to get supplies on the nearby island on April 16 with three other companions.
Two persons from Baybay City were also rescued from drowning Sunday afternoon.
Work and classes have been suspended by some local government units due to the prevailing effects of the typhoon.