A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit the waters off the town of Gigmoto in Catanduanes province on Tuesday night, prompting state seismologists to issue a tsunami warning to the public.
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A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Masbate province on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 15, based on the earthquake information issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
It was initially measured as a 4.5-magnitude earthquake but Phivolcs later updated it to
DRUG-CLEARED. At least 13 barangays in the Bicol region are now included in the drug-cleared list of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing. The Police Regional Office in Bicol reported on Monday (Feb. 13, 2023) that a total of 2,183 barangays in the region had been declared drug-cleared. (Photo courtesy of PRO-5) LEGAZPI CITY - The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) reported on Monday that 2,183 barangays in the region have been declared as drug-cleared. Lt. Col. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson, said the latest 13 barangays to be included in the list were declared as drug-cleared last Feb. 9, in a conference conducted by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC). "From its 2,170 drug-cleared barangays, Bicol Region now has 2,183 barangays confirmed as drug-free," Calubaquib said in an interview. The 13 newly declared drug-free villages are: Calabaca, Capalonga in Camarines Norte; Baligang and Nasisi in Ligao City,
The Department of Social Welfare and Development office in Bicol. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-5) LEGAZPI CITY - Hundreds of villagers in Pasacao town, Camarines Sur province will now reap benefits from the community development projects turned over by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In an interview on Thursday, Ranelle Anne Sertan, DSWD 5 (Bicol) social marketing officer, said the PHP3.2 million facilities were formally granted by the agency to the recipient barangays on Wednesday. "These include retrofitting and refurbishing the existing multi-purpose hall to be used as an isolation facility with the provision of amenities in Barangay Macad, Pasacao, Camarines Sur worth PHP1 million, retrofitting of existing barangay health station to be used as emergency operations center worth PHP1.3 million, and concreting of barangay road worth PHP808,937," Sertan said. She said these facilities were built under the DSWD's Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan - Compreh