ODETTE'S ONSLAUGHT. Members of a rescue team help a senior citizen during the evacuation in Tubay, Agusan del Norte on Thursday (Dec. 16, 2021). Thousands of residents in the Caraga Region fled their homes as Typhoon Odette made its first landfall Thursday afternoon in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte. (Photo courtesy of BFP Tubay) BUTUAN CITY - Thousands of residents from the different provinces in the Caraga region fled their homes as Typhoon Odette pummeled the area with strong winds and heavy rains on Thursday. The typhoon made its first landfall at around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte. In Butuan City, a total of 29 barangays were directly affected by flooding as intermittent rains dampen most parts of the city. Michiko De Jesus of the city's information office said 2,090 families with 7,113 individuals already evacuated from their homes as of 4 p.m. Thursday. "Evacuation and rescue operations are still ongoing as flooding continues to affe
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(Photo provided by DSWD-13 Information Office) BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Caraga (DSWD-13) has prepositioned a total of 11,272 family food packs (FFPs) in different strategic areas in the region in preparation for the possible impact of Tropical Storm Odette as of Monday afternoon. Marko Davey Reyes, DSWD-13 information officer, told the Philippine News Agency here Tuesday that the agency has enough FFPs to augment the needs of the local government units (LGUs). "The prepositioning of the FFPs is in preparation for augmentation to the LGUs. We have enough supplies in case the LGUs will need our support," Reyes said. The FFPs are prepositioned in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur with 2,500 packs; Tandag City in Surigao del Sur (1,900); Surigao City in Surigao del Norte (1,850); and in Fort Poyohon in Butuan City (5,022). The FFPs amounted to some PHP5.6 million, Reyes said. He added that the agency has also prepared non-food items such as 2,0
VAXXED. Residents avail of the free vaccines during the opening of the three-day "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" campaign in Butuan City on Monday (Nov. 29, 2021). The city government, in a statement, said a total of 10,234 residents, mostly from 13 barangays covered by mobile vaccination teams, were vaccinated on the first day. (Photo courtesy of Butuan CIO) BUTUAN CITY - A total of 10,234 residents from different barangays here were vaccinated on the first day of the Bayanihan, Bakunahan: National Vaccination Days on Monday, according to the city government. In a statement on Tuesday, the city information office (CIO) said of the total number of persons inoculated, 8,811 received their first shots of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, while 1,423 others got their second doses. "Most of the recipients of the vaccines were from 13 barangays covered by the mobile vaccination teams of the city government," the statement said. The barangays included Los Angeles, Ampa