IKOT.PH
Senator Dick Gordon has expressed serious concern over the recent cyber-attacks against Philippine news websites news.abs-cbn.com and Rappler.com, two news media organizations critical of the Duterte administration. Gordon, who chairs the Senate Justice and Human Rights, said the cyberattacks against these two news media organizations seem to be a deliberate act to deny access to their respective two […]
As damage to property and number of casualties continued to climb days after Typhoon Odette struck Visayas and Mindanao, Senator Win Gatchalian flew to the calamity-stricken areas to extend assistance and to personally assess the situation in the devastated areas. “Sa tindi at lawak ng pinsalang iniwan ng bagyong Odette, kailangang pagtulungan natin ang pagbibigay […]
As a clearer but grimmer picture emerges on the extent of the damage wrought by Typhoon Odette, Senator and presidential aspirant Panfilo Lacson directed various teams from his Partido Reporma, campaign volunteers, and even his own Senate staff to focus on helping the victims of the storm, his spokesman said. Since December 18, simultaneous relief […]
The provincial government of Bohol and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recently delivered tons of food, water, and clothes to the island villages cut off from the mainland due to Typhoon Odette. Governor Arthur Yap, in a presser before boarding the Philippine Coast Guard vessel “Tubattaha”, said they targeted to deliver the relief assistance to […]
A party-list lawmaker said updating the National Building Code deserves urgent legislative action to ensure that structures across the country are disaster-resilient. Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Representative Bernadette Herrera said disaster adaptation and mitigation are the only viable solutions to the country’s predicament as being disaster-prone. Herrera said homes and communities designed to withstand typhoons, floods, […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has underscored the urgency of building permanent evacuation centers, with priority given to calamity-prone areas, in light of the recent onslaught in the southern and central Philippines  of this year’s strongest typhoon so far to hit the country that has displaced some 400,000 families. Villafuerte expressed the hope that part of […]
House Committee on Disaster Resilience chairperson, Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez of Leyte, said a centralized government agency is necessary to make disaster preparedness more comprehensive, responsive, and customized based on technical and scientific analysis. Torres-Gomez said the disparity in disaster preparation and response from one local government unit (LGU) to another has been made apparent in […]
Tourists have to present a negative test result for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and a vaccination card before they can enter the town of Sagada in Mountain Province. The protocol is included in Advisory No. 63 posted on the town’s official Facebook account recently, which updated entry protocols in compliance with Sangguniang Bayan Resolutions 210-2021 […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan lauded the swift post-Odette actions of volunteers and government workers as he seeks the immediate restoration of electricity in affected areas to ensure that the vaccines there remain in pristine condition for usage. “Nagpapasalamat tayo sa mabilis na pag-responde ng ating mga volunteers at kawani ng gobyerno upang dalhin ang tulong mula […]
Senator Dick Gordon welcomed the Commission on Human Rights (CHR)’s support to a measure mandating accurate reporting of deaths and illnesses of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and detained children in conflict with the law (CICL). Gordon, who chairs the Senate justice and human rights committee, said CHR’s support to Senate Bill (SB) 1771, also […]