Category Archives: Disaster Recovery

Gov’t charges 136 rebels for Surigao mining attacks

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Around 136 communist rebels were charged with robbery in band and arson for the attack at the mining site of Platinum Group Metal Corp. (PGMC) in Claver, Surigao del Norte in October 2011. Charged before the office of Surigao City …
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PNP holds 1st mall security summit

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The Philippine National Police, in collaboration with the Mall Security Managers Association of the Philippines (MSMAP), has conducted the first ever Mall Security Summit at Camp Crame, Quezon City last Tuesday (May 8). Mall security managers, private security providers and …
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Fire kills 17 in Butuan City

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A fire hit a department store in Butuan City early Wednesday morning, killing 17 stay-in employees. According to the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), the fire gutted a three-storey building along Montilla Boulevard at around 3:45 a.m. Many of the fatalities …
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Pagasa gets new radar station in Catanduanes

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President Benigno Aquino III has inaugurated Wednesday (May 2) the newest radar station of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in Bato, Catanduanes. The new Doppler radar station in Catanduanes is expected to mitigate the impact of …
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One dead, six injured in daring robbery at Ortigas mall

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A grenade has exploded and a gunfight ensued in a daring robbery Thursday morning inside Robinsons Galleria in Ortigas, killing a bank security guard injuring six others. According to reports, robbers threw two grenades towards a Security Bank cash delivery …
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Sendong victims to have new homes by April

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Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano “Dinky” Soliman Thursday (January 12) announced intensified government efforts towards providing new homes to all the victims of Sendong by the first week of April. In a statement, Soliman said that aside from …
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PNoy creates task force to look into Mindanao flashfloods

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MANILA — The official tally of those who died from tropical storm Sendong is 1,171, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Monday (December 26) said. In its 6 a.m. update, the NDRRMC also said that 1,079 remain …
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