The Fury of Typhoon Pedring Videos

The latest videos during the Typhoon Pedring that struck the Philippines, September 27, 2011


Showing the impregnable wall typhoon Pedring has made on Roxas blvd


Large flood water running through the Manggahan floodway during Typhoon Pedring.

Emergency Hotline Numbers

Below are the list of telephone numbers and website links that are useful during emergency situations like typhoon and earthquake.

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National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)
0917-7334256
912-5296
912-5668

Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
(PAG-ASA)
433-8526

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
304-3713

Department Of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
925-0343

Bureau of Fire Protection, National Capital Region
729-5166
410-6254
431-8859
407-1230

Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
136
896-6000

Red Cross
143
911-1876

MERALCO
16220
0917-5592824

MWSS
888-8244

Department Of Education (DEPED)
638-4108

DSWD
852-8081
951-7119

Department Of Trade and Industry (DTI) Price Monitoring
751-3330

Philippine National Police (PNP)
117

Armed Forces of the Philippines
911-6001

Department Of Health (DOH)
743-8301

Philippine Coast Guard
527-3877

North Luzon Expressway (NLEX)
580-8911

South Luzon Expressway (SLEX)
824-1924

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DOLE to activate emergency employment program for Ondoy victims

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will set in place efforts to provide emergency wage employment to marginalized workers in areas hardest hit by Typhoon "Ondoy."

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque ordered the immediate activation of the DOLE's emergency employment assistance program geared at providing short-term and emergency wage employment to severely affected workers, particularly those who lost their income and livelihood due to "Ondoy."

Roque said the emergency employment program intends to initially assist at least 1,450 workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), and Regions 3 (Central Luzon) and 4-A (Calabarzon). He said DOLE personnel in the three regions have been mobilized to identify target beneficiaries in the typhoon-damaged areas in the three regions in coordination with concerned local government units (LGUs).

The program which is usually being activated during trying times, targets to benefit 100 workers each in Marikina, Quezon City, Pasig, Pateros, and Taguig; 50 each in Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela in Camanava; and 50 each in Muntinlupa, San Juan, and Mandaluyong all in the NCR.

In Central Luzon, the program aims to assist 200 affected workers in Bulacan and another 100 in Pampanga. In Calabarzon, it seeks to help 150 affected workers in Cavite and another 100 affected workers in Rizal.

Roque said subsistence workers who lost their income and livelihood sources due to the calamity will be prioritized especially those whose properties were totally damaged and those formerly engaged in a particular craft or skill.

He said the program will provide the beneficiaries, through the LGUs, with emergency employment particularly in clearing and de-clogging operations and reconstruction efforts like the repairs of damaged infrastructure such as school buildings, daycare center, drainage, irrigation system, etc.

He added that the LGUs will identify the reconstruction projects where the target beneficiaries will be engaged into, adding they will be paid the minimum daily wage during the program's duration covering at least 15 days.

"It will serve as a bridging mechanism aimed at helping the beneficiaries cope while seeking to recover and regain their livelihood and income sources from the destruction brought about by "Ondoy." Roque said.

source: Information and Publication Service

Over 33,000 people evacuated due to 'Pepeng (PARMA)'

Some 33,230 persons residing in the areas located in the path of Typhoon Pepeng have already been evacuated by the government as of 6 p.m. Friday, National Disaster Coordinating Council spokesman Lt. Col Ernesto Torres said.

Torres said the affected residents, who are from the "risk areas," have been moved to higher grounds to prevent any casualty.

Of the 33,220 persons, more than half or 19,587 are from Region 5 (Bicol region), which has started to experience rains and flooding in some places.

At least 2,497 are from Region 2 (Cagayan Valley); 6,485 are from Region 3 (Central Luzon); and 4,661 are from Region 4a (Calabarzon Region).

Torres said they expect the figure to increase as the pre-emptive evacuations continue.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo earlier ordered a preemptive and forced evacuation in anticipation of the onslaught of Typhoon Pepeng.



Source: PNA