Police officers and government rescuers assist villagers in Cagayan de Oro City as they find safer grounds as severe tropical storm Vinta (Tembin) arrives here on Friday, December 22, 2017
The local government declared the city “code red” on Thursday, December 21, prompting residents to leave their homes and seek evacuation shelters in their respective villages
Government bodies in Northern Mindanao said preparations are now being done to mitigate possible damages brought by tropical storm Vinta
Local health authorities in Northern Mindanao ??were grateful the region was excluded in the anti-dengue vaccination program of the government following the warning from its manufacturer that it can have potential effects to those who were inoculated.
Opposition to the proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao continues to persist as both houses of Congress voted in favor of stretching it for another year