Laoag evacuates residents in flood-prone village

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur— Residents of Sampaloc Village in Barangay 2, Laoag City, were preemptively evacuated as water levels rose amid prevailing bad weather, the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) said. The evacuation was carried out by the CDRRMO, led by Dr. Melvin D. Manuel, in coordination with the Department of Public