Typhoon Ondoy Emergency, Rescue & Evacuation Hotlines

The National Capital Region has been placed under a State of Calamity today due to the widespread flooding. I'm passing on a collection of the Emergency Hotlines below, thanks to Manolo Quezon.


Emergency Hotlines:

Red Cross: 143, 527-0000. Centers for relief: Red Cross chapters in Rizal, QC, Valenzuela, Bulacan. Send full address of stranded friends/family to Sen. Dick Gordon 09178997898/0938444BOYS

National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) Emergency Numbers: 912-5668, 911-1406, 912-2665, 911-5061. Help hotlines: 734-2118, 734-2120.

Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA): 136

Philippine Coast Guard: 527-6136

Bureau of Fire Protection Region III (Central Luzon) Hotline: (045) 9634376

MERALCO hotlines: 0917-5592824, 0920-9292824

Contact NCRPO 838-3203, 838-3354 for rubber boat requests. You can also text 0917-422-6800 or 0927-675-1981 for rescue dump trucks. Appeal for those able, to lend 4×4 trucks for rescue: Pls. send truck to Greenhills Shoppng Center Unimart Grocery to await deployment, tel. 09209072902.

505 Rescue needs life-vests & rubber boats for their rescue operations. Please bring to Villamor Air Base.

Office of Senator Villar to rescue stranded people: 0917-4226800, 0917-2414864, 0927-6751981

Please go to GMA Facebook page & post addresses of people in need of immediate help.

Finder Service:
Ask your friends and relatives to turn this on using their cellphones so you can find out where they are (this only works as long as they have their cellphones with them).

• For Smart, text "wis [your name] [your mobile number]" to 386
  
• For Globe, text "find [your name] [your mobile number]" to 7000

New Holidays: September 7 and 21

There are two new holidays for the Philippines as declared by the Palace today:

- September 7 (Monday), National Day of Mourning for Iglesia ni Cristo executive leader Eraño Manalo

- September 21 (Monday), Eid Ul Fitr (last day of Ramadan)

There are also unconfirmed rumors that November 27 is also a holiday. Yey! That will make that weekend a four-day weekend.

Coolness!