Emergencies
It is advisable to register with your own Embassy when you arrive in Manila. Often they have a call out tree to provide you with information during extreme emergencies. For other emergencies there are resources to provide information within the Philippines and thanks to Arrival survival and others for the following list.
- Disaster Preparedness Information
from the Philippine Institute of Vulcanology - a useful list of emergency packs and what to do before during and after a natural disaster event.
- Typhoon2000 provides real time typhoon information for Manila - allow pop ups in your browser settings otherwise you won't get the best out of this site.
- DOST typhoon site also provides excellent real time information about typhoons. Keep check ing these sites during a typhoon to identify changes.
- For a Medical Emergency in the middle of the night or at another time when your doctor is unavailable call the National Response Service on tel 117
- Alabang Emergency Numbers
- Makati Emergency numbers
- Taguig - the Fort Bonifacio area
- Ortigas and Greenhills Emergency numbers
- General Emergency numbers
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