The local government units of Malabon City and Quezon City were recognized by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) for their disaster risk reduction and management programs. The two cities received the "Beyond Compliant" award...
More than 700 residents from Mandaue City were evacuated due to flooding caused by heavy rains that lashed Cebu province on Saturday afternoon, August 13. Some 152 individuals evacuate to Umapad Elementary School in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City, Cebu due to flooding on August 13, 2022. (Photo by...
The disaster chief of Nepal visited the country on Friday, July 25, to trade ideas and best practices in effective disaster response management. (Photo courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) Mr. Anil Pokhrel, Chief Executive of Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), on Thursday, April 21, said that it recently established its first seismic station in the province of Iloilo. (Phivolcs / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The said station, which is also the 115th seismic station in the country, is...
The Department of Education (DepED) on Tuesday, April 19, said that it needs an estimated amount of P308.50 million to reconstruct and repair infrastructure damaged by “Agaton” (international name: Megi), the first tropical cyclone to enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) in 2022....
As the country’s power facilities are highly vulnerable when natural calamities strike, system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has also been working double time to reinforce the disaster-preparedness of partner-communities so they can be prepared when they are pounded...
About a hundred families affected by the onslaught of typhoon Odette have received go bags from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP). A go bag is a survival kit packed with supplies such as, but not limited to, ready-to-eat food, medicine, first aid kit, and important documents. It...
Ahead of the scheduled school year 2021-'22 opening date on Sept. 13, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) conducted a webinar on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) to strengthen the education sector's preparedness and resilience in times of emergency situations. Photo taken at Palma Gil...
Experts urged authorities to deal with Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) at the local level to help ensure that the strategies in place would be implemented more effectively. Dr. Nimfa L. Bracamonte, project leader of the study on Disaster Management Towards Climate Change Adaptation in...
Thousands of farmers and fishermen in Quezon province and Bicol region are reeling from further losses after another typhoon, Ulysses, hit the country. This, while the combined damage of Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Rolly to the farm sector already rose to nearly P9 billion. Based on the latest...
The combined damage of Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Rolly to the agriculture sector rose to nearly P8 billion, affecting 89,259 farmers and fisherfolk and 162,693 hectares of agricultural areas. The latest data from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
