Over the next four days, President Marcos is set to lead discussions that will center on concrete actions that reduce disaster risks and losses in lives, livelihood, and health. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (File Photo/Manila Bulletin/Noel Pabalate) Acting Communications Secretary...
Malacañang has suspended work in government offices and classes in all levels in the cities of Manila and Pasay on Oct. 14 to 15 due to the expected volume of participants traveling within the cities for the 10th session of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) to utilize fully their Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (DRRMF) to fulfill the purpose for which the fund was created. The reminder was issued by the COA in its 2023 annual audit report on the municipalty of Leon in...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Two ranking members of the House of Representatives has slammed Vice President Sara Duterte’s “apparent incompetence” in utilizing the Department of Education’s (DepEd) 2023 Disaster Risk...
Being the lead agency overseeing regional power utilities, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) urged the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) to procure insurance cover for their critical assets – especially the facilities that are vulnerable to damage or technical glitches when...
President Marcos has raised the importance of updating the country's flood hazard maps and seeking new strategies to address flooding, noting that the course of floodwaters has changed over time. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this following the onslaught...
The Philippines is expected to have an opportunity to strengthen its bilateral cooperation with other Asia Pacific countries in terms of disaster risk reductions. Typhoon Carina aftermath (MB File Photo/Noel B. Pabalate) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Assistant Secretary...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said local government units (LGUs) in the Visayas play a crucial role in disaster mitigation. THE recent Visayas leg of Handa Pilipinas: Innovation in Climate and Disaster Resilience Nationwide Exposition organized by the Department of...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) stressed disaster resilience in a recent exposition in Cebu City. “We believe that through science, technology, and innovation, resilience is possible and Filipinos can come out as disaster victors, not disaster victims,” said DOST...
As relentless rains from Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) transformed many streets into rivers on Wednesday, July 24, the need for effective disaster preparedness has never been more critical. Flood situation at Taft and UN Ave in Manila on July 24, 2024. (NOEL B. PABALATE / MANILA...
Some 1,600 families stood as beneficiaries of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), which distributed relief boxes to those affected by the massive flooding in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Office of the Vice President's relief operations in the Bangsamoro...
Families were encouraged to create emergency plans for climate-related risks and stayed informed about climate change impacts. The Climate Change Commission (CCC) made the call as it underscored the critical role of climate resilience in safeguarding the Philippines from the escalating impacts of...
