The Pasig City Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) assured citizens that they are maximizing efforts to prepare for the inevitable "Big One," as the city participated in the Second Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on Thursday morning, June 9. Students of...
LRT-1 private operator Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) teamed up with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for disaster preparedness via resources, expertise and facilities sharing. As part of the initiative, LRT-1 employees and partners are undergoing Rapid Earthquake Damage...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is confident that the incoming Marcos administration will finally produce a disaster response-focused agency, or at the very least a close approximation of it. (Reza Shayestehpour/ Unsplash) “President BBM (Bongbong Marcos) said it was his priority in a...
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...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday renewed his call for Congress to prioritize the passage of the bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience after tropical storm ‘Agaton’ brought about massive flooding and landslides and left hundreds of thousands in Visayas and Mindanao...
Two more persons were killed in Davao de Oro as Tropical Storm “Agaton” left a trail of destruction in Mindanao and continued its onslaught in Visayas, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) confirmed Monday, April 11. (PAGASA) The NDRRMC public information office...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Monday, April 11, that it was monitoring a passenger roll on-roll off (ro-ro) vessel that sank due to typhoon “Agaton” off Camotes Island in Cebu as fears of a possible oil spill were raised. Commodore Armand Balilo, PCG spokesperson, said that strong wind...
To prepare communities for calamities, pro-environmental and advocacy group Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST) urged the next leaders to strengthen existing resilience and sustainability-related policies, which it said, may help the country face natural and man-made...
Close to 8,000 local chief executives (LCE) and local disaster managers will undergo the ‘latest hazard information systems and corresponding warning messages’ training to ensure the preparedness of the local government units (LGUs) during natural or man-made emergency cases, the Department of...
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...
Just when the country appears headed toward a return to pre-pandemic levels of business activity, another serious natural disaster disrupted an otherwise serene weekend. Taal Volcano erupted last Saturday and Sunday, prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology (Phivolcs) to raise anew Alert...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (seated left) and Butuan City Mayor Ronnie Vicente Lagnada sign the Memorandum of Agreement for the establishment of the Mindanao Disaster Resource Center. Also in the photo to witness the MOA signing are...
