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Makati has received praise from the city of Yokohama for its founding of a DRRM academy at its local university.
Following President Duterte's 2017 State of the Nation Address, the Filipino parliament has filed various bills that address his calls for increased disaster resiliency and quick disaster response. The new legislation is supposed to create a strong and self-governing Department of Disaster Resilience, replacing the existing DRRM.
A multisectoral forum of scientists, academics, government and civil-society experts are pushing for a new law in the Philippines that provides open access to data that are crucial in responding to disasters.
The Manila City government is tapping its 7,000 disaster managers to help train people on disaster preparedness following a killer quake that hit Taiwan, reports the Business Mirror. In an interview with reporters, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada said he called for a heightened city-wide disaster readiness, as he joined the international community in grieving over the casualties of the magnitude-6.4 quake that hit Taiwan...
'This project (in the Camiguin river basin), together with nonstructural disaster prevention assistance Japan implemented earlier...will strengthen the ability of Camiguin Island against future risks of mud slides and other negative impact'...
Kan Trakulhoon said that governments in Southeast Asia need to invest more in disaster risk reduction to promote investor’s confidence. His company presented at the BOI Fair 2011 a modular home system designed to withstand earthquakes...
'The Philippines is one of the world’s most natural hazard-prone countries,' said the director of the ADB’s Poverty Reduction, Gender and Social Development Division, in a call to implement disaster risk reduction. 'Agriculture, health, water resources and infrastructure are likely to be severely impacted by climate change, and displacement of populations is expected.'...
The Philippines must make adaptation to climate change the national imperative. It must ensure that domestic policy measures are consistent with such a position, according to a new publication released by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities...
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