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'Investing in disaster risk mitigation not only saves lives, it also safeguards our social and economic infrastructure, and helps ensure that livelihoods and businesses in our city are able to progress with less interruption,' said Mayor Herbert Bautista, in a report by Chito Chavez for the Manila Bulletin...
The Department of Interior and Local Government is calling on all local government units to access information from such government agencies like the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology to enable them to conduct disaster risk assessment and risk reduction, reports the Manila Bulletin...
'We cannot achieve development sustainability without seriously investing, both financially and politically, in disaster risk reduction. It should be at the core of socio-economic development on different levels' said Western Samar Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento, urging for comprehensive global policies and programs to reduce inevitable risks during disasters...
The Manila Bulletin reports on the Philippine's participation in the third session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva last week, taking part in the discussions on latest developments together with knowledge and partnership building across sectors...
'With the completion of our geohazard mapping project on landslide and flood-prone areas, the MGB is set for coastal geohazard mapping, with particular attention on the effects of the rising sea level due to climate change,' said DENR Secretary Ramon Paje. More on the geo-hazard mapping at the Global Platform...
'Now more than ever, it is of utmost importance that we put more effort into the prevention and control of climate-related diseases, and enhance the Department of Health's capacity for early warning for any outbreak,' said Senator Loren Legarda chair of the Senate committee on climate change that met yesterday...
The advocacy and capacity-building DRR training programme 'Batang Handarun' by World Vision, is being conducted for children and their families nationwide, particularly in the most vulnerable and disaster prone areas in Mindanao reports The Manila Bulletin...
Drawing on the lessons learned from typhoon Ondoy, public works officials have updated the master plan for flood management in Manila according to The Manila Bulletin...
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