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'The national government must evaluate the structural soundness of various establishments in the country because natural disasters could hit the country anytime,' Sen. Loren Legarda said Friday.
'The scheme will improve response in identifying climate variability to come up with a more efficient disaster risk reduction management and...provide real time information on dam operation to the public in relation to disaster preparedness' said Environment Secretary Ramon Paje in a report by the Manila Bulletin...
'The strategy to rehabilitate the Marikina Watershed is anchored on the setting up of effective human settlement plans among communities living along the river banks' reports the Manila Bulletin further to the World Bank's recently approved $1.5-million grant for Metro Manila’s Flood Control Master Plan to strengthen the region’s resilience to natural disasters...
'Pagasa has a seven-day forecasting system that is already in place and an hourly forecast should it be needed, all those concerned have to do is go to the Pagasa website to check it', said Presidential Deputy Spokesperson Abigail Valte at a press briefing at Malacanang on Monday in anticipation of the rainy season...
Commenting 2010 figures, scientists and disaster experts blame poor construction and development practices and poverty in vulnerable buildings in crowded cities, which make earthquakes, river breaches, or tropical cyclone more deadly than they need be...
Two Philippines-based engineers believe that with the use of the non-recordable standard rain gauges, the government can localize areas where floods and landslides are most likely to occur and prepare to reduce the risk of disasters, reports the Manila Bulletin....
The Manila Bulletin reports that the Philippine’s Climate Change Commission has signed an agreement with the Land Bank of the Philippines to gain access to an international climate fund that will ensure the country’s adaptation to the effects of climate change...
A year after the devastating tropical storm, Ondoy, Secretary Herminio Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office acknowledged that many people continue to live in vulnerable areas[..]Addressing this problem should be one of the priorities'...
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