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Senator Pia Cayetano has asked the Department of Education to justify allocating 80 hours per semester on disaster readiness and risk reduction education, reports Rappler. 'Yes, we live in one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world, but... I have my doubts that we would have to spend 80 hours on disaster risk'...

In the negotiation towards the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the successor of 10-year-old Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), disaster-prone Philippines helped provide a richer discussion...

The new post-2015 framework on disaster risk reduction must address the limitations of the HFA while comprehensively responding to this ‘new normal’ of both large scale and smaller, everyday disasters, argues Alison Kent in an opinion piece on Rappler...

'Disasters affect every member of a community in different ways, but women bear the brunt of these effects,' reads an opinion piece by Isabelle Lacson on Rappler. 'Surviving disasters are a feat in itself. To be a woman, a survivor and cope with your vulnerability is another story'...

Nine years on, Saint Bernard still grapples with the challenges associated with rebuilding, reports Rappler. Although in 2006, like most other municipalities, it had no organized disaster risk reduction and management office, but two years after the tragedy, Saint Bernard was awarded a recognition of the best DRRM efforts in the country...

Cell sites of some telecommunication companies in Metro Manila are now hosting rain gauges to improve the weather forecasting and disaster prevention program of the government by helping it evaluate a weather system affecting an area, reports Rappler…

Talking about the elderly and people with disability (PWDs), Senator Loren Legarda said that 'Their disability does not mean inability – they can and should be active partners in making communities safer and more resilient,' reports Rappler...

ASEAN countries integrate economic policies but not policies that affected society, such as how to stop global warming or protect the environment, advocates say, reports Pia Ranada for Rappler. One recommendation suggests member countries work together to develop a regional framework and plan for climate change adaptation - including disaster risk reduction...