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'Aside from mitigating the hazards pertaining to weather, the ultimate goal is to have six-hour lead time warning, especially to communities affected by the major river systems,' said Nancy Bantog, DOST-Cordillera assistant regional director for Field Operations Services...
While Senator Legarda praised the existing Geo-Hazard Mapping Project and other disaster risk reduction related government developments, she called for 'pursuing a comprehensive program that will address the ill effects of disasters and climate change on health, hunger and malnutrition, agriculture and fisheries, jobs and livelihoods'...
League of Cities of the Philippines president Mayor Oscar Rodriguez, in an exclusive interview, said disaster preparedness entails taking into consideration the effects of climate change in current weather conditions and current disaster plans of local government units...
'As a nation that understands the heartbreak and havoc of catastrophic natural disasters whether it be cyclones, floods, or fires, Australia is committed to continue its work with our Philippine partners to prepare and build community resilience for disasters which strike against across the archipelago'...
'The costs are too high for us not to use what we have learned from past experiences in better preparing ourselves for future typhoons,' said Senator Edgardo Angara. 'Clearly, we still need to improve our disaster management and risk reduction systems'...
'It is important that government agencies and our partners in the private sector work together in formulating, planning and implementing disaster risk reduction policies, plans and projects'...
The Office of Civil Defense conferred citations to the 2011 Gawad Kalasag winners in Central Luzon region. National winners are set to be announced in October in time for the observance of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Day for Disaster Management and the International Day for Disaster Reduction...
'This document fortifies the commitment of a growing number of policymakers in the country to decisively confront the issues of worsening disasters and climate change impacts,' said Senator Legarda further to the adoption of the 'Incheon Resolution of Philippine Parliamentarians on Effective Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the Philippines'...
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