Tag: disaster risk reduction

Mayors Urged to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness Amid Quakes

Urgent Call for Disaster PreparednessLeague of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora...

Hazard Maps Bill Boosts Disaster Preparedness Efforts

Government Moves to Strengthen Disaster Readiness Parañaque 2nd District Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan emphasized the importance of the bill mandating...

Typhoon Paolo Causes Over P162 Million Agricultural Damage

Typhoon Paolo Inflicts Heavy Agricultural DamageThe Department of Agriculture–Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DA-DRRM) Operations Center reported that Typhoon...

Urgent Call to Pass New Building Code After Cebu Earthquake

Urgent Need for New Building Code The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck northeastern Cebu on September 30 has reignited calls...

Valencia City Launches Surprise Simultaneous Earthquake Drill

Valencia City Holds Surprise Simultaneous Earthquake DrillVALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon – In response to the recent powerful earthquake in northern...

Valencia City Declares No-Build Zone Along Panlibatuhan Creek

Valencia City Imposes No-Build Zone to Prevent Flood Tragedies Valencia City, a flood-prone area in Bukidnon province, has officially declared...

New Office of Civil Defense Chief Takes Oath

Harold Cabreros Assumes Leadership at Civil Defense Harold Cabreros officially took over as the new head of the Office of...

Mayon Volcano Mudflows Block Roads, Threaten Guinobatan Residents

Heavy Rain Triggers Mayon Volcano Mudflows in GuinobatanGUINOBATAN, Albay — Mudflows from Mayon Volcano once again swept through Barangay...

DILG Launches Infrastructure Governance Blueprints to Strengthen LGUs

DILG Introduces Infrastructure Governance Blueprints The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently unveiled the Infrastructure Governance Blueprints...

Youth Disaster Preparedness Brigade Empowers Filipino Communities

Nationwide Youth Disaster Preparedness Brigade Launched MANILA — The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has launched a nationwide youth disaster...

Kalinisan Program Drives Nationwide Clean-Up Efforts

Over 133 Million Kilograms of Garbage Collected Nationwide Since its launch in January 2024, the Kalinisan Program has successfully gathered...

More Than 200 Students Suffer Heat Exhaustion in Basilan

More Than 200 Students Suffer Heat Exhaustion in BasilanNearly 200 students fainted and lost consciousness due to extreme heat...