(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte urged Congress to pass a law that will create a new department that will handle disaster risk reduction, the Department of Disaster Management. The President said his cabinet has “approved for immediate endorsement to Congress the passage of the law creating the Department of Disaster Management.” “We need a truly empowered department characterized by a unity of command, science-based approach, and full time focus on natural hazards and disasters, […]