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(Eagle News)–Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will form a new committee in the House of Representatives that will discuss issues on disaster preparedness in the country. Arroyo made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday, July 31. This was in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Congress to create a Department of Disaster Management in his State of the Nation Address on July 23. Arroyo said those who would form the committee were the lawmakers who were […]
PASIG CITY, Aug. 25 – Secretary Ismael “Mike” D. Sueno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is enjoining local government units (LGUs) to integrate disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and other sectoral concerns in their respective local plans. In a directive, Sueno said LGUs should take into account DRRM and climate change adaptation, conflict sensitivity and the concerns of marginalized sectors such as women, persons with special needs, indigenous peoples […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — At least 67 people have been killed by lightning in India over the past two days, disaster management officials said Wednesday, as the annual monsoon rains sweep the country. Lightning strikes are relatively common in India during the June-October monsoon, which hit the southern coast earlier this month, but this week’s toll is particularly high. An overnight storm in the eastern state of Bihar killed at least 47 people and […]
Lessons Learned from Typhoon Ruby & Yolanda In the context of an integrating ASEAN Manila, Philippines – As the Philippines weathered Typhoon Ruby last December – the strongest typhoon to hit the country in 2014 and just one year after the world’s worst recorded storm Typhoon Yolanda – the country was reminded that cooperation and coordination is key in disaster relief. With ASEAN providing their technical and financial support for Typhoon Ruby, the prospects for […]
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Disaster Management Cooperation on Monday, Oct. 6, underscoring the importance of disaster management in light of recent calamities and natural disasters. ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh hailed the signing of the MOU as a “milestone in the developing partnership with China in the area of disaster management.” The signing ceremony took place at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. “The […]
