A Quezon City alderman is pushing for a measure that would require private and public school teachers in the city to undergo disaster risk reduction training and ensure the safety of students in their charge.
As we face the difficult task of recovering and rebuilding from the devastation caused by Typhoon “Pablo” in Mindanao, we ought to revisit the tragedies of the past and relearn the lessons we seem to never learn: Community awareness and action in disaster risk reduction, sound development planning and the political will to make things happen can make the difference in saving lives and building a safe and resilient community.
A Cebu town official, who is one of the United Nation’s champions on disaster risk reduction, said local officials shouldn’t wait for a calamity like the massive flooding that left half of Metro Manila underwater this week.
This city’s children may not at all be ready in case an earthquake as strong as the 7.7-magnitude quake that hit northern Luzon on July 16, 1990, strikes again, school officials said.
OVER a hundred women leaders and advocates gathered on March 8 at Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, for the Women’s Summit.
As if the country’s power woes are not enough, senators on Monday warned that the government must also start gearing for disasters, including coastal floods due to climate change and strong earthquakes, that experts say may occur any time.
Seeking to arm the city’s youth with information on disaster response, the Makati City government and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction will hold on Thursday a day-long conference tackling disaster risk reduction initiatives and programs.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—A climate field school for farmers in Dumangas in Iloilo, a child-centered disaster risk reduction program in San Francisco in Cebu, a climate change academy in Albay, a river rehabilitation project as a flood-control measure in this Pampanga capital and climate proofing of schools in Digos and Alaminos cities. These initiatives are [...]
