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MANILA, Philippines — Senator Francis Escudero on Tuesday said that the government must set aside its plan to purchase submarines and instead augment the country’s inventory of boats for disaster response and relief. Escudero made the remark…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines applauds the significant accomplishments of the Visayas Command in its various campaigns. Now the challenge is how to sustain their gains…
MANILA, Philippines — After calling on Congress to pass a law mandating the implementation of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said that military training could help bolster the country’s disaster…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) plans to focus on disaster prevention and mitigation in the barangays as part of Mayor Rama’s goal for his first 100 days. Harold…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) launched Friday (March 4) the Barangayan, Bayanihan, Bolontarismo program together with the Cebu inter-fraternity and sorority response groups at the Plaza Independencia. The…
Oriental Mindoro province and Batangas City have been placed under a state of calamity while Occidental Mindoro, Batangas, and Marinduque provinces are expected to follow suit following the onslaught of Typhoon “Quinta” (international name: Molave) on wide…
EIGHT members of the Operations Group of the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation Phil. Inc. (ERUF) recently arrived from a ten-day training in medical and rescue response in The Netherlands. This training was upon the invitation of Brandweer…
THE Asia-Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management (A-PADM) held a Visayas-wide conference that was attended by business groups, members of the academe, civil society organizations and government agencies from the different regions of the Visayas last Feb. 23…
The Commission on Audit’s (COA) disclosure that about P923 million in foreign and local cash donations given to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) have been sitting idle in banks since last year is not only an…
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