Technological innovations, partnerships boost community disaster preparedness, response in PH

PR 01/05/2019

Communication services, technological innovations and partnerships with various organizations — these factors have helped communities from all over the Philippines bolster disaster preparedness and response efforts. As the Philippines faced typhoons, volcanic eruptions and other hazards in…

Cebu City disaster response like UP’s Project NOAH eyed

12/04/2018

CEBU City plans to have a modernized disaster management program that will help local disaster teams in responding to calamities, especially fire. The plan is to incorporate advanced technology, like those used for the University of the…

Cebu City starts deployment of disaster, emergency personnel

Doris C. Bongcac 11/20/2018

The Cebu City government has started to deploy its disaster and emergency personnel in strategic locations to make sure that help will be readily available for Cebuanos who will be affected by the ill effects of Tropical…

Hurdles in building disaster- resilient homes tackled

Zena V. Magto 11/16/2018

CONSTRUCTION, finance, and disaster preparedness organizations are encouraged to work together to address the challenges of building quality, disaster-resilient homes. Jessan Catre, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter country manager of the Terwilliger Center for Innovation in…

Yolanda: Post-disaster management innovations

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/06/2018

Five years after Uncoordinated response, a lack of equipment, and a lack of able personnel. These were among the challenges faced by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) during its response to the havoc…

‘Total disaster’ as Italy storms kill at least 30

AFP 11/05/2018

Casteldaccia, Italy – Floods killed 12 people on the island of Sicily, including nine members of a single family, pushing Italy’s week-long storm toll beyond 30, rescuers said Sunday. After a river burst its banks, the bodies…

Cebu City’s disaster management arm prepares for Kalag-Kalag

Gerard Vincent Francisco 10/26/2018

The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) will be conducting inspections at different cemeteries starting on Monday (October 29). Nagiel Bañacia, officer-in-charge of CCDRRMO, said that they will be focusing their security and safety…

APAD launched: Disaster risk mgmt alliance forged

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/12/2018

A TRANSNATIONAL private-public alliance for disaster risk management and response has launched its regional platform in Cebu on Friday, October 11. Representatives of civil society organizations, the business sector, academe, media and government agencies forged an alliance…

LGUs partner with private group in disaster management

Rosalie Abatayo 10/12/2018

  Representatives of civil society organizations, business sector, academe, media, and government agencies forged an alliance with the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management (APAD)-Philippines in Cebu City on Friday (October 12). Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction…

Disease fears as more bodies found in Indonesia disaster

AFP 10/06/2018

Rescuers picking through the grim aftermath of Indonesia’s quake-tsunami issued a fresh public health warning yesterday as more decaying corpses were unearthed from beneath the ruined city of Palu. Officials said yesterday the death toll had climbed…

Hundreds still missing in Indonesia disaster: Official

AFP 10/05/2018

More than a thousand people could still be missing after Indonesia’s devastating quake-tsunami, officials said Friday, drastically upping the total number of people unaccounted for a week after the disaster. Palu City on Sulawesi island has been…

More than 100 killed in Lake Victoria ferry disaster

AFP 09/21/2018

  The death toll in a ferry capsize in Lake Victoria climbed to more than 100 on Friday, as Tanzanian rescue workers pressed on with searches to find scores of more people feared drowned. The MV Nyerere…

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