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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PROPOSED ALLOCATION FOR 2019 The Cebu Provincial Development Council has approved the proposed P200-million budget of the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) for 2019 during their meeting on Friday, September 14. The amount…
The Cebu Provincial Development Council has approved the proposed P200-million budget for the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) for 2019. Mitigation and preparedness programs will get the biggest chunk of the allocation amounting…
At least 700 local emergency responders coming from different municipalities and cities Cebu attended the 4th Emergency Responders Congress held at the Central Command Headquarters in Barangay Apas, Cebu City. The congress aims to equip local…
A powerful typhoon hurtled towards Japan on Saturday, prompting local authorities to issue early evacuation orders, with western areas recently devastated by floods and landslides in the storm’s crosshairs. Typhoon Jongdari, packing winds of up to 180…
The bodies of 17 people have been recovered after a dam collapse led to flash floods in southern Laos, as two South Korean firms involved in the hydropower project said damage was reported at least 24 hours…
A SHIFT to federalism can only spell disaster for the Philippines, possibly stoking “hyperinflation” and ceding more powers than what many local government units (LGUs) are ready to handle, top economists from the University of Asia and…
Government auditors have asked the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) to properly account the disaster manuals printed last year. The printing of disaster manuals is pegged at P4.4 million. The Commission on Audit…
