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Estrada measure pushes creation of disaster agency

Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said Tuesday he will introduce two key measures to boost disaster preparedness, following the approval of the...

Make DDR a priority

“We need it, like, yesterday.” The advent of killer tropical cyclones that came one after another,  “Kristine” being the latest one,  together with the many...

DDR: Urgent and imperative

"Perhaps the reason why the Philippines is a laggard in Asia is that we have too much politics and elections every three years" Once again,...

Need for DDR has become imperative

"Mister President, your hesitancy in naming a permanent member of the Cabinet—the DOH, the DA—has become a negative thing in your presidency" President Marcos Jr....

Urgent Need for a DDR

"The DDR becomes more urgent because it will focus itself on strategizing and meeting the problems of disaster-prone areas of the Philippines" The recent magnitude-7...

The urgency of DDR

"We need it like yesterday." With the start of the rainy season, the country will again go through the never-ending cycle of calamities and disasters...

DDR and COVID-19

"We cannot let a good crisis go to waste. "   However bleak the prospects are, we are all certain that this coronavirus crisis shall come to...

Speaker’s call for Senate to pass DDR bill reflects House’ universal sentiment

Speaker Lord Alan Velasco’s recent call for the Senate to pass the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) bill reflects the lower chamber’s universal sentiment...

Institutionalizing disaster preparedness

In the times we’re in, it pays to be prepared and resilient.  Disaster resilience is the ability of individuals, communities, organizations and  states to adapt...

Salceda pushes to put PAGASA under proposed DDR

Recent reports from three UN agencies revealing the Philippines’ higher risks from climate change render more crucial to survival the plan to position the...

Congress to hasten new ‘DDR’ agency bill

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DDR, infra projects set for Tacloban

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