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 ...
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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 ...
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DDR and COVID-19
"We cannot let a good crisis go to waste. " However bleak the prospects are, we are all certain that ...
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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 ...
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Institutionalizing disaster preparedness
In the times we’re in, it pays to be prepared and resilient. Disaster resilience is the ability of individuals, communities, ...
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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 ...
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Congress to hasten new ‘DDR’ agency bill
Congress will likely prioritize and expedite the passage of the pending bill that seeks to create the proposed Department of ...
Read moreDDR, infra projects set for Tacloban
Representatives of various government offices and socio-civic organizations paid courtesy calls on Tacloban City Mayor Cristina Romualdez to discuss disaster ...
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