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When floods occur, people often point to flood control mechanisms as the culprit. Sadly, the annual flood has many causes. Although faulty or poorly designed flood control may at times be one of the ...
VICE President Sara Duterte on Tuesday called on Filipinos to oppose the plan of the United States to build an ammunition factory in the Philippines, stressing that the country should act on its own ...
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Saving lives through civil defense

For my column today, I’ve decided to recognize the valiant contribution of the personnel of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). This is the least I could do to honor my colleagues who worked with me ...
Brawner Jr. PA, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines As the rainy season once again casts its shadow across the ...
SENATE leaders on Tuesday moved to push timely aid for victims of recent disasters that hit the country. After steering the enactment of the “Ligtas Pinoy Centers Act,” Senate President Pro Tempore ...
Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday welcomed President Marcos’ directive to establish more disaster response ...
Inquirer Opinion on MSN1d

A typhoon named Zigzag

When you ask Filipinos what typhoons they remember, the most devastating and recent ones come to mind like “Yolanda” (2013) ...
Mother Nature has a lot of potential catastrophes up her sleeve, including some you've never heard of. We have the details ...
IN CELEBRATION of National Disaster Resilience Month, SM Cares once again brought together communities, local government units, experts and volunteers for the E ...
Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno as Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is indeed a welcome development at this time ...
Procurement and supply chain leaders must address climate risks in their supply chains, so they can build both commercial and ...
F rom earthquakes to volcanic eruptions, floods to droughts, each year natural disasters affect millions of people around the ...