By Sally Atento-Altea Published on December 5, 2020 LEGAZPI CITY, Dec 3 (PIA) – As part of the 14th year commemoration of the victims of super typhoon Reming in Albay, some 570 families of Brgy...
INTRODUCTION This publication is an initiative of the Regional Consultative Group (RCG) on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination for Asia and the Pacific. The RCG seeks to not only link the region...
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration 3 Nock-Ten (Nina) (PAGASA), the Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones due to its geographical...
Despite impressive progress to address poverty and food insecurity, climate-related hazards could threaten these hard-won development gains. Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the central part of the country...
1. SYNOPSIS As is now the established format the Annual Flood Report is made up of three major sections: The annual theme, which for 2103 is the regional incidence of typhoons and tropical storms and...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the 10th replenishment of the Asian Development Fund (ADF XI), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ADF donors agreed to pilot the Disaster Response Facility (DRF) in the ADF...
by Ed de Leon LEGAZPI CITY, Mar 2 (PIA) - The Regional Development Council (RDC) has endorsed last week the budget proposed for funding next year by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)...
Like the brilliant rays of the sun, Bicolanos devastated by the series of destructive typhoons which hit the Bicol Region since 2006 are starting to recover from their ordeal, with a lot of help from...
IOM yesterday handed over a Humanitarian Response Monitoring System (HRMS) to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The HRMS, funded by the European Community Humanitarian Aid...
By Erik Olsson in Camarines Sur province, Philippines "First there was heavy rain, then came the wind. Our makeshift shelter was shaking. All of the children were screaming and crying and we began to...