Tag: storms

PASS DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE BILL – VELASCO

Post author By Mario Sineneng
Post date October 22, 2019
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Following a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that rocked Mindanao recently, several House members are urging the swift passage of a bill creating a government agency that will specifically deal with disasters and other calamities in the country. Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco said there is now an immediate need for the passage of the administration’s version […]

Tags Calamities, DDR, disaster, disaster management, disaster resilience bill, dream, earthquakes, government agency, Rep. Velasco, storms

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GREENBELTS TO LESSEN IMPACT OF STORMS ON COASTAL AREAS – BINAY

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date October 15, 2019
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With the protection of coastal communities in mind, Senator Nancy Binay is pushing for the creation of buffer zones along vulnerable shorelines. Binay has filed Senate Bill No. 1082 or an “Act Establishing the National Coastal Greenbelt Action Plan” to reduce the impacts of cyclones in the coastal communities of the country with an environmentally-friendly […]

Tags Act Establishing the National Coastal Greenbelt Action Plan, coastal areas, coastal greenbelts, mangroves, Senate Bill 1082, Senator Binay, storms