THE CAMOTES ISLAND IN CEBU, A TROPICAL PARADISE BLESSED WITH SUGARY WHITE SAND AND PRISTINE, CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS, HAS BECOME A MODEL FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT, WITH ONE OF ITS MUNICIPALITIES, THE TOWN OF SAN FRANCISCO, WINNING THE 2011 UNITED NATIONS SASAKAWA AWARD FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION.
Read More“Beyond our shores, more and more countries are also suffering from disasters of unprecedented magnitude—last year Cambodia, Thailand, and Bangladesh went through devastating floods, which are among the worst in their history,”
Read More“Natutuwa ako para sa ating mga kasambahay dahil ang pag-apruba ng ILO Convention 189 ay magbibigay daan sa tamang pagkilala sa kanilang mahalagang papel sa mga kabahayan kung saan sila nagtatrabaho at sa kanilang kontribusyon sa ekonomiya,”
Read MoreSENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID THAT THE COUNTRY URGENTLY NEEDS AN EFFECTIVE AND ENDURING SOLUTION TO ITS FLOOD PROBLEM, STRESSING THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST IMMEDIATELY CREATE A PLAN OF ACTION FOR FLOOD PREVENTION AND MITIGATION AND IMPLEMENT IT RIGHT AWAY.
Read More“SOON THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CEASE AND THE FLOODS WILL SUBSIDE. THE VICTIMS WILL HAVE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES FROM THE TRAGEDY AND DEVASTATION. THIS FLOOD IS WORSE THAN ONDOY. I HOPE SERIOUS GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR EFFORTS TO BUILD BACK BETTER THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES WOULD START IMMEDIATELY. WE MUST LEARN THE LESSONS OF ONDOY WHICH THIS RECENT WIDESPREAD FLOODING BRINGS TO FORE ONCE AGAIN.
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