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CARAGA RDRRMC DISCUSSES RESPONSIBILITIES OF PLANNING SECTION CHIEF, UNIT LEADERS IN ICS
Wednesday 15th of May 2013
BUTUAN CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Caraga upgraded its training in Incident Command System (ICS) through participating in a five-day Integrated Planning Course held at Pietros Square.
The course contains the duties and responsibilities of the planning section chief (PSC), one of the general staff under the incident commander (IC).
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga led the activity through Regional Director Liza Mazo, chairperson of the region’s RDRRMC. The participants have already attended the basic/intermediate course in ICS last May 2012.
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17Feb2012CEBU CITY February 17(PIA) --- Ang Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC-7) ug uban pa nga mga hingtungdan ahensya sa gobyerno nakamugna og ilang kaugalingong mga pamaagi ug pre-emptive actions taliwala sa hulga sa Low Pressure Area nga posibleng mosulod sa nasud sa Pilipinas. Basi sa ulahing taho sa PAGASA aduna’y nasigpatan nga Low Pressure Area ug kini gibana bana nga kini nahimutang mga 1, 200 kms east of southeast of Southern Mindanao ug kini gipaabot nga mo...
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16Feb2012CEBU CITY February 16 (PIA) -- As PAGASA continues to monitor the latest Low Pressure Area (LPA) spotted in Mindanao that might intensify into a typhoon, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) 7 has alerted all local disaster teams in the region to remain vigilant and prepare pre-emptive measures to mitigate the impact of any calamity. According to the latest PAGASA advisory, the LPA is estimated at 100 kms east of Southern Mindanao as of 2:00 a.m. t...
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15Feb2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 15 (PIA) -- The Eastern Visayas Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and Southern Leyte Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council are set to conduct a joint meeting in order to discuss the disaster issues and concerns besetting the areas. Office of Civil Defense Director Rey Gozon who is the chairman of the RDRRMC, disclosed that the joint meeting which is scheduled to be held on February 16, 2012 at Kuting Reef, Macrohon, Southern L...
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15Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 15 (PIA) --- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)-7 reiterated its findings that portions of Barangays Busay, Binaliw, and Pulangbato in Cebu City are highly susceptible to landslides following the downpour of intense rains in Cebu. In an official report from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), the three mentioned barangays experienced minor landslides yesterday after the heavy downpour of rains. The barangays ar...
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15Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Coundil (RDRRMC) chaired by the Office of Civil Defense acting regional director Rey M. Gozon will hold a joint meeting with the Southern Leyte DRRMC at the Kuting Reef, Macrohon, this province, February 16, 2012. Gozon said that the joint meeting will tackle issues, particularly on the presentation of work plans of the four committees such as prevention and mitigation, preparedness, respon...
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14Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- A flood advisory has been issued anew today by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) following the continuous downpour that is being experienced by majority of areas in Caraga Region. The advisory was issued at 9:00 a.m. today where accordingly, for the past 24 hours of monitoring, it has been observed that the rainfall ending at 8:00 a.m. are as follows: Surigao = Trace; Butuan = 5.0 mm; and Hinatuan = 6.0 mm. The ...
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14Feb2012CEBU CITY February 14 (PIA) -- Search, relief and retrieval operations continue in earthquake stricken areas in Negros Oriental. Presently, various government agencies and non-government organization and 11 to 18-member search and rescue teams from several mining and quarry corporation from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao continue the retrieval operations in landslide affected municipalities of Guihulngan, La Libertad and Tayasan Recent report from the Regional Disa...
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13Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA6) -- Strengthening the capacities of national and local government units (LGUs) together with the partner stakeholders in building disaster resilient communities is the foremost advocacy of the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 otherwise known as R.A. 10121., according to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) here. The OCD which also chairs the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) said its objective encomp...
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12Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) has intensified preparations for the effects of Low Pressure Area (LPA) for which the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported that as of 2:00 a.m. today, LPA was estimated based on radar, satellite and surface data in the vicinity of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. As per report submitted to National DRRMC, the region’s disast...
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09Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chairman and concurrent Regional Director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Dr. Blanche Gobenciong recently warned public to be alert in times of disasters, especially during earthquake. This developed after the 6.9-magnitue quake jolted Negros Oriental and some areas of the Visayas region Monday noon where according to reports from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Man...
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29Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 29 (PIA) -- Around P37.84 million worth of assistance was extended to the victims of Typhoon Sendong in Northern Mindanao, as of Dec. 28. Of this amount, P32.24 million came from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), P1.94 million from the local government units (LGU) and P3.66 million from other government offices and non-government organizations. Data at the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), regio...
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18Aug2011CEBU, Aug. 18 (PIA) -- The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) claimed that the government is ready to respond to the changing weather patterns and the expected 14-16 weather disturbances for second half of this year, In the June 29 Communication and News Exchange (CNEX) forum of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Quezon City, NDRRMC executive officer Ronald Flores said the national and local government agencies has allocated P15 billion to be used for ri...
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17Aug2011KAPATAGAN, Lanao del Norte, Aug. 17 (PIA) -- Continuous heavy rains yesterday, Aug. 16, resulted to a landslide in Purok 6, Sitio Bayabas, Barangay Margos, here, at about 6:00 p.m., last night and stranded passengers passing said area. Initial reports reaching the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) said an estimated seven to eight truck loads of landslide debris with huge rocks and fallen trees blocked the highway. “No casualty was reported. But t...
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02Aug2011LEGAZPI CITY, August 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office here has reported an initial P274,697,000 damages to infrastructures in five provinces devastated by typhoon “Juaning” last week. Engr. Tony Saguinsin, maintenance division chief of DPWH V, has reported during the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) meeting Friday last week that some P222,897,000 worth of damages were inflicted on national roads...
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07Jul2011LEGAZPI CITY, July 7 (PIA) -– In order to avoid further loss of lives involving marginalized fishermen during typhoons and other calamities at sea, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) in Bicol will strictly enforced the implementation of an inter agency crafted policy to prevent fishermen from venturing out to sea in times of extreme weather disturbance, especially typhoon. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed last April 1, 2011 that m...
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06Jul2011ILOILO CITY, July 6 (PIA) -- Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) Chairperson Rosario T. Cabrera thanked the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Western Visayas for supporting the council’s efforts in times of disasters. Speaking at the flag raising and kick-off ceremonies of the 16th Police Community Relations Month at Camp Delgado here, Cabrera also commended the officers and men of PNP6 for their dedication an...
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06Jul2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, July 6 (PIA) –- At least six persons were killed due to flashfloods and landslides that occurred in separate areas in Northern Mindanao caused by the continuous heavy rains, last weekend. Reports reaching the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) said two children were buried alive while playing in the vicinity of Purok 11, Barangay Tongantongan, Valencia City, at about 8:00 a.m. of July 4. Their pa...
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30Jun2011ILOILO CITY, June 30 (PIA) -– The government now has a framework or blueprint for reducing and handling risks caused by disasters. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework was approved by the national council recently, said Rosario Cabrera, Regional Director of Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Chair of Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC). Cabrera said the document will be presented to members of the RDRRMC who also participated ...
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28Jun2011ILOILO CITY, June 28 (PIA) -– When he decided to join an emergency communications group, what was foremost in the mind of Herman Saraza was to live out his dream to serve others in need especially during emergencies. He had witnessed calamities hitting his community in Barangay San Jose, San Miguel, Iloilo and performed the work of a disaster volunteer whose primary mission is to help affected families and individuals. This volunteerism is shared by many other individuals in Iloi...
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07Apr2011ILOILO CITY, Apr. 7 (PIA) – Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Director Dr. Renato Solidum, Jr. will brief the officers and members of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) on earthquakes and earthquake preparedness during the council’s regular meeting here today, April 8. Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director and RDRRMC Chair Rosario T. Cabrera said following the series of devastating earthquakes that occurr...
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07Apr2011ILOILO CITY, Apr. 7 (PIA) – Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director Benito T. Ramos reiterated the importance of preparedness among communities during natural disasters and other emergency situations. Ramos was the guest of honor at the regional consultation workshop on the formulation of guidelines for the accreditation, mobilization and protection of disaster volunteers conducted by the W...
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17Mar2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Mar. 17 (PIA) -- Amidst the latest reports of fire on the spent fuel storage facility and release of radioactivity and another explosion on a third nuclear power plant, the situation remains the same as far as the effect on the Philippines is concerned. This was assured by Regional Director Carmelito A. Lupo of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Chairperson of Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), region 10, who said any sign...
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15Mar2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- There is no scientific and technical basis that radioactive plume or nuclear fallout from Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants will hit the territory of the Philippines within the next 24 hours. This assurance came from Regional Director Carmelito A. Lupo of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Chairperson of Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), region 10. Citing National DRRMC’s Emergency Response Bu...
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14Mar2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Mar. 14 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), region 10, has appealed for calm and sobriety in the wake of misleading text messages of the potential effects on the Philippines of the nuclear emergency in Fukushima, Japan. Regional Director Carmelito A. Lupo of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Chairperson of RDRRMC, region 10, sounded the call following the advisory of the National DRRMC on the nuclear emergency...
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23Feb2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Feb. 23 (PIA) – March is slated for Fire Prevention Month. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Northern Mindanao will officially launch the annual celebration with a dedication Mass, motorcade of firetrucks to be participated in by other fire volunteer organizations and a program. The event, with the theme, “Kahandaan sa sunog...tungo sa Kaunlaran,” will also have an intensified tri-media approach for fire safety awareness. Other act...
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31Jan2011CEBU, Jan. 31 (PIA) – The National Food Authority (NFA) in Central Visayas can extend credit to various local government units in Cebu province for rice stock filing during disasters and calamities. In an emergency meeting of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (RDRRMC) recently, NFA information officer Edgar Diez said that through a memorandum of agreement (MOA), the NFA can extend credit account to all towns worth for 1,000 sacks of NFA rice whil...
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29Jan2011CEBU, Jan 29 (PIA) – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (RDRRMC) in Central Visayas has reviewed its disaster plan in the aftermath of the recent cloudburst in Metro Cebu, and after experiencing several landslides and flooding in the region. In an emergency meeting held recently at the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD), the RDRRMC technical working group agreed to convene immediately the "Disaster Alert Group" or DAG-7 in cases of week-long cont...
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27Jan2011CEBU, Jan. 27 (PIA) –The recent cloudburst in Metro Cebu and continuous torrential rains in the Visayas region affected over a thousand families (1091), 10 deaths, 12 barangays in Cebu City and suspension of classes in some elementary schools in Central Visayas. The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (RDRRMC) reported today during its emergency meeting at the Office of Civil Defense (OCD-7) in Cebu City. According to Minda Morante, OCD-7 regional director an...
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19Jan2011DAVAO CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) -– The local government of Sta. Cruz in Davao del Sur province has declared Barangay Darong starting today (January 19) under the state of calamity after flashfloods claimed three persons and displaced more than 800 families. Death toll caused by the flashflood that occurred on Monday afternoon in Barangay Darong affecting five puroks, rose to three after Marito Cadorna, 54, who was earlier reported missing was found dead due to drowning. Families found i...
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18Jan2011DAVAO CITY, Jan. 18 (PIA) – Flashloods due to heavy rains that occurred at around 6:30 p.m. yesterday, at Brgy. Darong, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, left one dead, four missing and 700 families affected. In a progress report as of 12:30 a.m. today (January 18), the Office of Civil Defense and the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) confirmed the casualty who drowned in the flood as Ellen May Iligan, 13 years old and a resident of Brgy. Darong. The report a...
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14Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 13 (PIA) -– A Technical Management Group (TMG) has been created by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) of Northern Mindanao, effective Dec. 10, 2010. Part of the functions of the RDRRMC-TMG is to formulate plans, policies and measures to reduce the vulnerabilities and risks to hazards in the community and manage the consequences of disasters, Regional Director Carmelito A. Lupo of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), region 10, ...
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12Jan2011CEBU, Jan. 12 (PIA) - The League of Mayors of the Philippines-Cebu Chapter will host the launching of the 2010-2011 World Disaster Campaign under the theme “Making Cities Resilient: My city is getting ready!” in Cebu tomorrow, January 13 at the Cebu Provincial Capitol, Cebu City. The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC-7) in Central Visayas are assisting the league to moun...
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05Jan2011DAVAO CITY, Jan 5 (PIA) -– Flashfloods and landslides hit Davao Region since Sunday, leaving two people dead and affecting 813 families in four provinces of the region. In a progress report as of 9:00 p.m. of January 4, the Office of Civil Defense Region XI also reported that a total of 3,964 persons were affected by the flashfloods and landslides caused by “incessant rains due to the tail-end of a cold front that started on January 2, 2011.” One of the casualties who ...
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04Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- Some 1,009 families in Lanao del Norte have been affected by the floodings that took place on Jan. 2, 2011, due to heavy rains brought about by the tail end of the cold front. Reports reaching the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), region 10, also disclosed that six (6) year old girl, Cristy Jane Celocia, drowned when their house was swift away by the floods in Barangay Lower Sagadan, Baroy town of the province. A to...
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