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Monday 18th of February 2013
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb 18 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), in Northern Mindanao, has advised the provincial/city/municipal and barangay DRRMCs to monitor the situation and undertake precautionary measures to mitigate potential adverse impacts of weather systems and climate event this February.
Per Advisory of the National DRRMC in its Weather Outlook for February 2013, most climate models predict a near average to below average Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) in the equatorial Pacific, with El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-neutral condition continuing through February-March-April-May 2013 s...
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03Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- Member agencies of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Caraga Region spearheaded today the conduct of the kickoff activity of the National Disaster Consciousness Month here. Some 200 employees from the regional line agencies and local government units assembled at the city hall here for the fun run and then headed to the Philippine Ports Authority ground where the opening program was conducted. In her message, Office of Civil Def...
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22Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 22 (PIA) -- The Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) is set to conduct the 2nd quarter nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill on June 29 at Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU), this city. Pursuant to Republic Act 10121, otherwise known as an act strengthening the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System of 2010, RDRRMC will conduct earthquake and fire drills to heighten public awareness and improve community preparednes...
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14May2012ILOILO CITY, May 14 (PIA6) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC)-Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines-PHAPCares Foundation, Inc. will launch the project dubbed “Pagpakigbuylog sa Pagpangaman” (Partnership on Disaster Risk Reduction) in the province of Guimaras tomorrow, May 15. OCD Regional Director and RDRRMC Chairperson Rosario T. Cabrera said the project is part of the advocacy of the government t...
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26Apr2012BAGUIO CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, through the Office of Civil Defense (OCD-CAR), is currently conducting a water search and rescue (WASAR) skills training in Luna, Apayao as part of the thrust of intensifying the pro-active approach of Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation (DRRM) efforts and preparedness in the region. According to OCD-Cordillera Regional Director Olivia Luces, the landscape of Luna, Apayao is bounded by C...
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05Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 5 (PIA) -- The disaster council in Region 6 has begun accepting applications for members from civil society organizations (CSO) and the private sector (PS). Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chairperson and Office Civil Defense-6 director Rosario Cabrera said the council shall select four representatives from civil society coming from the academe or independent research-based groups; from faith-based CSO; non-government organizations; and anothe...
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18Feb2012BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 18(PIA) -- The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CRDRRMC) is set to conduct a three-day Basic and Intermediate Incident Command System Training Course (ICS-BIC) on February 22 to 24 in Subic Bay Freeport Zone. According to CRDRRMC chairperson and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director Olivia Luces, the ICS-BIC activity is in line with OCD’s mandate to provide leadership in the continuous development of strategic and sy...
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05Feb2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb. 5 (PIA) – Everything is all set for the Eastern Visayas Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) Regional Rescue Jamboree 2012 which will be held on Feb. 7 and 8 under the auspices of the RRDRRMC-8 and hosted by the provincial government of Leyte. Office of Civil Defense Director Rey Gozon, chairman of the RDRRMC, said that all the rescue groups in the region would participate the Rescue Jamboree 2012. The Eastern Visayas...
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05Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 5 (PIA) – The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) region 2 has announced the conduct of the 2012 1st quarter simultaneous earthquake drill on March 1, 2012 nationwide through the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (RDRRMC). OCD Regional Director Norma C. Talosig, council chair, said the country is beset with calamities and disasters such earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other geological hazards, owing to its location in the “P...
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18Jan2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 18 (PIA) – The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has distributed thousands of protection gear to 13,602 families with 68,563 members in the storm and conflict-affected remote areas in Mindanao. This figure already includes the victims of Typhoon Sendong that occurred in both Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City on Dec. 17, last year, as reported by the Camp Management Emergency Shelter and Protection (CMESP) Cluster of the Regio...
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31Jul2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, July 31 (PIA) -– Some 210 families have been affected by the freak tornado or local thunderstorm locally known as “ipo-ipo,” that occurred in Cagayan de Oro City at 3:10 p.m., last July 29. At least three persons were injured during the incident, two of whom were hospitalized while one was treated as out-patient. The affected families came from Zones 9, 10 and 12 and Diamond Valley of Barangay Bulua and Zone 7 and ApoVel Subdivisi...
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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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06Jul2011CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, July 5 (PIA) -- “Peaceful and safe communities necessitate a stronger and sustained partnership” thus, the words of Vicente F. Tomazar, regional director of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD-4A) and chairman of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC-4A) in his speech as guest of honor and speaker in the Kick-off ceremony of the 16TH Police Community Relations (PCR) Month held yesterday morning at Camp Vicente Lim Gra...
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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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30Jun2011BUTUAN CITY, June 30 (PIA) -– In line with the observance of the National Disaster Consciousness Month (NDCM) and in its effort to uphold disaster preparedness in the region, members of the technical working group of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) here will be oriented on the weather status as well as the uses of a Doppler radar. According to Dr. Blanche Gobenciong, RDRRMC-Caraga Chairperson and concurrent Regional Director of the Office...
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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) – 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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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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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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