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By Amb. Roberto R. Romulo The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council has enhanced their capability substantially since Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. On the other hand, the private sector pioneered by the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) led by Manuel V. Pangilinan and Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala has also done an extremely credible job. Yet neither…

By Amb. Roberto R. Romulo It is a well-known fact that the Philippines is the third most vulnerable to disaster after Vanuatu and Tonga. I was delighted to learn that that there is a research project that would like to explore how humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) missions can be “re-contextualized” as missions aimed…

By Amb. Roberto R. Romulo As I read this definition, I conclude that the mayors should be the first to prepare and respond to disasters. They are the front line and that is why every city has a Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC). They are fully aware that the Philippines is the third most…