People walk past the logo of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Pasay City, the Philippines on Oct. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) MANILA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on Tuesday stressed the need to increase investmen...
It is all hands on deck as government, humanitarian, and private sectors get airports ready for disasters in the Philippines. Share 12 March 2024 •9 min read The Southernmost region of the Philippines, Mindanao, is a high-risk location prone to natural hazard-related disasters. Home to over...
Typhoon Man-yi death toll rises in Philippines as major clean-up gets underway https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-18/typhoon-man-yi-death-toll-rises-as-philippines-clean-up-begins/104616464 160 deaths recorded in three weeks as six typhoons batter the Philippines https://watchers.news/2024...
According to the Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2012, in the last 10 years, the five countries most hit by natural disasters were China, the United States, Philippines, India, and Indonesia. In 2012 alone, Asia accounted for nearly 65% of global disaster victims, with hydrological events, ...
Many places in Asia are highly vulnerable to natural disaster. From June 5 to 6 this year, Radio Australia, the BBC World Service (Thailand relay), Radio Vatican, SLBC Sri Lanka, FEBC Philippines, IBB (this appears to be the International Broadcasting Bureau), MGLOB Madagascar, Radio Japan ...
11:00-11:15Global Collaboration: the PhilippinesWilberto Rico Neil Ang Kwan Tiu, Deputy Chief for Operations (DCO), Bureau of Fire Protection,the Philippines 11:15-11:30Industrial Development in Disaster ManagementChi-Ming Peng, Chairman, Taiwan Association for Disaster Prevention Industry, R.O.C...
While Xi is being nice to Biden and others in the G20, his ships are still terrorizing the Philippines and other 'nobodies'. The West is collectively looking at the behavior of China toward those that are the 'weakest', in particular the most indebted, such as Sri La...
Organized in the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the five-day workshop had 38 participants, including representatives from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, airport terminal operators, Office of Civil Defense, Bureau of Customs, Bureau
The study site which is Malabon City in Metro Manila was chosen because it is flood-prone area, and many residents are categorized as urban poor [6]. Malabon City was called by the Kyoto University in their study as the “local Venice” in the Philippines because it is constantly inundated...
Manila Observatory, Philippines Building Evidence-informed Public-Private Partnerships, Risk Governance by moving science to action, and Trans-disciplinary research in DRR and Resilience. Dr. Hui Zhang, Ph.D. Tsinghua University, China Safety and security simulation, Engineering thermophysics, Design of ...