Disaster - Matches

Monday`s 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Negros Island as well as the recent floods in Mindanao and Central Luzon showed the importance of preparedness in..

Manila The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) launched its 2013 theme study Building Resilience to Natural Disasters and..

Poverty is regarded as the most challenging issue that every political administration in the Philippines is facing. It has been a top priority of any ..

This Note looks into the regional occurrence of typhoons, floods, and droughts in the Philippines and the value of the damages that they cause on rice..

This study quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the impacts of natural disasters, particularly typhoons, floods, and droughts, on agriculture, fo..

The frequency of intense floods and storms is increasing globally, particularly in Asia-Pacific, amid the specter of climate change. Associated with t..

The Philippines` geographical location makes it a disaster-prone country. In the Southeast Asian region, it ranks the highest in terms of the multiple..

With Southeast Asian countries like Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Viet Nam experiencing the increasing occurrence of weather and ..

The Magna Carta of Public Health Workers (RA 7305) was enacted to ensure that health workers are properly compensated, thereby helping to promote bett..

The Philippines being geographically located within the typhoon belt facing the Pacific Ocean and close to the equator wherein it is susceptible to va..

There is another kind of crisis that is equally devastating as the global economic and financial crisis, perhaps even more threatening, with mankinds ..

In response to the 1997 East Asian financial crisis many schemes were initiated to reform the international financial architecture. The propos..

State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the creation of a unified disaster management body responsible for ..