Forecasters downgraded Typhoon Fengshen, which cut a deadly path across the Philippines, to a tropical storm Monday as it moved into the South China Sea.
While there is an obvious shortage of health workers in the country, a doctor-lawmaker has stressed the need for an “equitable distribution” of doctors and nurses, especially in the grassroots.
Lawmakers grilled a Department of Budget and Management (DBM) official on Wednesday, Feb. 22, about how much the government would need to spend to create the proposed Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR).
Malasakit at Bayanihan Party-list Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. (Photo from House of Representat
Two committees in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Feb. 22, began deliberations on the proposed creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), which will lead the management of disasters and improve the country’s institutional capacity for disaster risk reduction.
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