RESCUE VEHICLES. Personnel from the Davao Oriental provincial disaster risk reduction and management office inspect the newly-acquired rescue vehicles of the province on Tuesday (May 31, 2022). The new rescue vehicles are intended to improve disaster response of the 50 barangay disaster risk reduction and management committees in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas of the province. (Photo courtesy of Davao Oriental PIO) DAVAO CITY - The Davao Oriental provincial government has acquired new rescue vehicles to boost the disaster response of its 50 barangay disaster risk reduction and management committees (BDRRMCs) in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs), an official said Tuesday. In an interview, provincial information officer Karen Lou Deloso said 19 out of the 50 custom-built barangay rescue vehicles were delivered to the provincial capitol on Monday evening. Deloso said the remaining 31 vehicles are set for delivery soon, adding the units are included i
HOUSING PROJECT. ACTED-Philippines Country Director Fabien Courteille (left) meets with Sison, Surigao del Norte Mayor Karissa Fetalvero-Paronia on Monday (March 14, 2022) to finalize the start of the rebuilding of the houses severely damaged by Typhoon Odette in December last year. ACTED-Philippines and the Sison town government will jointly rebuild 100 damaged houses in three barangays. (Photo grabbed from Sison on the Rise FB Page) BUTUAN CITY - The town government of Sison in Surigao del Norte, in partnership with ACTED-Philippines, a French non-government organization (NGO), is set to rebuild 100 houses damaged by Typhoon Odette in December last year, an official said Tuesday. In an interview, Mayor Karissa R. Fetalvero-Paronia said ACTED-Philippines Country Director Fabien Courteille visited them on Monday and finalized the startup of the rebuilding of damaged houses in three barangays of Sison town. "The beneficiaries are residents of Barangays Ima, Mabuhay, and San Pablo w