MANILA, Philippines — Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent House Bill 5989, or an act creating the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), which would take action concerning disaster response, management and preparedness.
Torres-Gomez, who is chairperson of the House Committee on Disaster Resilience, highlighted the importance of having a single agency and a clear system of responsibility for disaster preparedness and response in all levels of the government.
“In 2020, we experienced how disaster incidences ran their own course regardless of the pandemic. The total damages, just from the string of typhoons in the…
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