CDRC unveils Hazard Map in Iloilo

Iloilo – Humanitarian NGOs Panay Center for Disaster Response and Citizens’ Disaster Response Center, together with Singaporean partner Mercy Relief, unveiled the community disaster hazard map in Baranggay Tigum, Pavia, Iloilo as a culminating activity to its disaster preparedness project in Visayas and Mindanao.
The project, supported by Singapore’s leading media company MediaCorp, was implemented in [...]

Philippines is third among countries most frequently hit by disasters in 2010

The Philippines ranked third in the list of countries most frequently hit by natural disasters in 2010, the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center reported.

Carlos Padolina, CDRC’s Deputy Executive Director, cited the records of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) which showed that the Philippines was hit 14 times by natural disasters last [...]

CDRC’s partner in Japan now accepting donations for quake and tsunami victims

CDRC’s partner in Japan, Civic Force, is sending at least ten trucks everyday to the affected areas. They have established goods and food distribution system, and is working with several NGOs operating in the field. For donations, you may contact Jang Woo, email at lee@civic-force.org or deposit your donation to:
【Bank】　
Bank: Mitsui Sumitomo, Aoyama Branch
Account: [...]

Philippines on Tsunami Alert Level 2

Tsunami Alert Level 2 was raised in the Philippines on Friday afternoon after a powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan, the biggest to hit the country in 7 years
A four-meter high tsunami is expected to hit 19 provinces in the Philippines around 5:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m today.
These provinces are Batanes Islands, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Quezon, [...]

CDRC welcomes PNoy’s special attention to Disaster Risk Reduction

Citizens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC) welcomes Pnoy’s special attention to Disaster Risk Reduction
A week ago, PNoy told AFP and DND to prioritize DRR programs to save lives during calamities related to climate change. According to Philippine News Agency, this was the highlight of PNoy’s command conference held in Camp Aguinaldo.
Earlier this year, PNoy also ordered [...]

41 volcanic earthquakes detected; Bulusan still under Alert level 1

41 volcanic earthquakes were detected by Bulusan Volcano’s seismic network during the past 24 hours, according to The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
Bulusan is still under Alert Level 1. Phivolcs advised the public not to enter inside the 4 kilometer Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) as it may be affected by sudden steam explosions. [...]

Canada Fund supports emergency relief assistance to Isabela Province

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) funded the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center’s emergency relief assistance to the flood-stricken province of Isabela.

CIDA donated P587,000 to CDRC through its Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) program after the destruction brought by Typhoon Megi (Juan) and the succeeding heavy rainfall which caused massive flooding in the province.

CDRC, with [...]

German welfare institution donates P6M for families affected by Typhoon Juan (Megi)

One of the biggest welfare institutions in Germany, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, donated 100,066 Euro (roughly P6 million) to Citizens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC) for the families affected by Typhoon Juan (Megi) in Northern and Central Luzon.

Typhoon Juan, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, left more than 400,000 families affected and billions of [...]

ABI receives “Sukli sa suki” cash reward from Mercury Drug

Angeles City, Pampanga – ALAY BAYAN, Incorporated receives twenty five thousand pesos (P25,000.00) in cheque from the Mercury Drug Corporation through its representatives Ms. Eloja Pineda-Garcia and Mr. Danilo Aquino. The grant was handed over by the Department of Social Welfare & Development Region III Representative Ms Susan Soriano-Hernandez today, November 8 2010.
ABI’s Vice Chairman [...]

Typhoon Juan (Megi) may reach Signal No. 4 on the east coast of Northern Luzon

As of yesterday, 10 p.m., Juan was located at 770 km east of Aparri, Cagayan while maintaining its 24 kph westward course to northern Luzon. According to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) with PAGASA-DOST, Juan will be at 260 km east of Aparri, Cagayan tonight, and at 160 west southwest of Laoag [...]

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