At least five people lost their lives in the strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake which hit the southern island of Mindanao in the ...

ILOILO CITY (PIA) — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is shifting its focus beyond mere economic growth to ...

An aerial view of the destruction left by Typhoon Yolanda. Credit: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development Four years have passed since Typhoon Yolanda (Typhoon Haiyan) devastated the ...

An archipelago spanning more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines is among the countries with the greatest exposure to natural disaster risk worldwide. Earthquakes, typhoons, flooding, volcanic ...

It’s an honor for me to open this international conference on climate change and disaster risk management. It is impressive to see such large participation in this conference from leaders and ...

Ace Aguirre was just two bites into his oatmeal on the morning of November 4 when he noticed something strange: mud had seeped onto the living room floor of his bungalow in Cotcot, a village in the ...

“During a natural disaster, two critical issues that need to be addressed quickly are the lack of information from the affected communities and the perception of the survivors that they are being left ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) have formally launched “Exercise ...

This article by Raymund B. Villanueva was originally published on Kodao, an independent news site in the Philippines. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing ...