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January 4 – President Duterte signs Republic Act No. 11510, institutionalizing the alternative learning system (ALS). [2] [3]January 18 – The Department of National Defense announces its unilateral termination of its 1989 accord with the University of the Philippines which took effect three days earlier over claims that the New People's Army is recruiting members in the universities' campuses.
Climate change adaptation in the Philippines is being incorporated into development plans and policies that specifically target national and local climate vulnerabilities. [1] As a developing country and an archipelago, the Philippines is particularly vulnerable to a variety of climatic threats like intensifying tropical cyclones, drastic ...
By November 30, 164 individuals were reported dead due to Nalgae, with 270 others wounded and 28 people remaining missing. The estimated damage to the agricultural sector was ₱5.87 billion ( US$ 119.16 million), with even higher losses in infrastructure, exceeding ₱7.21 billion ( US$ 146.48 million).
October 28–30, 2022: Tropical Storm Nalgae (Paeng) drops intense to torrential rain across Luzon and Visayas, killing 160 people, and causing ₱13.08 billion (US $265.64 million) in damages. October 30- November 1, 2022: The remnants of Tropical Storm Banyan (Queenie) cause rainfall in Mindanao.
More tragically, the physical and economic repercussions of Typhoon Odette led to the death of over 400 people as of December 2021. [4] In addition to the Philippines' close proximity to the Pacific Ocean's typhoon belt, the Philippines is also located within the "Pacific Ring of Fire" which makes the country prone to recurrent earthquakes and ...
In 2021, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and, later, the ongoing 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, global supply chains and shipments slowed, causing worldwide shortages and affecting consumer patterns. Causes of the economic slowdown included workers becoming sick with COVID-19 as well as mandates and restrictions affecting the ...
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The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), formerly known as the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) until August 2011, is a working group of various government, non-government, civil sector and private sector organizations of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines established on June 11, 1978 by Presidential Decree 1566. [1]