CEBU CITY – The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council called on the public to share efforts and be responsive to measures installed to reduced risk during disaster.
In a recent “Post Yolanda Disaster Rehabilitation Phase: Press Briefing,” Cebu PDRRMC and Task Force Paglig-on chief Baltazar Tribunalo said the public, government, and other stakeholders have to consider response and preparedness as one of the factors that need to be prioritized amid disaster.
Tribunalo said that disaster risk reduction and preparedness must be shared by every part and sector of the community. “We have to engage academe, religious and business sector and the media in disaster risk reduction and preparedness,” he said, noting that the media must also be well-informed on the plans crafted by the government on disaster preparedness.
Tribunalo said all the plans crafted must be risk reducers. “It is now the right time for the attitude and perspectives of the Filipinos to be changed towards disaster risk reduction and to focus on mitigation and adaptation,” he said.
He also stressed the importance of the government’s initiative in the integration of disaster risk reduction in identifying good governance among local government units and government agencies.
Tribunalo identified the integration of risk reduction in the academe and the putting of knowledge to the youth as one of the factors seen to be effective in disaster risk reduction and mitigation. (Amorganda Saludar)
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