MGB7 joins the observance of 2021 National Disaster Resilience Month

National Disaster Resilience Month In observance of the National Disaster Resilience Month this July, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) calls on all stakeholders to support government programs geared towards attaining disaster resilience. Executive Order Number 29 signed on June 28, 2017, mandates the observance of National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) “throughout continue reading : MGB7 joins the observance of 2021 National Disaster Resilience Month

MGB7 joins coastal cleanup activity

About four sacks of waste materials were collected at the coastal areas in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City as the Bureau joined the Department of Environment of Natural Resources (DENR) Central Visayas in the clean-up activity held on June 5, 2021, in observance of World Environment Day and Philippine Environment Month. (/IO)

Why landslides occur?

by Marian Z. Codilla Landslide is one of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces – it strikes wherever the rock and soil are loosened by rain or by gravity. In Central Visayas, landslides occur in almost all towns and cities but some landslides are more dangerous than others. Torrential rains usually trigger widespread landslides in continue reading : Why landslides occur?