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What Indo-Pacific Countries Can Learn from Japan on Disaster Resilience - Australian Institute of International Affairs
Efforts in Japan to develop memory preservation, infrastructure reinforcement, and community involvement have helped to build more resilient societies in responding to disasters. As countries in the Indo-Pacific continue to grapple with climate and disaster events, the lessons learned in Japan provide a framework for preparing for an effective response.
What Indo-Pacific countries can learn from Japan on disaster resilience
Being a hotbed for disasters and climate-related hazards, the Indo-Pacific region continues to battle the immediate and long-term impacts of increasingly devastating disasters. Thus, there’s a need not only for investments and resources in disaster risk reduction but also for robust cooperation and collaboration among countries, DRR actors, and communities in the region on disaster resilience.
[OPINION] Strengthen civilian agencies, limit military involvement in disaster response
As the incoming administration led by president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice president-elect Sara Duterte prepare and plan how to tackle the country’s many socio-economic issues, it is crucial for the Philippines to be reminded of one of its most pressing humanitarian issues — how to prepare for and respond to disasters. Globally, climate change is the defining challenge of our era.
Data collection critical to disaster mitigation
On Dec. 16, 2021, Supertyphoon “Odette” (international name: Rai) made landfall as a category 5 typhoon in the Philippines, causing over 400 deaths and an estimated over half a billion dollars of damages to infrastructure and agricultural production. This is hardly an unprecedented disaster for the Philippines. One study by the Asian Development Bank puts the cost of successive typhoons at $20 billion for the country between 1990 and 2020.
Pandemic-hit MSMEs get a digital lifeline
Crafting Time’s Melody Manalaysay —CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS For a Filipino enterprise to increase its chances of surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation is key. Sadly, most micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) here have been struggling to adopt digitalization. Some 73 percent or more than 720,000 MSMEs need to increase their capability to digitalize their businesses, according to the September 2020 survey by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Why heeding the voice of at-risk populations is crucial to resilience
By Mark Toldo, Communications Specialist at HHI’s Program on Resilient Communities Since the establishment of the United Nations (UN) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in 1999, awareness of and response to disasters has grown globally.
The long-term needs of coastal communities
By Mark Toldo, Communications Specialist at HHI’s Program on Resilient Communities One of the stark realities that the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has magnified is how frail the lives of the poor are in fragile settings, especially during overlapping crises. In the Philippines where COVID-19 cases have been rising to over a million as of writing, the pandemic alone has been hitting the poor hardest.
Bicolanos seek alternative energy sources amid post-typhoon brownouts
One of the electric poles toppled by Super Typhoon Rolly blocks a road in Nabua, Camarines Sur, Philippines on Nov. 1, 2020. Authorities target to fully restore power in Nabua before Christmas Day. Photo by Clariza Salalima/File The Bicol region underwent a total power blackout after typhoons Quinta, Ulysses and Super Typhoon Rolly toppled the majority of power lines in the area. But it was not the case for the Saldo family in Nabua, Camarines Sur who didn’t live in darkness.
Chinese caught with P15-M worth of ‘shabu’ in Makati
AUTHORITIES seized around five kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” from a Chinese national in front of a convenience store in Makati City on Sunday night. Xiao Min Chua alias “Henry Ong,” 45, was arrested after his clients turned out to be undercover police agents. The drugs that were packaged in transparent plastic sachets and hidden in his van were estimated to have a street value of P15 million.
PH seeks bigger slice of animated film pie
Representatives of ACPI, the Spanish Embassy, French Embassy and Jack n Jill talk about the prospects of the animation industry during the Animahenasyon 2016 launch in Makati City The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. (ACPI) seeks to boost the growth of the Philippine animation industry through bilateral agreements with countries that produce animated films. The group hopes to enter into bilateral agreements with the governments of France, Canada and Spain by 2017.
Bilibid’s next tack vs smuggling: Nets atop walls
Raided for the sixth time since Nov. 4, the maximum security compound of New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City yielded a fresh caché of weapons, cash, gadgets, appliances and other contraband on Wednesday. As a new measure against the unabated smuggling, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will soon install a net barrier on top of the existing wall to increase its height and make it more difficult for anyone outside to throw objects over.
Volunteers set stage for The Met’s comeback
CALLING BACK THE MUSE. Saturday’s drive aims for a top-to-bottom cleanup of the 85-year-old theater, including one of the statues that had survived the ravages of time. LYN RILLON The massive work needed to revive the “Grand Dame” of Philippine theaters began with little steps on Saturday, with a scrub here and a sweep there—courtesy of volunteers.
Social enterprises a ray of hope amid recession
Maguindanao residents receive relief goods from Busikong Greenland Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BGMPC), a social enterprise . —PHOTOS FROM BGMPC The country’s economic recession triggered by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has closed many local businesses and left some 4.6 million Filipinos without a job in July. And as if the public health and economic crises were not enough, the already struggling local economy was further pummeled by consecutive strong typhoons.
Let’s talk about mental health
Baliw,” “kulang-kulang,” “luka-luka.” (Crazy, imbecile, lunatic.) Over the years, I have heard these obnoxious terms repeatedly screamed at potentially mentally ill individuals roaming the streets, the mocking often followed by laughter. This is but the most common manifestation of Philippine society’s deep-seated and overlong neglect of the issue of mental health.
UN: Asia-Pacific governments commit to push forward social business in post-Covid recovery
Asia-Pacific countries have accepted the challenge set out by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in July to lead the promotion of inclusive business, social enterprise and impact investment as the region recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rags2Riches: Helping artisans weave a better future
For years, an informal cottage industry spearheaded by rag-weavers living in Payatas, Quezon City was operated by the many artisans, mostly women, who developed a means to earn a living by recycling factory end-cuts and rejects, into hand-woven foot rugs. Unfortunately, having no access to a regular market, the residents had a hard time making a good living out of selling woven rags. In 2007, Rags2Riches Inc (R2R). came into the picture.
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