Tag: Disaster Preparedness

Disaster science communication can be improved with experience-based study

The Philippines' science communication in times of disasters is expected to be improved with the experience-based study to be conducted by the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) in partnership with the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) and Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU).

Earthquake, Tsunami monitoring 1st center in Mindanao housed in Pisay campus

The first Mindanao center for earthquake and tsunami monitoring has been revealed by the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) to be housed at the Philippine Science High School (PSHS/Pisay) – Southern Mindanao Campus.

Treat pandemic as disaster that needs preparedness, UP scientist says

“Let’s think of pandemics and even localized epidemics as disasters for which we need preparedness and mitigation strategies,” academician, Emeritus Prof. Michael Lim Tan of the University of the Philippines said during his presentation on “COVID-19, Circularity and Better Normal: Recovery and Rebuilding,” at the Annual Scientific Conference and 88th General Membership Assembly of the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP).

Guide for When Strong Earthquakes Strike During Pandemic

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake was recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS-DOST) to have struck early Saturday morning in Occidental Mindoro and was felt in varying intensities in the nearby provinces of Batangas and Cavite, parts of Metro Manila, and as far as Bulacan, Pampanga, and Quezon.

Mapua University researchers develop eSalba disaster early warning tool

Mapua University researchers have developed a new disaster warning tool called eSalba.

University of the Philippines to house health disaster response simulation lab

The University of the Philippines Manila - National Institutes of Health (UPM-NIH) is establishing a Simulation-Based Learning Laboratory to advance disaster response among health care professionals and first responders.
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Philippines advocates disaster-preparedness, World Tsunami Awareness campaign

The Philippines, through the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS), is advocating disaster-preparedness and is joining the Tsunami awareness campaign on November 5 - a day designated...
MOSES Tablet

MOSES Tablets: Filipino invention against disasters

The Philippines is no stranger disasters that may be likened to, in lesser degrees, biblical proportions such as those encountered by Moses
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