The Philippines’ frontier to space advances at a remarkable pace as the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) intensifies its campaign to build a strong, robust, and vibrant domestic space ecosystem. Once seen as a distant dream just six years ago, this vision has grown into a national movement that rallies both local talent and Filipinos abroad. […]
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Filipinos Can Use UP’s Flood Forecasting Tool to Stay Safe This Rainy Season
As heavy rains begin to soak the country this June, Filipinos now have a powerful ally in flood preparedness: the University of the Philippines Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (UP NOAH), a system developed by UP scientists to help communities anticipate and respond to flood risks. Stay Safe from Environmental Hazards: How to Use NOAH […]
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Morong Leads Philippines in Saving Lives with World-Class 911 Emergency System
Morong, Rizal has dramatically improved its emergency response time thanks to a next-generation 911 system – the first of its kind in the Philippines. Discover how Morong’s life-saving emergency response success is helping the Philippines lead Asia in emergency technology with the new 911 system. Jerome L. Mateo, head of Morong’s Disaster Risk Reduction and […]
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Philippines Set to Lead Asia in Emergency Response with New 911 System
The Philippines is on track to have the best emergency response system in Asia once its next-generation 911 system is fully rolled out nationwide. Discover how Cebu City led the way as the first in the Visayas to launch a US and Europe-grade 911 emergency response center—a major step that inspired the nationwide rollout of […]
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DOST Releases Multi Language Disaster Preparedness Guide to Enhance Earthquake and Tsunami Readiness
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has released the Disaster Narratives for Experiential Knowledge-based Science Communication (DANAS) Sourcebook to strengthen disaster preparedness across the Philippines. Written in local languages—Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Tagalog, Kapampangan, and Ilokano—the sourcebooks can equip teachers and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) officers with practical tools for improving community resilience. The DANAS Sourcebook, […]
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Stay Safe from Environmental Hazards: How to Use NOAH Studio for Accurate Weather Preparedness
The University of the Philippines Resilience Institute’s Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (UP NOAH) introduces a step-by-step guide on using the NOAH Studio feature to help individuals avoid environmental hazards. Using Talisay, Batangas as an example—one of many areas hit by heavy rain as Typhoon Kristine swept through the Philippines last week—this guide helps users […]
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Mapua University researchers develop eSalba disaster early warning tool
Mapua University researchers have developed a new disaster warning tool called eSalba.
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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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