No fault does not mean safe, DOST-PHIVOLCS director says
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The absence of an active fault in your area does not mean you are totally safe from earthquake hazards, Dr. Renato U. Solidum, director of the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), warned.
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CEST la vie - How DOST helps rebuild lives of Yolanda victims
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Community Empowerment is about building active and sustainable communities.
Engr. Mario G. Montejo
Secretary, DOST
Lives lost or lives put on hold – these were the remnants of Yolanda, the super typhoon that devastated the Visayas islands, particularly Region 8, with Jaro, Leyte and Basey, Samar as two of the most shattered towns.
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DOST’s info campaign brings together gov’t offices for safer communities
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Worsening weather disturbances and the wrath of Typhoon Yolanda prompted the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to lay down the blueprint for a responsive disaster management initiative. Said blueprint is now freely shared through the conduct of an campaign dubbed “Iba na ang Panahon: Science for Safer Communities.”
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DOST-UP’s plane to fly in ARMM to chart hazard map
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The Department of Science and Technology will fly a plane over the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao in August to survey the region for hazard preparedness. The activity is part of DOST’s project with the University of the Philippines called DREAM or Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation, a component of the Project NOAH or Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards.
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