Category: Disaster Preparedness and Relief
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400 nursing moms gather in Taguig to donate breast milk for ‘Taal babies’
“There are moms who breastfeed but during a state of stress, their milk supply gets affected. That’s why we are trying to help out those in need.”
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Pia seeks unified agency to respond to disasters
Building on the country’s progress to respond to both natural and human-made calamities, Senator Pia S. Cayetano filed a bill seeking to merge the functions of different agencies involved in disaster risk reduction and management to form the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR). She said that while the current law (Philippine Disaster Reduction and Management…
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Stay vigilant following Luzon, Visayas quakes
House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano is urging all Filipino families to remain vigilant amid the strong earthquakes that hit several parts of the country this week. Following the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit parts of Luzon on Monday, another magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled the Visayas region on Tuesday.Amid fears of aftershocks, Cayetano reminded the public…
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Pia brings message of hope to community gutted by fire
House Deputy Speaker and Taguig City Representative Pia S. Cayetano on Thursday personally visited a coastal community in Davao City where some 300 families lost their homes to separate fire incidents earlier this month. Cayetano, who was in Davao City over the weekend to attend the convention of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) regional party,…