As Disasters Mount, Groups Call on Aquino to Address Urgent Need to Prepare The Country

As Disasters Mount, Groups Call on Aquino to Address Urgent Need to Prepare The Country

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com

Environmental and cause oriented groups have called on President Benigno Aquino III to pay wider attention to Disaster Risk Reduction. The escalating nuclear situation in Japan, the recent earthquakes in Haiti, Zealand and Japan, as well as the continuing heavy rains in the Philippines have prompted groups like the Disaster Response Center (CDRC) to call on Aquino President Benigno Aquino III to assess the disaster preparedness of the country. Cause oriented groups have been hounding the current administration because in the past, the government has always been ill prepared for disasters even as the country is disaster prone.

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