PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order mandating the immediate inclusion of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) as members of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRCM).

Executive Order (EO) 32, which was signed by Duterte on July 12, cited the two departments’ "important roles in providing life systems based on acceptable standards, during or immediately after a disaster."

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