DAVAO CITY: A consortium of international aid agencies is asking the Aquino administration to learn from the destruction brought by Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) five years ago as the government is set to review the 2010 Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act or the Republic Act 10121.

The SURGE consortium of Christian Aid, Handicap International, Oxfam and Plan International, said the Philippines must assess its disaster and climate change policies and programs, taking into considerations the “immense havoc caused by Ondoy.”

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