A proposal of Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda in Congress that seeks to create an independent national authority to handle and strengthen the country’s disaster risk reduction management system has gained wide and popular support among community-based and globally known DRR advocates and practitioners.

House Bill (HB) 1648, filed last July, seeks to create the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) that will radicalize the country’s disaster response and management system and make it “the world’s best approach to DRR.”

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