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UNDER the leadership of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Philippines has made significant strides in disaster preparedness.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This was revealed by a recent survey from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) showing Filipinos are more prepared for disasters now than they were several years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the survey, the self-reported disaster preparedness levels of Filipinos have increased by an average of 42 percent over the past seven years.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Data were collected from 4,608 Filipinos across all regions between February and March 2024, showing an average score of 19.2 across five objective measures of disaster preparedness: planning, training, material investment, information, and social support.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is higher than the 13.5 result in a pioneering study conducted by HHI in 2017, which used the same methodology and instruments.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, as the Philippines remains one of the countries most at risk for natural disasters, HHI still highlighted the need to intensify the country\u2019s disaster preparedness efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Support and investment remain essential, especially in areas like local leadership, leveraging technology to improve early warning systems, community engagement, building resilient infrastructures, and enhancing anticipatory actions.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In October, President Marcos led the opening ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) in Pasay City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In his speech, the President emphasized the importance of the private sector in \u201cadvancing investments and practices in environmental, social, and governance areas.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThrough collaborative research, information sharing, and innovative financing, we continue to strengthen and deepen our partnerships with these key stakeholders,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOn our side, we remain steadfast in empowering our local authorities and working closely with our youth to implement nature-based and ecosystem-centered solutions that not only address their unique challenges, but also honor their local traditions and practices.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n During the event, President Marcos also called for a safer, more adaptive, inclusive, and disaster-resilient future where the need for recovery becomes less frequent.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UNDER the leadership of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Philippines has made significant strides in disaster preparedness. This was revealed by a recent survey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9857,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856\/revisions\/9857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}