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Upper Pulangi District in Bukidnon is home to 16,000 inhabitants, predominantly composed of the Umayamnons and Higaunons who remain vulnerable to natural hazards, basically because of its geographical location.

In 2012, Typhoon Pablo damaged vast agricultural land, ravaged houses, and damaged properties amounting to roughly P 20M in the barangays within Upper Pulangi. The typhoon also left numerous people injured. To complicate the situation, lack of communication system caused heavy delays in the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office rescue operations. Road accidents, landslides, and other hydrometeorological hazards occur regularly in the area leaving the community at risk, including its most vulnerable sectors.

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A total of 2,000 government employees from different government agencies in Davao City received their first dose of COVID 19 vaccine through the Association of Regional Executives of National Agencies in Region XI (ARENA XI) – led Resbakuna last June 30 to July 2, 2021 in three different sites, namely: University of the Philippines Mindanao (UP Mindanao), University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP)-Obrero Campus, and Police Regional Office XI in Camp Catitipan.

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July was marked as the National Disaster Resiliency Month and with this, the Department of Science and Technology – CALABARZON (DOST-CALABARZON) took this opportunity to hold the Technology Opportunity Seminar (TechOpS) on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) technologies for the 24 city and municipal DRRM officers in Cavite. 

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In photos: (Left side) The newly-installed rice milling facility. (Right side) During the training on equipment operation and maintenance.

Myka Rice Mill, a business based in Pres. M.A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte recently received assistance amounting to Php 455,000.00 for equipment and productivity upgrades from the Department of Science and Technology Regional Office IX (DOST-IX), through the agency’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP).