PRRD hopes to correct law on state of calamity declaration
(File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he wants to "correct" a law requiring the assessment of reports on disaster areas on a state of calamity is declared before he steps down from office in June. "I hope we can correct these things before we go out," Duterte said in a prerecorded Talk to the People. Duterte was possibly referring to Republic Act No. (RA) 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010. Expressing frustration over "anything that hinders or delays" government response, he said the law needed to be...
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