Thursday, 9 August 2012

Definition of Areas to be declared Under State of National Calamity

What is the Definition of Areas to be declared Under State of National Calamity! The Official Gazette gave a Briefer on the State of National Clalamity.

According to Section 3 of RA 10121, known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010,” defines a State of Calamity as “a condition involving mass casualty and/or major damages to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads and normal way of life of people in the affected areas as a result of the occurrence of natural or human-induced hazard.”

Read the full Briefer on PDF: credit to Official Gazette.

Briefer on the State of National Clalamity

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