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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA. JR.
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AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE V -  BOOK I I I  OF REPUBLIC ACT 7160, OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, PROPOSING A 
PERMANENT 
ITEM 
FOR A 
DISASTER OFFICER 
IN 
EVERY 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT UNIT
EXPLANATORY NOTE
An inexhaustible number of deadly typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions 
and other natural disasters have brought its wrath into the Philippines. This is mainly 
because of the country's geographic location -  being along the Ring of Fire, or 
typhoon belt. The Ring of Fire is one of the most geologically active areas where 
active volcanoes are located surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
This fact alone makes it imperative for the country to have a systematic 
disaster risk reduction and response mechanism that would equip Filipinos in dealing 
with natural disasters.
In response. Republic Act 10121, otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster 
Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 was enacted. Pursuant to the law, the 
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework (NDRRMF) shall 
provide a community-based disaster risk reduction and management, a process of 
disaster risk reduction and management in which at risk communities are actively 
engaged in the identification, analysis, treatment, monitoring and evaluation of 
disaster risks in order to reduce their vulnerabilities, and enhance their capacities. It 
also puts the people at the heart of decision-making and implementation of disaster
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risk reduction and management activities; and provide for comprehensive, all 
hazards, multi-sectoral, inter-agency and community-based approach to disaster risk 
reduction and management. In this light, it is significant that each local government 
assign a disaster risk officer with a permanent status and be required to establish an 
office that is exclusively for disaster risk operations. With this, it will be easier to 
satisfy the purpose in providing assistance in their respective communities in tim es 
of devastation, and for those affected people to easily move forward and go back to 
their normal life.
This bill, therefore, seeks to assign a permanent Disaster Risk Officer in each 
local government unit to complement RA 10121. Under this measure, every local 
government unit's organizational structure will be more dynamic, efficient and each 
will have an operating mechanism that will meet the needs and service requirements 
of every community.
In this regard, passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
RAMOK BONG REVILLA, 3R.


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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S E N A T E  
S. No. 
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JUL-l 
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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE V -  BOOK I I I  OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, PROPOSING A 
PERMANENT 
ITEM 
FOR A 
DISASTER 
OFFICER 
IN 
EVERY 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT UNIT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the Philippine in 
Congress assem bled:
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SECTION 1. A new article after Article XX, Title V -  Book III of Republic Act 
7160 is hereby inserted to read as follows:
ARTICLE XXI -  DISASTER RISK OFFICER.
SECTION 491: QUALIFICATIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND 
POWERS:
AN APPOINTED PERSON MUST BE A FILIPINO CITIZEN, A 
RESIDENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT CONCERNED AND 
HAS GOOD MORAL CHARCATER.
(1) EDUCATION: MUST BE A GRADUATE OF BACHELOR 
DEGREE 
ON 
SOCIAL 
SCIENCE, 
HUMANITIES, 
PUBLIC 
ADMINISTRATION, 
AGRICULTURE 
OR 
OTHER 
RELATED 
FIELDS, AND ELIGIBLE ON CIVIL SERVICE.
(2) SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE


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(A) 
KNOWLEDGE 
IN 
DISASTER 
RISK 
MANAGEMENT 
(DISASTER 
RESPONSE 
AND 
IMPROVEMENT, 
REHABILITATION AND RISK REDUCTION AGENDA),
(B) ABILITY TO DEVELOP PROJECT PROPOSAL, WORK 
PLAN, MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES,
(C) GOOD ANALYTICAL SKILLS AND THE ABILITY TO 
ASSESS INFORMATION ON HUMANITARIAN ISSUES,
(D) GOOD ORGANIZATIONAL AND FACILITATION SKILLS, 
ABILITY TO WORK WITH DIVERSE TEAMS OFTEN IN 
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
(E) KNOWLEDGEABLE ON PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, 
MONITORING, 
IMPLEMENTATION, 
EVALUATION 
AND 
BUDGETING,
(G) 
GOOD 
COMMUNICATION, 
FACILITATION 
AND 
NEGOTIATION SKILLS.
3. EXPERIENCE (AT LEAST THREE YEARS)
(A) 
WORKING 
IN 
EMERGENCY 
REHABILITATION, 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
(B) WORKING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, COMMUNITY 
COUNCILS, DISTRICT AND PROVINCIAL COMMITTEES OR 
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
(C) 
EXPERIENCE 
IN 
DEVELOPING 
AND 
DELIVERING 
PROJECT OUTLINES AND REPORTS FROM BEGINNING TO 
COMPLETION OF PROJECT.
4. RESPONSIBILITIES (PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
10121)
(A) 
ADOPT 
A 
DISASTER 
RISK 
REDUCTION 
AND 
MANAGEMENT 
APPROACH 
THAT 
IS 
HOLISTIC, 
COMPREHENSIVE, 
INTEGRATED, 
AND 
PROACTIVE 
IN 
LESSENING THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
IMPACTS OF DISASTERS INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE, 
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OF ALL SECTORS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS CONCERNED, AT 
ALL LEVELS, ESPECIALLY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;
(B) 
INSTITUTIONALIZE THE POLICIES, STRUCTURES, 
COORDINATION 
MECHANISMS AND PROGRAMS WITH 
CONTINUING BUDGET APPROPRIATION ON 
DISASTER 
RISK REDUCTION FROM NATIONAL DOWN TO LOCAL 
LEVELS TOWARDS 
BUILDING 
A 
DISASTER-RESILIENT 
NATION AND COMMUNITIES;
(C) RECOGNIZE THE LOCAL RISK PATTERNS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF LGUs FOR 
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH 
DECENTRALIZED 
POWERS, 
RESPONSIBILITIES, 
AND 
RESOURCES AT THE REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS;
(D) RECOGNIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITIES OF 
LGUs 
AND 
COMMUNITIES 
IN 
MITIGATING 
AND 
PREPARING FOR, RESPONDING TO, AND RECOVERING 
FROM THE IMPACT OF DISASTERS;
SECTION 2. Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order, letter 
of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,