ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) has been adjudged as the best highly-urbanized city in the DRRM category during the 21st Gawad Kalasag search (regional level).
Dr. Elmeir Apolinario, CDRRMO chief, said Friday the city bested other cities after accumulating an average score of 94.85 percent. The awarding ceremony was held at a hotel in Pagadian City on Monday.
Apolinario said the Gawad Kalasag (Kalamidad at Sakuna Labanan, Sariling Galing and Kaligtasan) is the country’s premier annual awards for outstanding contribution to the fields of disaster reduction and management and humanitarian assistance.
Launched in 1998, Gawad Kalasag was organized by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, formerly known as the National
Disaster Coordinating Council.
Apolinario said the regional level victory qualifies the CDRRMO to compete at the national level against other highly urbanized cities in the country.
This city bagged the third place in the 2017 regional level of the Gawad Kalasag Search for excellence in disaster risk reduction and management and humanitarian assistance. (PNA)
Zambo City wins 21st reg'l Gawad Kalasag search
By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.
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