The Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) and the National Police College offer one-year scholarships to those who want to take a master’s course in crisis and disaster risk reduction and management.
The scholarship is open to members of the Philippine National Police with the rank of captain and major, government agencies, and members of the media.
In a virtual press conference, PPSC President Ricardo de Leon said that in this time of the pandemic, more needs to be raised, especially of frontliners during times of disaster.
“Ayaw natin maulit ‘yong nanagyari sa Catanduanes na na-isolate… without even communication na may mga problema pa na nangyayari doon. We want you to support LGUs (local government units),” said De Leon.
Catanduanes was one of the victims of Typhoon Rolly in November last year. The island’s communication line collapsed following the onslaught of the storm.
The said course has 42 units and the class will be made online.
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Public safety, nat’l police college offer crisis, disaster management scholarship
Those who are interested in applying for a scholarship can send an application to npcpsoac.mcdrm@gmail.com.
Approximately twenty tropical cyclones enter the Philippine area of responsibility yearly, an area that incorporates parts of the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, and the Philippine Archipelago (with the exception of Tawi-Tawi province).
In each year, ten cyclones are usually expected to be typhoons, with five having the potential to be destructive ones. According to a 2013 Time Magazine article, the Philippines is “the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms.” In the Philippine languages, tropical cyclones are generally called “bagyo.”
Typhoons can hit the Philippines any time of the year, with the months of June to September is the most active, with August being the most active individual month, and May the least active.
Typhoons usually move east to west across the country, heading north or west as they go. Storms most frequently make landfall on the islands of Eastern Visayas, Bicol Region, and northern Luzon, whereas the southern island and region of Mindanao are largely free of typhoons.