ONE OF THE PRIORITY PROVINCES which will benefit from the P1 billion funding for the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute – Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards Center (UPRI-NOAH) in the 2026 national budget is Catanduanes. Here, Gov. Patrick Alain T. Azanza listens as Executive Director Dr. Mahar Lagmay (in white, back to camera) explains how the project will deliver timely, science-based hazard monitoring, early warning, and risk information to communities across the Philippines. At left is Dr. Daniel Karthe, Executive Director of United Nations University. A team from UPRI-NOAH is set to visit Bagamanoc in the latter part of the year to conduct an assessment. Last year, the same group, together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Philippines, presented to the LGU updates on the
