Satisfactory (3)

My evaluation/assessment to the Philippine Government’s Disaster Preparedness plan

and response is 3 or satisfactory. I mean almost all of the hazards that came to our country has
been solved or addressed by the government but the quality of service and accuracy of the
response and help is not that accurate enough to rate it outstanding. These past years, many
tremendous disasters have occurred in our country including the Taal volcano eruption, typhoon
Yolanda, Bohol earthquake, Marawi siege and etc. During the typhoon Yolanda many casualties
has been recorded and I think that’s because of the lack of preparedness and warning by the
government before the disaster happened. Based from Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, at the
national level, 82 percent of the population received their main source of news from television
followed by 9 percent from radio. When asked specifically about information from their LGU,
respondents agreed that information from the LGU arrived in a timely manner (62 percent), was
sufficient to prepare for a disaster (65 percent), and was reliable (68 percent). That was a low
percentage as well as the response and help is also imprecise and delayed but anyway there’s a
help given by our government to those victims. In support and assistance, a substantial part of the
national population (63 percent) have received assistance following a disaster. The vast amount
was provided by their local government units (LGU) (52 percent). When asked about who they
would receive help from if a disaster were to happen, respondents did not feel as though they
would receive much help and assistance from neighbors, friends, or non-government
organizations (NGOs). Most Filipinos believed that they are self-reliant in preparing for a
disaster (64 percent), during a disaster (62 percent), and in the aftermath of a disaster (63
percent), based from Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes were
common also in Philippines, so I guess that’s why the government somehow know what to do
when it happens; not just sure about the” Big One”. While the rest of the disasters that occurred
in our country was in able to managed by our government and it’s pretty impressive even we
have lesser budget compare to other countries. And now that another disaster has come which is
the pandemic COVID-19, the government is doing its best to protect and avoid the spread of the
disease to the public. But even if we still have active cases in our country they are planning to
allow/open the tourism. For me it’s not a smart move to open tourism, all I can say is it would be
better if they’ll wait for a couple months before reopening it. So that’s all of my assessment to
our government’s disaster preparedness plan and response, it’s good for me but it would be better
if they’ll response earlier/ faster and rise the budget for disaster management. Those are the
things that I think they should imply or do since we are vulnerable to disasters. And as I Filipino
citizen I wish that our disaster response in our country will enhance or get supported well in
order to protect the people of its country.