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Representative Alan, 1 Ecleo of Dinagat Island’s Lone District, has emphasized the necessity to update the DRRM legislation and regulations, which appear to be outdated.

Ecleo underlined his appeal to “reform and update” the nation’s laws and regulations on risk management and reduction during a House Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation hearing on Wednesday.

Ecleo, the head of the House Committee on Disaster Resilience, promoted streamlining DRRM fund administration.

He referred to the difficulties faced by the Dinagat Islands after Typhoon Odette destroyed the region two years ago.

Earlier, he introduced House Resolution (HR) 00969 and House Bill (HB) No. 08077.

The Philippine DRRM Act, also known as Republic Act No. 10121, is being amended by HB08077 in Sections 22, 26, and 27.

It attempts to lengthen the window during which the afflicted provinces can apply for assistance from the national DRRM fund. It mandates the inclusion of the Committee on Disaster Resilience in the Congressional Oversight Committee, which keeps an eye on the Provincial DRRM Law’s implementation.

In his explanation of HB08077, Ecleo stated that “many of the law’s processes on rehabilitation (including terms and periods), as well as the corresponding implementing rules and regulations, are now proving to be inadequate or at least inefficient for calamity-stricken communities and constituents.”

Ecleo claimed that the PDRRM Act was passed more than 13 years ago before the nation had to deal with the tremendous destruction brought on by typhoons Pablo in 2012, Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, the Marawi siege in 2017, and Odette in 2021.

The law needs to be updated, he said, to be more sensitive to public demands and pertinent to the contemporary difficulties posed by climate change.

HR 00969, on the other hand, calls for the Department of National Defense’s Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to restructure the way it distributes money from the NDRRM fund so as not to “frustrate calamity-stricken communities with procedures and requirements that restrict instead of facilitate.”

Both proposals have already passed the subcommittee, with HB08077 being combined with other related and related laws that other members have approved.

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