NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Committee on Climate Change, together with Sen. Gringo Honasan, Sen. Panfilo Lacson and Muntinlupa City Rep. Rodolfo Biazon, listen to Undersecretary Benito Ramos of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) during a Congressional Oversight Committee briefing today, Monday, October 3, 2011. The agency updated the committee on the progress of the implementation of the country’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Law (RA 10121), in light of the occurrence of natural calamities and typhoons. The agency’s national disaster risk reduction management plan was also discussed during the briefing. (PRIB Photo by Alex Nuevaespaña)