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‘We are here to listen’: Senate President Vicente Sotto III explains to officials of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) led by Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad during a public hearing Monday, November 11, 2019 the need to create the Department of Disaster and Resilience, which he said would consolidate all emergency management efforts of various government agencies. (PRIB Photo by Henz Austria/11 November 2019)