Barangay officials should stop people from building homes near riverbanks ang areas prone to calamities. This was the statement of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She continues that government agencies should have identified danger zones and prepared preemptive evacuation plans to save lives in future disasters.
The President also tasked the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to coordinate with Regional and Provincial Disaster Coordinating Councils to effect preemptive evacuations. (PIA)
