Manila, Sept. 3 -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has already trained 831 local government units (LGUs) on the use of various tools under the country's GeoRisk Initiative, the central information resource on natural hazards and risk assessment.

Department of Science and Technology - Phivolcs Director Teresito Bacolcol on Wednesday said nearly half of the country's 1,820 provincial, city, and municipal governments have been trained from 2019 to this year.

"We still have a long way to go, but the number of trained is already significant. Aside from face-to-face trainings, there are also online resources available to capacitate local government officials," Bacolcol said in a press briefing at the Summit H...