Kung Sakali-Ogie Alcasid published: 07 Jul 2008 views: 430851 author: UniversalRecPH First single off Ogie Alcasid's new album The Great Filipino Song Book; features Marian Rivera; originally sung by Pabs Dadivas during the late 70's and was ...
What is disaster management? The United Nations defines a disaster as a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society. Disasters involve widespread human, material, economic or environmental impacts, which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
Origin of the word disaster The word disaster comes from the Middle French dÃ©sastre from the old Italian disastro, which comes from the Greek pejorative prefix dis- (bad; Gr: Î´ÏÏ-) + aster (star; Gr: á¼ÏÏÎ®Ï). So disaster lit. means bad star. The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of aâ¦