25/10/2026
Effective 24 October 2026, the Regional DRRM Operations Center is raised to RED Alert Status to ensure heightened monitoring, strengthened coordination, and effective oversight of emergency preparedness and response efforts in line with the hosting of the 20th ASEAN Defence Ministersโ Meeting (ADMM) and 13th ASEAN Defence Ministersโ Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus) in Cebu.
The ADMM is the highest defense-consultative and cooperative mechanism in ASEAN, bringing together defense ministers from all ASEAN member states (currently 11 nations, including Timor-Leste). Its core purpose is to promote regional peace and stability through dialogue, transparency, and practical defense cooperation among ASEAN members with focus areas on maritime security, counter-terrorism, disaster relief, military medicine, and regional defense policies.
The ADMM Plus is an expansion of the ADMM that includes the 11 ASEAN member states plus 8 external Dialogue Partners (Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia, and the United States) with core purpose of building security capacity, foster trust, and conduct practical joint operations and exercises.
The Office of Civil Defense Regional Office 7 is tasked to lead the Site Task Group for Emergency Preparedness and Response (STG-EPR) deploying approximately 80 personnel and resources from various agencies, including OCD, BFP, DOH, AFP-VISCOM, NAVFORCEN, TOWCEN, DICT, DSWD, DPWH, PCG, MCIAA, ERUF, Philippine Red Cross, Cebu Provincial DRRM Office, and the Local DRRM Offices of Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Cordova, Mandaue City, Medellin and Carcar City, Carcar City Hospital, and Minglanilla District Hospital. Also with the support of the Provincial Government of Cebu led by Governor Pamela Baricuatro, and Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Cindi King-Chan. The STG-EPR is mandated to direct and oversee the overall emergency preparedness and response and manage consequences of natural and human-induced disasters that may occur during the hosting.
The Central Visayas Site Task Group was also activated by the Police Regional Office VII in support to the ADMM and ADMM Plus.
Likewise, the Emergency Operations Center has been activated and an Incident Command Post has been established.
As Cebu prepares for this significant international event, the public is strongly advised to stay informed by monitoring official advisories and to fully cooperate with law enforcement authorities.
For reports or concerns, the public may contact their respective Local DRRM Offices or coordinate directly with the RDRRMOC through its hotline at 0917-704-1070.
๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข 24-๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ/๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ด (๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ด).
๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.