PNP readies emergency response teams as 2026 rainy season approaches

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now preparing teams for emergency response amid natural hazards as this year’s rainy season approaches. “Police units in flood and landslide-prone areas are now coordinating closely with local disaster councils for planning on preemptive evacuation, traffic management and rescue operations,” PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez