Overseas Pinoy Scientist in China: A Disaster Risk Reduction 'Evangelist'

by The Manila Times

Aug 12, 2022 12:01 am

Dr. Glenn F. Fernandez, a 2021 Pamana ng Pilipino Presidential awardee, had personal reasons to specialize in the field of disaster mitigation and management.

His coastal hometown in Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur was the hardest hit by the 1976 Moro Gulf tsunami. It was the worst disaster in Philippine history with the most number of casualties before super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) wrought havoc in 2013 on practically the whole Visayas.

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