26 January 2017

News Story: Singapore, Philippines and the U.S. co-organize exercise on humanitarian assistance

SINGAPORE, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Singapore, the Philippines and the United States co-organized three-day multinational exercise to strengthen cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), said Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) in a press release on Wednesday.

The Exercise Coordinated Response (Ex COORES) 2017, conducted from Monday to Wednesday, at the Changi Command and Control Center in Singapore, according to MINDEF.

Participants were expected to respond to a mock scenario where double devastation hit Philippines when a volcanic eruption occurred at Mount Mayon, followed by a Category 5 typhoon at the city of Legazpi.

Read the full story at Xinhua