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The Department of Science and Technology- Advanced Science and Technology Institute through Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration, Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) installed a Water Level Monitoring Station at Pundakit Bridge, Barangay Pundakit, San Antonio on May 5, 2016. The activity was witnessed by the DILG Officer together with the MDRRMC.
Installation of Water Level Monitoring Station together with the MDRRMC, ASTI Representative and DILG Officer
The installed monitoring station aims to provide accurate information on the level of water during typhoon and flooding for the prompt delivery of assistance and response by the LGU. Information on the water level monitored in this station will be transmitted directly through the NOAH PAGASA website.
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The Spanish Government through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) with a project entitled “Strengthening the Capacities of Philippine Local Governments in Disaster Risk Reduction aims to strengthen the system of disaster risk reduction in the Philippines, focusing at the LGU and community level. The Province of Zambales, together with the Province of Northern Samar and Davao del Sur were chosen to be recipients of the said project and will be receiving a grant from the Spanish Government which they can utilize for the Capacity Building Activity to strengthen the Local DRRM Council/Office and Operations Center in performing their task.
Read more: Zambales Among the Pilot Provinces of AECID Funded Project on DRR
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Zambales led by Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad, CESO V, awarded the 2nd tranche of DILG Locally-Funded Projects for BuB 2015 of Sta. Cruz, Zambales worth Php 762,900.00, last April 27, 2016 at the DILG Provincial Office, Iba, Zambales. It was received by Engr. Jojo Meridor, MPDO, witnessed by Ms. Diana Ocampo, Clerk III from the Municipal Treasurer’s Office, Ms. Jane Nilo, 4Ps Parent Leader and LPRAP signatory and OIC-MLGOO Reden Morris M. Vergara.
The awarded funds is the 2nd tranche or 100%, of the total allotment amounting to Three Million Eight Hundred Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P 3,814,500.00) intended for the two (2) identified BuB projects funded by the DILG namely, the Rehabilitation of the Sea Wall along Public Market and the Construction of Drainage System along N. Ela and N. Mose Street located at Poblacion South, Sta. Cruz, Zambales. Said projects are expected to be completed on the 2nd Quarter 2016.
LGU-Sta. Cruz is one of the pilot municipalities targeted by the DILG for the implementation of the Bottom-up Budgeting Program last 2014. As of this date, a total of Php 42,500,000.00 worth of projects, chosen by the different CSOs in the locality, was allocated and to be enjoyed by the people of Sta. Cruz, Zambales since the start of the program.
Bottom-up Budgeting (BuB) is a program of the current administration that aims to alleviate poverty in the country and strengthen collaborative governance with the private sector as part of the “Daang-Matuwid”. Before, planning was solely lodged at the National Government but because of the said program, the people of the community was given a voice in identifying programs and projects that will truly answer their needs in the community.
