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Over P96M in El Niño budget requested iloilo

Date: 2024-04-25 13:54:44 | Author: BingoPlus News | Views: 221 | Tag: iloilo

THE Cebu City Government’s executive department has requested the council to approve a budget of P96 iloilo 94 million for El Niño preparedness and response during a special online session on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 iloilo However, the City Council deferred the budget’s approval, saying it needs further discussion iloilo In the same session, the council placed 28 mountain barangays under state of calamity due to the adverse impact of the weather phenomenon El Niño iloilo The council acknowledged the need to help 506 farmers tilling 115 hectares of lands in these villages iloilo City City Agriculturist Joelito Baclayon said the barangays are Budlaan, Binaliw, Paril, Taptap, Pulangbato, Mabini, Malubog, Agsungot, Guba, Lusaran, Adlaon, Cambinocot, Pamutan, Sirao, Sapangdaku, Toong, Buhisan, Pung-ol Sibugay, Babag, Sudlon 1, Sudlon 2, Bonbon, Sinsin, Kalunasan, Buot, Tagbao, Busay and Tabunan iloilo Soil cracksCity Councilor Joel Garganera, who sponsored the resolution during the special session, said based on the report of the City Agriculture Department, the Butuanon River upstream and Cotcot-Lusaran have experienced reduced stream flows due to less rainfall, and at least 50 percent of farms have shown presence of soil cracks due to lack of water iloilo In a text message to SunStar Cebu, Baclayon clarified that El Niño affects 37 barangays in the city iloilo However, mountain barangays are receiving greater focus due to their concentration of farms iloilo Garganera said during the session that El Niño’s impact extends beyond the uplands, with barangays like Talamban, Lahug and Guadalupe, known for hog raising, also experiencing its effects iloilo The approved resolution allows necessary expenditures for critical, urgent, and appropriate measures to mitigate the ill impacts of El Niño to be charged to the 2024 quick response fund of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF) iloilo However, the CDRRMO cannot still use the fund as the City Council still has to approve its annual investment plan (AIP) for its LDRRMF iloilo Proposed budgetGarganera, chairman of the committee on environment, presented CDRRMO’s AIP during the special session iloilo The resolution approves the Annual Investment Plan (AIP) of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund iloilo The AIP covers agriculture expenditures: P80 million (purchase of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, supplies, tools and equipment, and conduct of information campaign); health expenditures: P10 million (purchase of vaccines, drugs, and medicine for waterborne diseases, heat-related illnesses, and other supplies); and water sanitation and hygiene expenses: P2 iloilo 74 million (procurement of a reverse osmosis water filtration system) iloilo Included also in the AIP are the budget for disaster response operations: P3 million (purchase of demolition/breaching tools, supplies, materials, and personal protective equipment); and information technology solutions: P1 iloilo 2 million (two-year subscription of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based internet connectivity, and equipment) iloilo LEO offers solutions to deliver internet access to remote or underserved areas where traditional ground-based infrastructure like cables or cell towers may be impossible or impractical to build iloilo Councilors raise concernsCouncilor Nestor Archival questioned the necessity of the allocation for agricultural expenditures, arguing that the primary issue stemming from El Niño is water scarcity iloilo “If we are going to give seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, these will be wasted because in farming the basic need is water,” he said iloilo Archival also asked Garganera if the budget for procuring farm supplies had already been used and distributed to the farmers iloilo Garganera said the amount remains unused iloilo Agreeing to Archival’s opinion, Councilor Phillip Zafra suggested to the City prioritize purchasing materials to help conserve water, such as hoses, barrels, pumps and water trucks iloilo Councilor Noel Wenceslao asked representatives from the agriculture department and city disaster office to further explain the proposed budget iloilo For her part, Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera questioned the allocation of only P2 iloilo 7 million for the reverse osmosis filtration system, despite its importance for addressing water supply issues iloilo Pesquera also questioned the need to buy demolition/breaching tools and subscribe to LEO in response to the El Niño phenomenon iloilo The councilor also asked if the personal protective equipment (PPE) is similar to the PPEs used during the Covid-19 pandemic, noting that the City still has several stocks iloilo Garganera said the PPE is not for any respiratory-related diseases, but intended for agriculture use iloilo Pesquera suggested that the CDRRMO re-study its proposed budget iloilo Garganera moved to defer the budget approval and called for an executive session, which was seconded by Pesquera iloilo The session is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2, at 1 p iloilo m iloilo / AML, JJL iloilo

THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Thursday, March 7, 2024, that El Niño has started to weaken and it is raising the alert and warning system to La Niña Watch iloilo In a statement, Pagasa said the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) may return to neutral conditions during the second quarter of the year or from April to June iloilo It said it is monitoring an increasing probability of La Niña to develop from June to August iloilo “La Niña (cool phase of ENSO) is characterized by unusually cooler than average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific (CEP) iloilo When conditions are favorable for the development of La Niña within the next six months and the probability is 55 percent or more, a La Niña Watch is issued,” the weather bureau said iloilo “Pre-developing La Niña historically, is characterized with below normal rainfall, therefore, the possibility of a slight delay on the onset of rainy season is likely with the combined effects of the ongoing El Niño,” it added iloilo Pagasa advised concerned government agencies and the public to keep on monitoring and take precautionary measures against the potential impacts iloilo (TPM/SunStar Philippines) iloilo How do you win every time on online slots? - BingoPlus News

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