The succession of typhoons entering and wreaking havoc in the Philippines made some celebrities concerned about how a certain project of the past administration was abolished because it was deemed ‘unnecessary’.
After the Duterte government terminated Project NOAH, celebrities aired their concern since calamities have struck one after another this 2020.
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Karla Estrada tweeted, “Kung ano ang nakakatulong sa mas Nakakarami, IBALIK!”, referring to Project NOAH which was an advancement towards a better disaster risk management in the Philippines.
Kung ano ang nakakatulong sa mas Nakararami, IBALIK! #projectnoah https://t.co/bwEV7xhtKs
— karla estrada (@Estrada21Karla) November 12, 2020
TV host Bianca Gonzalez wanted to bring back the terminated project so that the Local Government Units would have access to accurate and additional information.
She tweeted, “Ibalik ang funding para sa Project NOAH para dagdag impormasyon at tulong sa mga LGUs.”
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Remember the time that the Duterte government did not give importance to the country’s calamity fund?
After closing Project NOAH, the administration slowly cut the allotted calamity fund.
Twitter user @WOLFIERODNEY using the hashtag #NeverForget, posted the dates of when this government decided to disregard the calamity fund.
https://twitter.com/WOLFIERODNEY/status/1326798994861907969
Twitter user @banana_feelings posted the news about Duterte’s stoppage of Project NOAH and the calamity fund being cut.
https://twitter.com/banana_feelings/status/1326792545003835392
Project NOAH was the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) response to the call of former President Benigno S. Aquino III for a more accurate, integrated, and responsive disaster prevention and mitigation system, especially in high-risk areas throughout the Philippines.
The Project’s aim was to harness technologies and management services for disaster risk reduction activities offered by the DOST through PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, and the DOST-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), in partnership with the UP National Institute of Geological Sciences and the UP College of Engineering.
The Project was supposed to provide data for better disaster prevention and mitigation. The data gathered by the scientists and researchers who were working on the now-closed agency could have given a 6-hour lead-time warning to communities that will be severely affected by impending floods. It was also meant to be used to enhance current geo-hazard vulnerability maps.
