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for Mon / Feb 10 for Feb 11, 2013
Written
by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter
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by: Courtesy of Philippine Army
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THE
Philippine Army began on Friday its plans to build warehouses in key areas of the country for disaster
response initiatives.
“This
is part of our continuing effort to bolster the efficiency of our Regional
Disaster Reduction and Management
Councils in providing support to the
citizenry before, during and after
calamities,” said Undersecretary Eduardo D. Del Rosario.
Del
Rosario, the newly-appointed Executive Director of the National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), led the ground-breaking
ceremony for the 3-in-1 DRRM facility in Fort Magsaysay
Del
Rosario said the project, which aims to build five facilitie, was conceptualized
by NDRRMC chairperson and Defense Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin.
The
3-in-1 facility will consist of an aircraft maintenance hangar, a warehouse and an office space for the Office
of Civil Defense (OCD).
“This
is the first projects designed to serve
as logistics base and supply storage who
will be affected by disasters,” a briefing material from the NDRRMC said.
Other
similar DRRM facilities, according to Del Rosario, will be built in Legaspi City ,
Albay; Tacloban City ,
Leyte; Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis
Oriental; and, Butuan
City
The
NDRRMC said the building, which will cost P46 million and located in Fort Magsaysay
The
54th EBde, which stationed at Camp Lt. Tito B. Abat in Pangasinan, expects to finish
construction of the DRRM facility in Fort
Magsaysay
The
construction of the facility came two months after Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) hit Mindanao and led to deaths of thousands. Economic losses
to agriculture, infrastructure and private property were recorded at P37
billion (US$802 million), with an additional P5 billion (US$122 million)
allocated to the rehabilitation of farms, according to a report by insurance
firm Aon Benfield.
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