Metrobriefs

Storm surge warning

ANOTHER  “Pedring”-like storm surge may spill floodwaters not only onto Roxas Boulevard but to as far away as Taft Avenue, an official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority  warned on Friday. Following the destruction of a portion of the 1.8 km seawall, MMDA Deputy General Manager for Operations Emerson Carlos said Manila, at the moment, has little protection against waters that may rush in from the bay in the event of a storm as intense as Pedring. At  the Communication and News Exchange Forum organized by the Philippine Information Agency yesterday, Carlos pointed out that sandbags had been placed as a temporary barrier in place of the broken seawall, but these would be inadequate if another storm surge were to occur.  The government’s P30-million  Roxas Boulevard Seawall Promenade Project  is seen to provide twice the protection, Carlos said. “The first layer will serve as the breakwater, so that when water spills over to the next layer, the impact will be less,” he said. DJ Yap

QC organic fest Oct. 16

GO ORGANIC  and Natural Food Bowl Market Association (GO ON FBM), in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture will celebrate World Food Day, the organic and natural way, on Oct. 16, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Eton Centris Walk on Edsa corner Quezon Avenue in Quezon City. The event coincides with GO ON FBM’s formal launching of its Food Bowl Market through an organic and natural food festival which features “Pinoy TasteTival,” “I Love Fish” and other cooking contests, “Organic Pinoy Music Jam” and other surprises. GO ON FBM is an association of sustainable development advocates and organic agriculture and natural farming practitioners converging with the government’s food self-sufficiency program by implementing the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 (RA 10068). For more details, contact Desiree “Des” Segovia at 09164793286 or Ramon “Monpad” Padilla at 09175082954.