This Week’s Milestones: Feb. 25 to March 3, 2018
Feb. 25, 2009
Road projects worth P10 million for Benguet province were launched by the Department of Agriculture.
The projects were part of a P130-million package for Cordillera’s farm-to-market road program in a bid to enhance food security and cushion the impact of recession by providing employment in the provinces.
Feb. 27, 2009
A new flood forecasting system was installed at the town of Baler in Aurora province by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.
The early warning and monitoring system provides real-time data on weather, rainfall and water levels that are accessible to residents.
A network of four rainfall gauging stations, six water-level gauging stations, two automatic weather stations, one evaporation station and 15 global short messaging systems collects the data.
The system, which is also set up in the provinces of Iloilo and Lanao, costs a total of $1 million for all three areas. The project is funded by a grant from the South Korean government.
Compiled by Kathleen de Villa, Inquirer Research
Sources: Inquirer Archives, DOT, bukidnon.gov.ph. Mindanaoan.com
