COTABATO CITY (April 5, 2019) — To facilitate an immediate response
to the affected areas of El-Niño in the Bangsamoro region, the Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (MAFAR-BARMM) led an inter-agency
planning workshop on Friday, April 5, in Cotabato City.
During the
workshop, the BARMM agencies prepared an El-Niño Damage Assessment Report,
El-Niño Action Plan for the months of April to December 2019, which were
already proposed during the inter-agency convergence meeting on March 27, 2019.
Engr.
Mohajirin Ali, RPDO-BARMM Acting Executive Director, said the Action Plan will
be the basis of the Bangsamoro Government in responding to the needs of
affected residents and in accessing potential assistance from the donors or
partners who are willing to provide various support.
"The
RPDO is committed to any possible help and willing to provide the necessary
services to the areas," he added.
The agencies
agreed to form a Task Force El-Niño, which will vice-chaired by Ministry of
Local Government (MLG) and with the Regional Planning and Development office
(RPDO-BARMM) as its technical secretariat.
The Task
Force has set an initial meeting on April 11, 2019 to evaluate plans that have
been identified during Friday's activity.
The El-Niño
phenomenon is characterized by an unusual warm sea surface temperatures in the
central and eastern part of equatorial Pacific.
According to
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
(Pagasa), the country has been experiencing El-Niño since early February and
will possibly last until May of this year. (By
JONG CADION with PR from Bureau of Public Information)
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