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Date: 2011/10/9<br>Subject: Press Release - Oct. 9: 3-D disaster map from AusAID to lift Mayor Lani’s Disaster Risk Reduction efforts in Taguig<br>To: Public Information Office Taguig City <<a href="mailto:cityinfo.taguig@gmail.com">cityinfo.taguig@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<div align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:normal;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:19px"><b>October 9, 2011</b></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:normal;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
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<div align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:normal"><span><div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:serif"><b>3-D
disaster map from AusAID to lift Mayor Lani’s Disaster Risk </b></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif"><b>Reduction
efforts in Taguig</b></span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><b> </b></span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano is pleased
for selecting the city as pilot testing site for the high-resolution,
geo-hazard map given to the Philippines by the Australian government under the
extensive disaster risk reduction assistance program known as BRACE.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mayor Cayetano underscored the great aid
the local government stands to receive from the technology, which uses Light
Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) in order to get a three- dimensional (3-D) model
of any given location.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“The application of this technology in
creating a geo-hazard map will be a challenge among us decision-makers of the
city government particularly during instances of typhoons, flooding,
landslides, tornadoes and earthquakes. With this, we will be able to determine which
areas in Taguig are in peril,” Mayor Cayetano said.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ronald Galicia, officer-in-charge of
Taguig Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO), said the
acquisition of the LIDAR technology is a “welcome development” for the city
government.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“This technology arrived just in time to
address the changes in the environment that we are witnessing. We need this to
respond to the challenges of climate change,” Galicia explained.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Australian Aid (AusAID) chose Taguig as
pilot testing site for the LIDAR technology since the city is on the path to
development.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Andrew Egan of AusAID vowed to cooperate
with the city government of Taguig in improving land use planning right after
they get data from the high-resolution maps.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lawyer Darwin Icay, Mayor Cayetano’s
spokesperson, underscored the technology’s value in helping the city government
of Taguig prepare for disasters.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:serif">“Typhoon Ondoy taught us all
a neat lesson. With this in mind, the Cayetano administration has set in motion
steps that will help us respond during times of tragedy. The ability to create
a sophisticated geo-hazard goes hand-in-hand with our planned 24/7 health
centers, the modernization of the local bureau of fire protection, the
Geographic Information System and even the Taguig City Integrated Survey System
(TCISS),” concluded Icay. ###<b></b></span></div><div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:19px;text-align:justify;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:serif"><div style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Disaster
risk reduction efforts ni Mayor Lani ng Taguig palalakasin ng donasyong 3D
disaster map ng AusAID </span></b></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Itinuturing ni Taguig City Mayor Lani
Cayetano na isang magandang balita ang pagkakapili sa lungsod para sa pilot
test ng high-resolution geo-hazard map na ipinagkaloob ng pamahalaan ng
Australia sa Pilipinas sa pamamagitan ng mas malawak na disaster risk
reduction assistance program na kung tawagin ay BRACE Program.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sinabi ni Mayor Cayetano na makatutulong
ng malaki sa disaster risk reduction efforts ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Taguig
ang teknolohiyang ito na gumagamit ng laser beams na kung tawagin ay Light
Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) para makakuha ng three-dimensional (3-D) model ng
isang lugar. </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Magsisilbing malaking hamon para sa
pamahalaang lungsod kung paano gagamitin ng mga katulad naming decision-maker
ang teknolohiyang ito para makabuo ng isang sophisticated geo-hazard map na
magagamit sa paghahanda sa mga darating na unos tulad ng bagyo, baha, pagguho
ng lupa, pagtama ng ipo-ipo at paglindol. Sa pamamagitan nito ay malalaman
natin kung anu-anong lugar sa Taguig ang may mga nakaambang panganib,” giit ni
Mayor Cayetano.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Para naman kay Ronald Galicia,
officer-in-charge ng Taguig Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
(DRRMO), ang LIDAR technology ay isang welcome development para sa pamahalaang
lungsod.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Tamang-tama ang pagdating ng
teknolohiyang ito sa mga pagbabagong nagaganap sa ating kapaligiran.
Kailangang-kailangan natin ito ngayon para makatugon sa mga pagbabagong dulot
ng climate change,” pahayag ni Galicia.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Napili ng Australian Aid (AusAID) ang
Taguig para sa pilot testing ng LIDAR technology dahil pasibol pa lamang ang
development sa lungsod. </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ayon kay Andrew Egan ng AusAId,
makikipagtulungan sila sa Pamahalaang Lungsod ng Taguig para mapagbuti nito ang
land use planning sa sandaling makakuha na sila ng mga datos mula sa
high-resolution maps.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Iginiit naman ni Atty. Darwin Icay,
tagapagsalita ni Mayor Cayetano na tunay na malaki ang maitutulong nito sa
hangarin ng pamahalaang lungsod na ihanda ang Taguig sa mga unos katulad ng
Bagyong Ondoy.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“May iniwang aral sa atin ang epekto ng
Bagyong Ondoy. Dahil dito ay may mga nai-punla nang hakbangin ang Cayetano
administration para makatugon sa isang trahedya. Ang pagkakaroon ng
sophisticated geo-hazard map ay akmang-akma sa ikinakasang 24/7 health centers,
ang planong pagmu-modernisa ng lokal na pamatay-sunog, ang Geographic
Information System at maging ang Taguig City Integrated Survey System (TCISS),”
pagtatapos ni Atty. Icay.###</span></div></span></div>
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