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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday ordered the national government agencies to closely coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) in preparation ahead of the La Ni\u00f1a phenomenon that is expected to start next month.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In his speech during the distribution of financial assistance to farmers and fisherfolk affected by the El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon in Maguindanao del Sur, President Marcos cited the need to implement a whole-of-government approach to prepare for La Ni\u00f1a.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNgayon, papalapit na tayo sa buwan ng Hunyo, inaasahan natin na huhupa na ang matinding init, ngunit mapapalitan naman ito ng matinding pag-ulan. Kaya naman, inaatasan ko ang lahat ng mga ahensya ng gobyerno na ipagpatuloy ang pakikipag-ugnayan, lalong-lalo na sa mga LGU, bilang paghahanda para sa darating naman na La Ni\u00f1a,\u201d President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIto ay upang maibsan ang epekto ng matinding pagbaha na alam natin taon-taon na nararanasan ng mga komunidad natin dito sa Maguindanao del Sur,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As part of the government\u2019s La Ni\u00f1a mitigation efforts, President Marcos said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now closely working with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other government agencies to realize the \u201cFlood Risk Management Project sa Allah River Basin.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n President Marcos added that some government projects are already in the pipeline, including the rehabilitation of the Provincial Access Road in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, and the Rajah Buayan aimed at ensuring seamless transport system and the local industry in Maguindanao del Sur.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Before concluding his speech, the President recognized the valuable contribution of the provincial government of Maguindanao in making the province more progressive.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said the government will continue to strive hard to secure the agricultural industry and the welfare of the farmers.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday ordered the national government agencies to closely coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) in preparation ahead of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6071,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6069\/revisions\/6071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}