Local and national government leaders call for public support to conserve and protect the Tagum Libuganon River Basin (TLRB) following the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation and Manifesto of Support for the TLRB Management and Development Masterplan.
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Dolores Hipolito (2nd from left), Project Manager IIIoftheUnified Project Management Office Flood Control Management cluster of the Department of Public Works and Highways duringthe Saturday News Forum inQuezon Cityon Feb. 3, 2023. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - The government has allocated PHP20 billion for the first phase of the Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in three major river basins in the country. Dolores Hipolito, Project Manager III of the Unified Project Management Office Flood Control Management cluster of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), said the multi-billion-peso project aims to mitigate flood damage, reduce flood risks, and improve climate resilience in Abra, Ranao (Agus), and Tagum-Libuganon. "So unlike in the past, the focus of the DPWH is to provide structural measures or to construct these infrastructures. Here, we are looking at flood risk management. So this project includes three components: one compone
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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the water levels of Davao River and its tributaries, particularly Salug, Matupe, Kiulom, Tagaulay, Sita, Dumalogdog, Simud, Ipuan, Gumitan, Upian, Kulafu, Suawan, Siao, and Tamugan Rivers are below alert level, as of 4 p.m.
The trough of Auring is forecast to bring light to moderate with any times heavy rains over the upstream of the Davao River Basin, while scattered moderate with at times heavy rain showers and thunderstorms would be felt over the rest of the river basin in the next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, PAGASA said the stretch of Cagayan de Oro River from Talakag town to its river mouth in Macajalar Bay and its tributaries particularly Bubunawan, Samalauan, Tamalaong, Mamala, Batang and Tagite Rivers remains below alert level, as of 5 p.m.