{"id":69,"date":"2017-02-07T14:25:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T06:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/?p=69"},"modified":"2017-02-07T14:28:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T06:28:02","slug":"two-jica-funded-doppler-radars-for-aparri-cagayan-and-guiuan-eastern-samar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/2017\/02\/07\/two-jica-funded-doppler-radars-for-aparri-cagayan-and-guiuan-eastern-samar\/","title":{"rendered":"Two JICA funded doppler radars for Aparri, Cagayan and Guiuan, Eastern Samar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) funded the acquisition of two \u00a0doppler radars \u00a0for Aparri, Cagayan and Guiuan, Eastern Samar.<\/p>\n<p>These two doppler radars\u00a0have been turned over to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe radar project under JICA grant-aid scheme targets the improvement of meteorological radar system in the Philippines which is guaranteed to boost Pagasa\u2019s capabilities in weather monitoring and forecasting,\u201d Pagasa Administrator Vicente Malano said during the turn-over ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The radar project also serves as part of the 3.35-billion yen official development assistance of JICA for the state weather bureau to boost the country\u2019s disaster resiliency.<\/p>\n<p>According to JICA chief representative Susumu Ito, the first doppler radar was given in 2012. It was set up in Virac, Catanduanes.<\/p>\n<p>Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato dela Pe\u00f1a said the doppler radars \u201cwill serve as early warning systems to guide\u201d the local government units and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council of Aparri and Guiuan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20120502_viracradar1.jpg\" alt=\"The JICA funded doppler radar at Virac, Catanduanes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20120502_viracradar1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20120502_viracradar1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The JICA funded doppler radar at Virac, Catanduanes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"epom-6d7b3d24\" class=\"unitposition-inread frametype-none\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"epmads-54d0275cff79b1fd83762b0a3b59b493\"><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-display appear\" src=\"http:\/\/ialaddin.genieesspv.jp\/yie\/ld\/gl1?zid=1105248&amp;asid=2426027&amp;idx=0&amp;cb=bc344a81a5&amp;l=rqWI2rP6xxTCm2IXqilONphWjgpf8PimjTwtFd7MHzeqhTD-K409Otbv8J786wOoXOJn2h7KpaCINonWxSC_zVjJeCBxAChAVJqSmI-I5uLlK9esTPxA9kkep5NtQ5I0C3GdoYoR7ckdTVJOZnQJehnq6uKAha8ZIENBoBbXQ-UXnA2jbaiHx5mwK6T1yQPBrh4ua3aG8gBSqSWg3Ih6ILxbRHyETYwfQlAwAFTvaUCuNhqkKRS5QiCQ32XGPOuPcppMVMHhUz18ABAhf1fS8dM_PLPNNUZgRdMPfzqJWAeNWkjV7IQip8YLUbWZ7utmRz3mtI8XpxUjUYQfwq6eSj6QJ_B6ECWMlGT1-zkXgVr87ev7Wr2TpXR7_OkQcPzsPZdQN7wm3d8tty0gdaLzZcA8JdEOfunmboJ-Jk-UnP_F1ZCZprCXiiZCzofN9cRgYlhbJDzazgWc4i5d3B3udK50nTddYZdqktKc2kFUKzkpa5xAed1Jom_TU2Gfka_bDFfUPL36J1l5l321E_2eXY6A6_BzhXSZX8ig9F7nWGFc0Z0xHswdV2TwvM1V5MMg4-HlZHorD41rLTiupAgeFouNRNhaJDfcSx4hF78IvAmpb0NCAK-iBlJRTWujd1Ni\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) funded the acquisition of two \u00a0doppler radars \u00a0for Aparri, Cagayan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[78,33,34,28,40,82,85,86,76,79,80,77,5,3,84,83,87,6,81],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irespond-news-update","tag-aparri","tag-ausluzon","tag-ausmindanao","tag-ausvisayan","tag-cagayan","tag-catanduanes","tag-disaste-resiliency","tag-doppler-radar","tag-doppler-radar-for-guiuan","tag-dost-pagasa","tag-dost-secretary-fortunato-dela-pena","tag-eastern-samar","tag-individual-and-community-responses-to-disasters","tag-irespond","tag-japan-international-cooperation-agency","tag-jica","tag-philippinesaustralia-mc","tag-ronaldo-villaver","tag-virac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/irespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}