CEBU CITY, Cebu (PNA) - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 is expected to come up with an enhanced version of maps that show details of areas prone to landslide and floods in Central Visayas.

”The production of a 1:10,000-scale geohazard map is like zooming in the 1:50,000 map until we see the details of the area, which cannot be represented in the 1:50,000-scale geohazard maps,” said
MGB 7 director Loreto Alburo.

The features of the new maps would include parameters or features that may affect ground stability as well as the type of landslides or flooding that can possibly occur in the area.

Training for out-of-school youths
ROXAS CITY, Capiz (PIA) – The Roxas City government will train more out-of-school youths to become productive citizens.

City Mayor Angel Alan Celino said instead of allowing such youths to be society’s problem, the city government will initiate more programs for them to become more useful.

Celino said a school will be put up at the city’s motor pool for vocational courses for out of school youths.

The school, to open this year, will be open to out-of-school youths in the province upon identification by their respective barangay captains.

Observe EDSA, LGUs asked
ROXAS CITY, Capiz (PIA) – A proposed list of activities for the 25th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution was released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Capiz for implementation by all local government units (LGU) in the province.

These include flag raising ceremony, bell ringing, ecumenical prayers, symposium on the principles and values of the EDSA Prayerful and Peaceful People Power Revolution, medical missions, tree planting and public display of yellow buntings or flags.

DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo has issued a Memorandum Circular to encourage LGUs to celebrate the occasion in their respective localities.The celebration with the theme “TATAK EDSA 25: PILIPINO AKO. AKO ANG LAKAS NG PAGBABAGO” will be held from Feb. 17 to 27, 2011, with Feb. 25 as the special event day.

Feb. 25 has been declared as special holiday for all schools nationwide.

Disaster management addressed
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 16 (PIA) – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) of Western Visayas chaired by Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director Rosario T. Cabrera will convene next week for a regional consultative workshop to start deliberations toward the formulation of a regional disaster risk reduction and management framework.

Cabrera said the formulation of the regional framework is in consonance with the full nationwide implementation of the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Law.

Facility must be done by March
CEBU CITY, Cebu (PNA) – The Cebu City Government stands to face fines if it fails to meet the March deadline given by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to build a water treatment facility or install a water treatment facility for leachate of the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill.

The DENR will impose a minimum of P10,000 penalty daily if the city fails to meet the March deadline.