DAVAO CITY, May 24 (PIA): Punong Barangays (Barangay Captains) in the country will soon have tablets which will serve as a two-way medium of communicating information on disaster.
Dr. Alfredo Mahar Lagmay, program leader of the Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazard) said the electronic gadget due for barangay captains will be named “Moses’ Tablet”
The name Moses which is also Biblical like NOAH is not an acronym but “ just a figure of speech.” The gadget is Philippine-made item which is water resistant, powered with extended-life batteries.
Dr. Lagmay could not off hand say how much did the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Project NOAH allocate for the Moses’ Tablet but he said some 1,000 units would be produced for pilot-testing in selected areas.
If proven effective as a way of monitoring disaster situation at the grassroots level through geo-tagging of pictures and providing barangay captains information on hazards and weather situation, Dr. Lagmay expected telecommunication companies or another interested partners to mass produce the gadget for local government units to purchase using their respective disaster funds.
Dr. Lagmay bared the distribution of Moses Tablet to barangay captains during the DOST and Project NOAH Information Communication Seminar held Thursday at the D’ Leonor Hotel in Davao City.
The event gathered about 230 from the academe, LGUs, national government agencies and the media. (PIA XI/Jeanevive Duron-Abangan)
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