He is also intending to craft the activity design anchored on the hands-on participation of LCEs, whom he relied on to have knowledge about the hazards in their respective areas.

“He (referring to the LCE) will present the problems and will also recommend the solutions,” he emphasized, adding that the recommended solutions shall be discussed during the plenary session with invited sectoral representatives from the church and academe, among others.

He also thought of drawing best practices from LGUs, which already had existing facilities for addressing incidents of flooding and landslides.

In line with this planned activity, Dayanghirang is looking at ways of integrating the Mines and Geosciences Bureau’s (MGB) scientific data on area susceptibility to landslides and floods based on the projected rainfall data  of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

“We cannot keep repeating the same scenario. Para mapalayo ang population (To keep the population) from disaster, a new  townsite development can be a good strategy, and  I hope sa flooding dialogue ma-adopt kana (during the flooding dialogue, this can be  adopted),” he said.

The flooding and landslide dialogue that Dayanghirang had conceived of conducting shall also be coming up with resolutions to be passed by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) XI that shall be forwarded to the Regional Development Council (RDC) XI for LGUs in Davao Region to adopt.  (JMDA/ PIA Davao del Norte)