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 ==[[Catanduanes News]]==
-'''ATM to make transactions easier'''
+'''PAGASA Doppler radar to start operation on February'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=72759
+*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=73176
 *By: Edna A. Bagadiong
-*''January 16, 2012''
+*''January 18, 2012''
-VIRAC, Catanduanes- ARDCI NGO Group Inc., (formerly the Agricultural and Rural Development for Catanduanes, Inc.) will open an automated teller machine (ATM) in the municipality of Baras, Catanduanes in the next few weeks.
+VIRAC, Catanduanes- The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Doppler Radar facility located in Buenavista, Bato will start its full operation in February 2012.
-ARDCI is a non-stock non-profit organization providing microfinance products and services to its members, mainly entrepreneurial poor Filipinos.
+The said facility was constructed through a loan of P560 million from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The equipment will be transferred to PAGASA before its full operation.
-ARDCI had opened ATMs in the municipalities of Viga, Caramoran, and San Andres which was a big help to the citizens due to its convenience.
+The Doppler radar, which is the first of its kind in Asia, is just one of the three radar facilities being constructed in the Philippines. The Aparri building is now halfway to completion while the Guiuan project just started.
-The said ATM program of ARDCI is in cooperation with Electronic Network Cash Tellers, Inc. (ENCASH), the first independent ATM deployer in the Philippines.
+Instead of the usual magnetron that generates radio waves, Japanese designers of the solid-state radar system shows excellent quality Doppler Radar images.
-Since the installation of ENCASH ATM in rural areas, townsfolk can now easily transact their withdrawals within their towns.
+The meteorological equipment is capable of tracking the amount and movement of rainfall, particularly during typhoons and thunderstorms, within a range of 480 kilometers.
-Due to positive reactions from ATM users, ARDCI now includes installation of ATM in their yearly budget to cover more municipalities.
+The radar facilities being built in the country has four major components- a radar system, a data display system, a satellite communications system, and Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT), all enclosed in a radar tower building.
-Said ATMs are compatible with Bancnet, Megalink, Cirrus, etc.
+To date, 19 personnel from PAGASA are now undergoing training for the use of the radar equipment.
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