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| ==[[Catanduanes News]]== | | ==[[Catanduanes News]]== |
| '''Doppler radar facility to benefit local studes''' | | '''SSS urges members to avail loan condonation program''' |
| *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R05&article=841334732688 | | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R05&article=841334829730 |
| *By: Edna A. Bagadiong | | *By: PIA |
| *''April 19, 2012'' | | *''April 20, 2012'' |
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| VIRAC, Catanduanes- Aside from providing forecasts with high degree of accuracy and boosting local tourism of the province, the now completed Doppler radar facility installed at Buenavista, Bato, Catanduanes is said to benefit students from private and public schools in the province. | | VIRAC, Catanduanes- The Social Security System (SSS) provincial office here encourages its members to avail of the condonation program for loans from the agency. |
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| Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Virac Chief Meteorological officer Engr. Eufronio H. Garcia said the facility is beneficial to students as it adds knowledge in the field of Science and Technology.
| | SSS Catanduanes branch manager Divina Avila said the amnesty program gives members the chance to settle their unpaid accounts without paying the full penalty that covers overdue salary, calamity, emergency, educational, study-now-pay-later, stock investment and privatization fund loans. |
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| “Students can relate subjects concerning meteorology, space or atmospheric, physical sciences and we can also provide information in electronics engineering," he said.
| | The program, according to Avila, started last April 2, 2012 and is open to all employees, self-employed workers and voluntary members with overdue loans. |
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| The official added that the facility can also serve as the students’ subject for research studies.
| | She said the terms and requirements for applicants will depend on the type of delinquent borrower. |
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| According to Garcia, they would also consider field trips in the area after the facility’s turnover to Pagasa and as long as the test and renovation of the old radar building is complete.
| | Avila said that one can avail full condonation of penalties if he or she has at least three contributions within the last six months before the month of application and must have proof of deducted loan amortizations such as pay slips, company certification and notarized affidavits. |
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| The Doppler radar in Bato town is one of the three state-of-the-art radar facility being built in the Philippines that uses the solid-state technology developed by Japanese engineers. It was brought to the country by the Japanese government through its grants-in-aid program. | | The SSS member can pay the loan principal and interest in full or avail the three-year installment payment scheme with an annual interest rate of 3 percent. |
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| The new S-band system, defined as standard for radio waves with frequencies ranging from 2 to 4 gigahertz, uses integrated chips that conveys electromagnetic waves as far as 420 kilometers (km) away to determine rainfall intensity and coverage, wind velocity and speed.
| | Deadline for applications will be on September 30 while beneficiaries of borrowers who passed away without settling their delinquent obligations can apply until March 30, 2013. |
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| Its entire system is relatively easy to maintain with all-digital instrumentation so anyone who is accustomed with computers can operate it. This may especially be beneficial to students who are taking computer courses.
| | SSS office here is also advising the public to avail it now since there is no assurance whether said program will be implemented again in the future. |
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| The 44-meter-tall radar tower built on top of a mountain in Buenavista is safe from landslides and can last for as long as 15 years. The thin fiberglass plates of the facility, can also withstand winds of up to 450 km per hour.
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| The Doppler radar has four major components enclosed in the radar tower—a radar system, a data display system, a satellite communications system, and a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT).
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| If fully operational, the radar facility will enable Pagasa to provide early warning to the local government units to suspend classes earlier than usual and to direct pre-emptive evacuation and avoid damages and casualties.
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| The facility amounting P560 million was a grant from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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| Two more Doppler radar systems of the same kind are now being installed by the Japanese-Filipino consortium in Guiuan, Samar province, and Aparri, Cagayan province.
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| If completed, the three "new-tech" Doppler radars shall help the seven existing US-made Doppler radar systems in the Philippines. These are located at Baguio City, Baler (Aurora province), Subic (Zambales province), Hinatuan (Surigao del Sur province), Tagaytay City, Mactan City (Cebu province), and Tampakan (South Cotabato province).
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| Meanwhile, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and other officials from Bicol Region – the country’s front door of typhoons are expected to grace the inauguration of the facility on April 27 .
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| ==Catanduanes Zip Codes== | | ==Catanduanes Zip Codes== |