PALO, Leyte- The regional office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is set to conduct a massive campaign and lecture on climate change. The program, dubbed as Iba na ang Panahon, Science for a safer communities, is to be held on May 22-23 in Ormoc City, said Engr.Ramil Uy, senior science research specialist of DOST-8. Officials from Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical Astronomical Administration, Philippine Institute of Volcanology, Seismology and project Noah are among the invited lecturers of the two-day gathering. Speakers are from the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). The presence of OCD and DILG is very important especially that the Local Government Units or LGU are the front liners of climate change and disaster mitigation, Uy said. He said that they invited mayors, governors and congressmen for the gathering. “This is very important because through this lecture, they can come up with laws or local ordinances so that what happened in Yolanda will never happen again,” Uy said. (LIZBETH ANN A.ABELLA)
