SONA: Making Life Easier with ICT related Projects
The
fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) of our Honorable President Benigno
“Noynoy” C. Aquino III was one of the longest address being delivered by the
president during his term of presidency. It happened last July 22, 2013. I was
able to watch it live and I can really say that the president is doing his best
to improve the present situation of our country. There were many reactions that
were being concluded by the local citizens of the Philippines, both
professionals and non professionals. There were reactions that support the
speech of the president; on how he positively look towards for a better future
and not ignoring the irresponsible departments of the government, on the other
hand others was not be contented by the president’s address. They say that the
president lack something during his speech, that he gave too much credits on
the giving awards that he forgot to look at the present and actual situation of
the country, especially by providing the livelihood of the many poor filipino
citizens, but afterall the President said we are currently travelling along the
DAANG MATUWID and that is the main platform of the president.
The time
passed by so quickly that it only seems like a few days that the president has
been on it’s position or current state, I can say that there are still lots of
problems that was being left by the previous administration however I also
think that the president is doing his job to lead the country to his propaganda
“DAANG MATUWID”, six years of duty is not enough, but atleast we can say that
he’s doing something to atleast Improve the current state of the country. The president
shows us optimism, in his speech he gives assurance to the filipino people that
we are being led into the right track, this gives confidence to my fellow
filipinos to be proud of ourselves.
The president
mentioned ICT (Information and Communication Technology) related projects,
First is the Project NOAH (National Operational Assessment of Hazards), which
is intended for the filipinos, to provide an integrated, accurate, reliable, and
responsive disaster prevention and mitigation system which allows to inform the
public of the possible weather conditions all over the country, especially in
their own specific places, so that anyone can have access of the possible
weather occurance without much prior attention/access of the media, radio, news
and etc. Project NOAH that was
mentioned by the president that it was really a great help for us Filipinos to
be updated by the possible weather outcome, the application focuses more on
flood but it has other features that allows us to be informed by the possible
weather conditions that our local area will be experiencing the coming hour/s,
the site was already lunched and it can be accessed @ http://noah.dost.gov.ph/.
What
is Project NOAH and what does it do?
The project
NOAH stands for National Operational Assessment of Hazards, NOAH’s task is to
integrate current disaster science research & development project. It’s
goal is to provide the following to the public (we filipino citizens):
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Hydromet Sensors Development
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DREAM-LIDAR 3-D Mapping Project
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Flood NET-FLOOD Modeling Project
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Hazards Information Media
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Enhancing Geo-Hazard Mapping through LIDAR
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Dopple System Development
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Landslide Sensor Development Project
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Storm Surge Inundation Mapping Project
Its
does produce computer simulation that reflects flood-prone areas that are being
discerned at the local community stake. it’s aim is to secure the filipino citizens homeland by
reducing the damages to properties (Government or Private), livelihood and
industy that is being caused by the natural calamities such as flashfloods,
tsunamies, typhoons and etc. which are not controllable by the people, that’s
why the government created an made an effort to atleast mitigate the damage. It’s
a great way to improve the quality of life for the filipino citizens, it provides
a great aid and it’s aim is to be known Globally.
Life
is everything that matters for man (also God), that is why the Project NOAH
completely plays a vital role for the safety of the people, it is not just an
ordinary project that we must neglect and take for granted, it is life at stake
here, and the project is very essential in alleviating the numbers of death due
to natural calamities, the fact that we have been struggling the last years
when different typhoons came to the philippines, such as “Bagyong Frank”, “Bagyong
Reming”, “Bagyong Pepeng”, “Bagyong Ondoy” and the recent worst ones “Bagyong Sendong”,
“Bagyong Pablo”. With this technology, I can say that we have a greater chance
that this kinds of incidents won’t be happening again. Yes, project NOAH does Improve the Quality of Life.
The
Second is the Integrated Transport
System (ITS), which is intended for the filipinos travellers, businessman
and ordinary citizens, it’s aim is to maximize the road usage by reducing the
vehicle volume to improve the traffic flow along Metro Manila specifically Epifanio
de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). Even if the project Cost too much, it is much
helpful for the citizens, specially the workers who are travelling in a day to
day basis which alleviates their burden, especially in rush hour and heavy
traffic periods, this means better transportation which gives more productivity
for the workers therefore increasing the economic rate of the philippines, as
we all know metro manila is a very crowded place, they need better
transportation system to be able to get to their destinations easier and
faster. the project is currently ongoing and they said that the project will be
finished before the end of the term of the President. It is helpful for the
environment because it offers less traffic, less hassle, less accidents, better
use of the existing roads, more business opportunities. Overall,Yes the it is doing
a great job in Improving the Quality of
Life.
Both
the Project NOAH and ITS are helpful for us, these projects offers convinience
and it’s help us develop more economically, to mitigate the disaster can help
us save more money, the less the hassle in the road the better the economic
opportunities, thus; those are the secondary issues: the main issue is that it
makes life easier, making life simple and it helps us become more productive to
our responsibility as a person.
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