{"id":237330,"date":"2019-11-13T01:07:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T06:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=237330"},"modified":"2019-11-13T01:07:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T06:07:08","slug":"ndrrmc-hungarian-firm-ink-deal-on-safe-water-for-disaster-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/13\/ndrrmc-hungarian-firm-ink-deal-on-safe-water-for-disaster-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"NDRRMC, Hungarian firm ink deal on safe water for disaster areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_207831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207831\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/faucet-1684902_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207831\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/faucet-1684902_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/faucet-1684902_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/faucet-1684902_1920-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jalad, in an interview with reporters, said acquisition of the mobile water treatment compact unit will help address water supply concerns during times of calamities or disasters in the Philippines. (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Hungarian Watertechnology Corporation (HWTC) on Wednesday signed a strategic cooperation agreement in a bid to beef up provision of safe and clean water in calamity-hit areas.<\/p>\n<p>NDRRMC executive director Ricardo Jalad, HWTC chief executive office Adrian Kiss and Hungarian Ambassador to the Philippines Dr. Jozcef Bencze signed the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>This formally forged the partnership of two entities in implementing the project titled &#8220;Delivery of a mobile water treatment compact unit to supply drinking water to the population during emergency situations and natural disasters in the Philippines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The equipment will be shipped in February 2020 and is expected to be commissioned by April.<\/p>\n<p>Jalad, in an interview with reporters, said acquisition of the mobile water treatment compact unit will help address water supply concerns during times of calamities or disasters in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see that we need more of this kind of equipment that HWTC can provide for us. Especially the kind of equipment that can even process seawater. This is a need that HWTC can provide in addressing the gaps whenever disaster happens,&#8221; the NDRRMC chief said.<\/p>\n<p>NDRRMC spokesperson Mark Cashean Timbal also said the agency welcomes the generosity of the HWTC and Hungary for the partnership and the water treatment technology being shared with the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will boost our ability to respond to the needs of calamity-affected communities in terms of the provision of potable water,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Hungarian Watertechnology Corporation (HWTC) on Wednesday signed a strategic &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":207831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237331,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237330\/revisions\/237331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}