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The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) 3D mapping project called Disaster Risk Assessment, Exposure and Mitigation-Light Ranging and Detection Technology (DREAM-LiDAR) won the prestigious Geospatial World Excellence in Policy Implementation Award for 2014.

DOST Secretary Mario Go Montejo and DREAM program leader Dr. Enrico Paringit received the award on May 8 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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“We came here expecting to learn about reduction and mitigation related to hazards and calamities and disasters,” said Mayor Corinthia Crisologo of Tineg, Abra. And Crisologo, along with other local executives and disaster risk reduction officers, were satisfied.

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To shoo away dengue-causing mosquitoes especially when the rains come falling, destroy the breeding sites now while the sun is at its hottest.

This is according to Dr. Frances Edillo of the University of San Carlos, based on a 2012 study showing that the month of April registered the highest minimum infection rate of Aedes aegypti, the more common carrier of the dengue virus in the country.

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The absence of an active fault in your area does not mean you are totally safe from earthquake hazards, Dr. Renato U. Solidum, director of the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), warned.