MANILA, Philippines — The Fee on Appointments (CA) on Tuesday deferred the affirmation of Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. as director common of the Philippine House Company (PhilSA) because of questions on his {qualifications} and the company’s efficiency.
“Sorry to say I don’t see you match to deal with the job,” stated Fee on Appointments (CA) Majority Chief Rep. Lray Villafuerte, who moved for the deferment after he expressed frustration over Marciano’s failure to offer passable solutions on PhilSA’s position in agriculture and catastrophe mitigation, and its obvious incapacity to share very important satellite tv for pc knowledge with native governments.
“I’ve nothing towards you or the company. I’m simply pissed off that there are provinces already projected to have La Niña flooding, which will be the reason for deaths, which will be the reason for agricultural impact, and but you aren’t sharing that knowledge,” he stated.
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“If these provinces expertise floods and there are casualties, you have to be not directly chargeable for not sharing that knowledge … You might have the information, but you aren’t proactively distributing it to [local governments], that are on the entrance traces of catastrophe response,” he added.
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Villafuerte additionally requested Marciano to enumerate provinces that may be affected by La Niña based mostly on PhilSA satellite tv for pc knowledge. Whereas Marciano was capable of point out some, Villafuerte was not glad.
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“To be sincere, in case you didn’t seem within the CA, we’ll by no means hear from you. I don’t even hear any statements within the press concerning the PhilSA. To be sincere, the nation doesn’t even know that there’s a PhilSA,” the Camarines Sur lawnaker stated.
He stated PhilSA needs to be taking a extra lively position when it comes to catastrophe prevention as he additionally famous Marciano’s obvious lack of formal coaching in house expertise.
However Marciano, {an electrical} engineer who has been main PhilSA since its creation in 2019, cited his expertise in main satellite tv for pc improvement packages below the Division of Science and Expertise from 2014 to 2020.
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