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CBRMC, JWA partner to solve Cagayan flooding

IT is all systems go for the Cagayan River Basin Management Council (CBRMC) that will be supported by the Japan Water Agency (JWA), which will significantly address flooding in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley).

Earlier this month, CBRMC Co-Chairman and Isabela Gov. Rodito Albano and JWA representative Akinobu Nishida, also the director general for International Affairs and survey team leader for Toshiro Suzuki, formalized their partnership in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the Stakeholders Forum on Integrated Flood Risk Management in Cagayan River Basin at the Zen Hotel in Santiago City, Isabela.

The Japan Water Agency (JWA) and Cagayan River Basin Management Council (CRBMC) signed a memorandum of agreement on July 14, 2022 to address the flooding in Region 2. (From left to right) Professor Tetsuya Sumi of Kyoto University; JWA representative Akinobu Nishida; CRBMC Co-Chairman and Isabela Gov. Rodito Albano; and Isabela State University President Dr. Ricmar Aquino. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO