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Section 1
Reactivation and Reconstitution of the El Nino Task Force
Section 1. Reactivation and Reconstitution of the El Nino Task Force.
The Presidential Task Force (Task Force) to mitigate the effects of the El Niño phenomenon created pursuant to EO No. 16 is hereby reactivated and its membership reconstituted as follows:
Over-all Head
:
Director-General and Socioeconomic Planning
Secretary, National Economic and Development Authority
Head for Food Security:
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Head for Water Security:
Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Head for Energy Security:
Secretary, Department of Energy
Head for Health:
Secretary, Department of Health
Head for Safety:
Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government
Members:
Secretary, DOST
Secretary, Department of National Defense and
Chairperson of the National Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)
Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development
Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment
Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
Secretary, Presidential Communications Operation Office
Director-General, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
Administrator, Office of Civil Defense and Executive Director, NDRRMC
Administrator, National Food Authority
Administrator, National Irrigation Authority
Administrator, PAGASA
Section 2
Updating of the RAIN
Section 2. Updating of the RAIN.
The Task Force shall revise and update the RAIN, and monitor the implementation of short and long-term solutions and programs identified therein, especially on the five (5) critical areas, namely: (i) food security; (ii) water security; (iii) energy security; (iv) health; and (v) safety.
Section 3
Agency Support
Section 3. Agency Support.
The Task Force may call upon the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Tourism and all other government entities to extend support as may be necessary to implement the foregoing directives.
Section 4
Reporting Requirement
Section 4. Reporting Requirement.
The Task Force shall submit to the President through the Executive Secretary a monthly report on the implementation of this Order.
Section 5
Funding
Section 5. Funding.
The funding requirements for the implementation of this Order shall be charged against the existing appropriations of the member agencies of the Task Force.
Section 6
Repeal
Section 6. Repeal.
All other orders, issuances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 7
Separability
Section 7. Separability.
If any provision of this Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.
Section 8
Effectivity
Section 8. Effectivity.
This Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE, in the City of Manila, this 13th day of August in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand Nineteen.
By authority of the President:
(SGD.)
SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary