Pagtanggal kay Nilo sa PAGASA dahil ba sa palpak na trabaho?
Kinumpirma ng bagong kalihim ng DOST na ang palpak na weather forecast noong bagyong Basyang ang mitsa ng pagsibak kay PAGASA chief Prisco Nilo. Bagsak din daw si Nilo bilang administrador ng ahensya, pero ang mga kaanak ni Nilo -- umalma sa tila ora-oradang pagtanggal sa kaniya sa puwesto. Exclusive, nagpa-Patrol, Anthony Taberna. TV Patrol, Lunes, Agosto 9, 2010
08/09/2010 9:52 PM
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From: Florentino Tesoro To:
From:
Florentino Tesoro
To: srforester@googlegroups.com
...Hi All,
"Having been at one time an OIC of PAGASA I know Boy Nilo quite well. He is very dedicated. Example: Sometime in June or July 2003 we were in Baguio attending a workshop with the media. There was a typhoon coming. After the end of the activities of that day at around 11 PM Dr. Nilo asked me to leave to Manila so that he can be in the Forecasting Office to supervise the activities there. Some other government officials would have chosen to stay in the comfort of their beds rather than ran to Manila to be on top of the situation.
What happend to Dr. Nilo I compare to a boxing bout. You have one of the hands of your man tied (inadequate equipment and facilities), ask him to fight and when he loses you get angry, castigate him in public and fire him.
They say that they fired him because of administrative incompetence. However, somebody informed me that the latest performance rating of Dr. Nilo was "OUTSTANDING". Who rates the heads of agencies at DOST? Their supervisors at the central office. A very abrupt change from outstanding to incompetence.
In the interview of Sec Montejo by Mr. Anthony Taverna and Mr. de Leon Lima Sec Montenjo mentioned that there will be drastic changes at PAGASA in one month and dramatic changes in 6 months. He mentioned that one of these changes will be the automation of weather data gathering and transmittal to the central office. The automatic data gathering and transmittal is done with the use of instruments called Automated Weather Stations (AWS). Well, there are already 15 AWS installed and operational at PAGASA field stations and some more are being acquired, which means that this something new and dramatic that will happen in one month is already happening even before the start of the new administration.
I feel that Dr. Nilo was not given his day in "court". He was given his marching orders without any investigation. That is the prerogative of the Secretary, and the President, of course but "good governance" which the new administration says it wants to put in place start with small actions like getting the people you sack at least explain their side.
I asked Dr. Nilo why he did not rebut the President during the meeting at the NDCC about Basyang. His answer was: Ayaw kong mapahiya si Presidente."
Tropical storms just like
Tropical storms just like people have a mind of their own-- numerical models are used to "TRY" to predict its path but it can always decide to change its course.
You can change everyone and everything in PAG-ASA but you CANNOT change the nature of the beast.
Not an ordinary agency
Hindi ordinaryong posisyon ang hawak ni Nilo. Buhay at kamatayan ng mga Pilipino ang nakataya dito. It is but appropriate for Pres. Noy to show to everyone that there is no room for error for this agency. Hindi ito katulad ng ibang ahensya na nagkukuwenta ng mga financial deficits, nag iisip ng curriculum, nagi-stamp ng mga documents etc. Isang maling figure na ilabas ng PAG ASA eh nakasalalay ang buhay ng libu-libong mangingisda na umaasa sa PAGASA kung dpat ba silang pumalaot o hindi; mga magulang na nag iisip kung papayagan ba nilang lumabas ang anak nila o baka malunod sa baha sa kalsada; mga mahihirap na kung hindi dadaganan ng gulong ang bubong at tatalian ng lubid ang dingding eh tiyak na liliparin ng hangin ang mga bahay. And all of these could happen in an instant. PAGASA cannot afford to make mistakes. Walang personalan pero tama lang na palitan ang dapat palitan, tanggalin ang dapat tanggalin para makahanap ng mas result oriented, mas mapamaraan na mamumuno sa napaka importanteng ahensya na ito.