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Mahar Lagmay Belies Leah Navarro's Claims that Pres. Duterte Was the Reason of Project NOAH's End

Former board member of MTRCB, Leah Navarro made headlines anew after Project NOAH Executive Director Mahar Lagmay burned her on social media for spreading lies about the real reasons why Project NOAH will no longer be available due to lack of funds. 


Project NOAH Executive Director Mahar Lagmay confirmed earlier to the media that the national government will scrap its flagship disaster management initiative, DOST's Projec NOAH or Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards, starting March due to "lack of funds" for the program.

Leah Navarro claimed on her Twitter account that President Rody Duterte was responsible for the untimely demise of Project NOAH. She posted the following message on Twitter:

"Sad, so sad. Bad news. This admin is bringing us back to the Dark Ages"

The head of Project NOAH responded to Leah Navarro, one of the known supporter of the Liberal Party, that the project of the DOST was already killed by the Aquino administration and not by the Duterte administration as what Navarro suggests.


Aside from Leah Navarro some users on social media particularly those who are critical with the Duterte administration blamed the former Mayor of Davao City as the one responsible.

Numerous news media outlets in the country such as Rappler, Inquirer, ABS-CBN and other mainstream media outlets already posted articles about Project NOAH's fate without really making some depth analysis that Pres. Duterte is not responsible but it was the Aquino administration.

One of Pres. Rody Duterte's ally, DA Secretary Manny Pinol is already doing his best to get the service of Project NOAH as he wanted the agency to work under his department because it helps a lot on their various agriculture projects.

Source: Twitter / Rappler / Facebook

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