HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL RISK MITIGATION. Project PROMISE of the United States Agency for International Development thru Laura Coughlyn, USAID Mission Disaster Relief Officer (seated third from left) hasjust made Dagupan City a pilot area for its program for Hydro-Meteorological Risk Mitigation , one of only five cities in Asia to receive the privilege on a $100,000 funding. Mayor Benjamin S. Lim (fourth from left) and Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez (at extreme right) signed the agreement for the city with lawyer Gil Fernando Cruz, executive director of LCP, Eufemia Castro Andaya , and Regional Director Nigel Lontoc of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) signing for their respective offices as partner agencies in the project that starts this year. (PStar Photo by Butch F. Uka