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CONCERNED GROUP DONATES CLASSROOMS NEAR CALAANAN RELOCATION SITE
Wednesday 28th of March 2012
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 28 – City Mayor Vicente "Dongkoy" Y. Emano expressed his gratitude to a group of concerned citizens who pledged to donate two classrooms in the Calaanan relocation site for Sendong survivors.
Edgar N. Mutya, a representative of the group, confirmed their desire to donate the classrooms during his meeting yesterday with Mayor Emano. Mutya disclosed that his group and friends in Japan will shoulder the cost of the materials and construction of a two-classroom building complete with a comfort room and playground.
A women’s group from Davao also pledged to build a health center which is to be constructed very soo...
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17Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- In its bid to help rebuild the image of Cagayan de Oro City after the devastation brought about by tropical storm Sendong, the Promote CdO Foundation, Inc. will be launching the unifying battle cry “It’s a GO for CdO” at the Limketkai Center Rotunda on April 1. The battle cry was the result of the brainstorming conducted by the foundation to undo tourism, business, and investment reverses caused Sendong by portraying the city and ...
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16Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- Bunk houses in sitio Calaanan are ready for occupancy by typhoon Sendong survivors. Approximately 125 new bunk houses were constructed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) inside the city government-owned land. The Estate Management Division under the leadership of Nila A. Padla, officer-in-charge, closely linked-up with IOM and other agencies of the government for the priority needs of the future occupant of the bunk hous...
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16Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 16 -- A Korean cultural group will perform two benefit shows for the survivors of the tropical storm Sendong disaster in Cagayan de Oro on Sunday, March 18, which will kick off with a 3:00 p.m. matinee for students and a gala presentation at 7:00 p.m. at the Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan gymnasium. “The Doalnara Performing Arts Group Korea is a recognized cultural arts team in Korea,” said Doalnara Restoration Society Philippines Spokesperson...
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15Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 15 -- The 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division committed to continuously extend assistance to victims of tropical storm Sendong as it simultaneously conducted relief goods distribution and clean-up drive in Brgy. Bonbon, this city, March 9. A group of Diamond troopers distributed relief goods to approximately 120 families of Zone 7, Brgy. Bonbon while another group of soldiers conducted clean-up drive in Zone 1 in support to the Liceo de Cagayan Univers...
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14Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Marso 14 –- Mainitong giabi-abi ni Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. Emano ang duha (2) ka mga dagkong opisyal sa Embahada sa Switzerland ug United Kingdom human mibisita sa dakbayan, Marso 13, 2012. Atol sa ilang paghidangat, nakigkita gilayon kang Mayor Emano sila si Ambassador Ivo Sieber sa Embassy of the Swiss Confederation ug Ambassador Stephen Lillie sa Embassy of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
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13Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 13 -- The three government agencies tasked to manage the validation and verification of the beneficiaries for the Calaanan permanent homes namely, the Estate Managament Division (EMD), the City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), will soon start posting the lists of beneficiaries in various selected barangays in the city. EMD Officer-in-Charge Nila A. Padla explains that the posting of these lists...
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08Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 8 – One thousand four hundred-eighty Sendong survivors can now avail of financial assistance of the city government of Cagayan de Oro with the amount of P6,707,000, today, March 8, in city hall, disclosed City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. Emano. According to Emano, this assistance is the fifth of the series intended for beneficiaries in Zone 9, Macanhan, Barangay Carmen; Barangay Mambuaya; Tomas Saco 1st Nazareth; Pagalungan; Pagatpat; Pigsag-a...
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06Mar2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, March 6 -- One hundred two houses are initially being targeted to be constructed by March 15 in Sta. Elena Bayanihan Village by the joint effort of the City Engineer’s Office, City Mayor’s-Technical Division, and Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Iligan Bay Chapter, in a rush to build permanent and quality homes for Sendong survivors. City Engineer Franklin Maata said the construction efforts are being hampered by the shortage of hollow bl...
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05Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 5 -- Two months after deadly tropical cyclone Sendong struck Cagayan de Oro City and yet, financial aid and relief goods of local government units (LGUs) from various parts of the country are still keep pouring in. Recently, Toledo City donated P500,000 in check, personally handed by Mayor Aurelio P. Espinosa to City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. Emano. Manila Mayor Fred Lim also donated P1 million and Speaker Sonny Belmonte gave P500,000. Masbate Gov...
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05Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- Vice President and Chair of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Jejomar C. Binay together with Pag-IBIG Fund CEO Atty. Darlene Marie B. Berberabe led the turnover and awarding of the house and lot package last March 3 to the couple who won grand prize winner in a raffle during the recently concluded Araw ng Pag-IBIG - Kasalang Bayan Program. Mr. and Mrs. Reynaldo Evangelio, the couple who won the grand prize, are among the...
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02Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Dumaguete City Disaster Advisory Council has approved more than P3.8 million in financial assistance for over a thousand victims of typhoon Sendong. City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria in a disaster council meeting said, the budget will come from the financial contribution of local government units (LGUs), private individuals and others. Of the said amount, P1.940 million will be allocated to the 388 households whose houses were totally da...
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01Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will implement the use of the family access cards (FAC) in earthquake-stricken areas to ensure that no one is left unattended. This is also to avoid duplication of goods and services received by the quake victims. With this development, the DSWD will be able to identify and track who among the disaster victims have received and benefited from the relief supplies (food and non-food items) coming ...
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01Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 1 -- As part of the psychosocial intervention for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependents, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) initiated the conduct of stress debriefing seminars for members of the Iligan Overseas Workers Association. The group-beneficiary is an OFW family circle organized by OWWA in Hinaplanon, Iligan City, one of the areas hardest hit by typhoon Sendong. It has an active membership of 50 OFW families, ma...
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01Mar2012TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, March 1 -- Provincial employees from Lanao del Norte led by Governor Khalid Dimaporo joined ABS-CBN’s Kapamilya Run 2012 in Cagayan de Oro City, Feb. 26. More than 5,000 runners participated in the biggest run in the city, an event that was organized by ABS-CBN Cagayan de Oro together with Circle Productions as fund-raising activity for victims of tropical storm Sendong that devastated the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. Participants came from...
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29Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 29 -- The National Housing Authority (NHA) assured Iligan City through Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz that its office will be the one to purchase lots that will be used as relocation sites to those affected families whose houses were washed out brought by typhoon Sendong. This development was made during a meeting of the city mayor with NHA and the Department of Social Welfare and Development last Feb. 23. Hence, NHA will send a team in a few days to Iligan...
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29Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Almost 10,500 students from the cities of Cagayan de Oro (CdO) and Iligan received new school kits as replacement for their materials destroyed by typhoon Sendong last December. Provided by the Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) 3, a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded program under the oversight of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), the assistance provides educational support to schools and students in heavi...
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28Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 28 -- The Estate Management Division (EMD) has declared that it cannot yet put on “hold” status some beneficiaries whose occupancy at the Tent City is being questioned. This is what EMD Chief Virginia Diguinion revealed when reports about temporary shelters being occupied by people other than the registered occupants reached her office. “We cannot just put them on hold because they are after all entitled to the relocation. What we can...
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28Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The deadline for the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) application for moratorium on loan repayments for its members affected by tropical storm Sendong will be on Feb. 29. GSIS Cagayan de Oro Field Manager Ma. Luz Ilano-Briones said the moratorium program that defers payment of loan amortization, without interest and penalties, is undertaken by the GSIS to directly and immediately help members-borrowers affected by Sendong. She sai...
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27Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 27 -- Nearly 1,500 mahogany seedlings were planted on Saturday along Mandulog River in Barangay San Roque, as Iligan City simultaneously observed the Iligan Love Month and the 26th anniversary of the People Power Revolution. This year’s theme of the People Power Revolution’s “Anong Taya Mo Para sa Pilipinas Natin?” is a call to action for all Filipinos to participate in nation building, said City Councilor P. Anghay, who represe...
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26Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- Young and old alike, typhoon Sendong survivors have joined with all enthusiasm in doing all the activities in a stress debriefing, ranging from physical exercises to self-esteem boosting acting exercises. The Social Protection Cluster held a psychosocial stress debriefing activity at the Calaanan Tent City 1 for the internally displaced persons (IDP) in the area who were typhoon Sendong survivors. The Department of Social Welfare and Develo...
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26Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 26 -- Tropical storm Sendong destroyed the homes of thousands of people in Cagayan de Oro, but not their spirit. Today, they are going on with their lives with the help of a nongovernment organization that had partnered with government in constructing permanent shelters for these people. Construction of the 500 houses in Xavier Ecoville, Barangay Lumbia, as permanent homes for the Sendong victims has began, City Mayor Vicente "...
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23Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The city government is set to build and will manage the construction of 700 houses in the Calaanan Relocation site for families who lost their houses in Cagayan de Oro City. “This is a different set of houses aside from the 1,500 houses started by the Habitat for Humanity, and the 300 houses promised by the Filipino-Chinese Community,” Mayor Vicente Y. Emano clarified. He said that when the houses are completed, the transfer of ...
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21Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- Applications for the housing loan (HL) moratorium will be received only until Feb. 24, 2012, according to Pag-IBIG Fund. Eligible Pag-IBIG Fund HL borrowers, whose houses were damaged or whose sources of income were affected by typhoon Sendong, may now apply for a three-month moratorium on amortization payments, as per Circular No. 303. The moratorium aims to alleviate the debt burden of HL borrowers directly affected by the typhoon, ...
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20Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 20 -- Energy firm STEAG State Power Inc. handed-over some 500 pieces of solar-powered emergency rechargeable lamps to the residents of Xavier EcoVille in Lumbia Cagayan de Oro City. Present during the turn-over program were Steag officials led by Dr. Carsten Evers and Ghaye Alegrio, Fr. Eric Velandria of Xavier University, and Bam Aquino of Hapinoy. The assistance is a part of Steag’s support to the rehabilitation efforts for the victims of...
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20Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb.20 -- Another groundbreaking ceremony in Upper Bolonsiri, Cagayan de Oro City to build 200 houses marks a strong partnership local government with the private sector in its ongoing bid to hasten relocation efforts for all Sendong survivors. Last Feb. 17, 2012, Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. Emano joined Mr. Paul Soo, chief of Berjaya Group Philippines, Executive Director Luis Oquiñana of Gawad Kalinga (GK), and other city government officials in t...
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19Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb 19 (PIA) -- Weeks after the tropical storm Sendong tragedy on December 17, 2011 that heavily damaged the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro in Northern Mindanao, representatives of Dompet Dhuafa, a non-profit agency from Jakarta, Indonesia made an ocular inspection of several schools in this city. The Dompet Dhuafa chose Cabili Village Elementary School as recipient of the two-classroom temporary school building project it m...
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17Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 17 -- Lumbia relocation site, Cagayan De Oro City, is being developed into a five-hectare temporary relocation and five-hectare permanent relocation site that will shelter hundreds of affected and dislocated families from several flooded barangays in the city. The first five hectares of land was allocated for the construction of row houses where temporary shelter of families have already started while the other five hectares of lands will also contain the perma...
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17Feb2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- A total of P84.11 million in cost of assistance to the typhoon Sendong victims in Northern Mindanao have been noted by the Food and Non-Food Items (F/NFI) Cluster of the Post Sendong Operations Center, Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), Region 10, as of Feb. 14. Of this amount, P55.40 million came from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), P26.21 million from other government and non-gove...
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16Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 16 -- Some of the remaining evacuees billeted in West City Central School have voiced out their desire to go back to their homes in Acacia, Barangay Carmen, Cagayan De Oro City. According to Maricelle Libarnes, staff of the Estate Management Division (EMD) who is assigned at the evacuation center, there are 165 families still occupying the temporary quarters in West City Central School. Some of them want to be relocated at the five-hectare relocation a...
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16Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 16 (PIA) -- Some 400 survivors of typhoon Sendong benefit the “cash for work” under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) emergency employment program. Remegio Cabañog, provincial head of DOLE Iligan City/Lanao del Norte Provincial Office, said the implementation started February 6, wherein each worker will receive compensation of P215.00 per day for 15 working days. Workers come from the hard-hit barangays like Hina...
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16Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Feb. 16 -- As threats of flooding and related environmental incidents now taking high priority levels with the emerging effects of seemingly changing climate patterns, Mindanao leaders have cited the need to step up efforts for integration of Mindanao watershed and river basin programs. In a recent meeting of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Board, consisting of all Regional Development Council chairs, local government officials, Congress and sectoral organization...
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16Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 16 -- The local government of Iligan has conferred with the Pilmico Foods Corporation for the construction of 22 classrooms in the city. The members of the local school board of Iligan, on the other hand, passed a resolution requesting Aboitiz through Pilmico Foods that will undertake the building of the classrooms that this be constructed at the Bayanihan Village of Iligan. This is part of the facilities in the site development in the relocat...
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15Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 15 -- P/Sr. Supt. Celso Regencia assured that the “round timber” that the Philippine National Police (PNP) has confiscated as it was hauled along the highway at Sta. Felomina will be turned over to Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz. The city police director said there were several people that tried to get logs placed at the office of the PNP-Traffic Division. Initial investigation by the police showed that the logs came from a private proper...
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15Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 15 -- The city government of Iligan is confident that the construction of houses at Bayanihan Village of Iligan City at Sta. Elena will start in full swing today, Feb. 15. This, after stakeholders have finalized tasking of the different aspects in the simultaneous shelter building for Sendong survivors. The National Housing Authority will focus on the planning and design; Department of Public Works and Highways on site development; City Engine...
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15Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 15 -- The city has received agri-assistance totaling to P22,621,880 from the government for agricultural projects in the aftermath of the typhoon Sendong. Among the major projects handed over by Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala include farm-to-market worth P15 million, barangay food terminal, P2 million, and multi-purpose drying pavements (MPDPs), P1 million. Sec. Alcala also inspected the Balingasag River Irrigation Project, which covers the mu...
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15Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 15 -- The Iligan City Waterworks Systems (ICWS) will hasten work on rehabilitating Hinaplanon wells. Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz urged ICWS to coordinate with other offices where the documents will be processed to speed up implementation of the project, which is composed of rehabilitation of the production well, installation of pump electronic controls, installation of submersible pumps and provision of power connections. The water source sustaine...
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15Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 15 -- The 2nd Mechanized Brigade, Light Armored Division of the Philippine Army (PA) showed their unique way of celebrating Valentine’s Day in evacuation camps. This was done through the distribution of relief items like mats, blankets, pails and cooking pots to 1,000 families that are still in evacuation camps after typhoon Sendong hit the city last December. The group first visited the Tent City at Integrated Bus and Jeepney Terminal-N...
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14Feb2012CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City, Feb. 14 -- The Diamond Troopers celebrated the heart season with typhoon Sendong survivors at the Tent City with the distribution of Valentine giveaways. This activity was conceptualized to remind the victims of typhoon Sendong that there are still reasons to lighten up, enjoy the day, and bury their worries. Diamond Troopers during this day assisted in relieving the victims of this sad episode in their lives, greeted them Happy Valentine&...
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12Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 12 (PIA) -– City Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz and Executive Vice President Mel Tiangco of GMA Kapuso Foundation, Incorporated, led the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and groundbreaking ceremony on Kapuso Village, in resettlement housing site, barangay Mandulog, this city. This is for the 200 housing units to be constructed in the said area for families left homeless brought by typhoon Sendong last December 2011. The said a...
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12Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 12 – The Safer River, Life Saver Foundation, Inc. (SRLSFI) of the Liceo de Cagayan University spearheaded the conduct of a joint cleaning and clearing operations here. This is in partnership with the city government of Cagayan de Oro, students and faculty members of Liceo de Cagayan University, military, government, non-government agencies and concerned agencies held at Stio Tambo, Barangay Balulang, this city, February 11, 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 n.n. &nbs...
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10Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 10 (PIA) – The Gender Advocates-Women in Government Service (GA-WINGS) in Northern Mindanao, in cooperation with the Philippine Mental Health Association-Cagayan de Oro City/Misamis Oriental Chapter, is spearheading the conduct a Trainors’ Training on Mental Health and Psychosocial Dynamics here, Feb. 16-17. Clarissa Calingin-Rosales, President, GA-WINGS, said the training aims to equip the participants the necessary skills and k...
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09Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 9 -- An estimated 1,060 volunteers of Kagay-anon Kami Katimbayayong Mo Misamisnon (KKK) conducted a new wave of clean-up this city. In its 3rd and last concentrated effort, KKK cleaned up 156 houses and front yards which belong to the members of the Emily Homes Subdivision Homeowners Association distressed by typhoon Sendong. Volunteers from the 22 towns of Misamis Oriental composed of barangay captains, barangay kagawads, women, youth leaders, baranga...
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08Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 8 -- Through the Yum! Brands World Hunger Relief campaign, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants in the Philippines have contributed P6.1 million (US$144,000) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for its activities in Mindanao. The donation will support the ongoing relief and early recovery operation for victims of tropical storm Washi (Sendong) and school meals program in conflict-affected areas of central Mindanao. “We are deeply impr...
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07Feb2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- A total of 69,666 families with 384,431 members had been affected by typhoon Sendong in Northern Mindanao, according to the updated data of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), Region 10. Of this figure, 47,009 families involving 281,740 members were from Misamis Oriental, of which 38,071 families with 228,576 members were from Cagayan de Oro City (CDO), while the rest came from eight of its municipalities...
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07Feb2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 7 (PIA) – Ang pagkuha ug datus kabahin sa tanang grupo sa mga gitawag ug “internally displaced persons” kun kadtong nawad-an ug puloy-anan gumikan sa bagyong Sendong mao ang nag-unang prayoridad karon sa Camp Coordination/Camp Management (CCCM) ug Non-Food Items (NFI) Cluster sa Post-Sendong Operations sa Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) sa Region 10. Pinangulohan sa Department of Social Welfare and ...
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04Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 5 -- Mipatawag si Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz og katiguman sa mga sakop sa Iligan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (ICDRRMC) kauban ang mga lideres sa nagkalain-laing pundok, civic clubs, mganon-government organizations ug uban pang sektor. Gipahigayon kini sulod sa conference room sa lokal nga buhatan sa Department of Education. Gipresentar sa maong katiguman ang report sa Mines and Geosciences Bureau kalabot sa hinungdan sa ...
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04Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 4 -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has allocated funds for the “cash for work” program. Lita Escalante, who represented DOLE in the Iligan City, in a meeting with the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (ICDRRMC), said their office has allocated funds for the wages of 400 persons who will work under the “cash for work” program. DOLE-Iligan is conducting a profiling to identify the beneficiarie...
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04Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- Victims of tropical storm Sendong in Brgy. Ajong, Sibulan, Negros Oriental who found themselves homeless after the storm washed away their homes in December last year will soon move into their new dwellings before the end of March this year. The Sibulan municipal government will hold a simultaneous ground breaking of 40 houses for 40 beneficiaries at one of the housing sites in Brgy. Ajong on Feb. 6, 2012. The housing project is made possible by ...
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04Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 4 -- The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has assured the city of Iligan that PCSO will shoulder all hospital expenses of tropical storm Sendong victims in December 2011. Mario Pelisco, PCSO Chief Lottery Operations officer Region 10, said they will give financial assistance to the survivors up to P10,000 like what they did to the survivors who sought their help in Cagayan de Or...
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04Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD), Regional Office 10, released P1.4 million worth of death assistance to 141 families in Iligan affected by tropical storm Sendong. Anna Cañeda, OCD-10 said the assistance represents 141 families at P10,000 per death claimant. Presently, OCD is processing 78 claims after claimants have submitted the requisites composed ...
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02Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) is not firing guns but is pushing for the greening program in protecting the people. This was stressed by PNP Chief Police Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome in his visit to Cagayan de Oro City, today, to lead the start of the PNP’s greening program at the Camaman-an-Indahag road South Diversion Road. To culminate February, next year, the approximately 140,000 membe...
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31Jan2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- Around 150 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from different evacuation centers and house-based or temporary shelters in Iligan participated in a consultative forum mainly to process them in a recovery from the onslaught of tropical storm Sendong. The activity held at the mini theatre of MSU-IIT was a collaborative effort conducted by the Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center, Inc. (RDRRAC), in partnership with the O...
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30Jan2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- Officials of the Department of Education (DepEd), Region 10 have expressed their gratitude for the efforts in providing intervention programs to the typhoon Sendong-affected schools in the city. In her report to the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), Dr. Luz S. Almeda, Regional Director of DepEd-10 and head of the Post-Sendong Operations’ Education Cluster, said the City Central School have been decon...
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29Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III recently said he will ask the National Housing Authority (NHA) to fast track the construction of some 1,700 houses in Bayanihan Village in Iligan City This was the relocation site purchased by the local government for typhoon “Sendong” victims in the city. In his speech during the airing of “Pilipinas Natin” featuring the “Bayanihan ng Bayan Sa Iligan” held recently at the 15.9-hectare relo...
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27Jan2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- A possible relocation site has been identified by the Sibulan local government unit (LGU) for its 206 flood victims who are now homeless after their houses were washed away by raging floodwaters brought by Typhoon Sendong last month. The site is a privately-owned three-hectare lot in Cansal-ing, Barangay Ajong, Sibulan, said Sibulan Information Officer Connie Rosales. Rosales said the municipal government is now scouring for funds that will be u...
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25Jan2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III reiterated today the commitment of the government to provide homes to those affected by Tropical Storm Sendong. The President made the statement during his visit to the shelter building activity at the Calaanan Resettlement Site in Barangay Canitoan, this city. The 12.4-hectare site is one of the permanent relocation areas in the city for the families left homeless by Sendong. It is a joint initiative of the city ...
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24Jan2012by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- A total of P192.825 million worth of damages to infrastructure, mostly roads and flood control projects, was recorded in the province of Misamis Occidental due to Typhoon Sendong. Reports submitted by the Mis. Occ. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to the Regional DRRMC in Northern Mindanao show, however, that the roads have been rendered passable after Department of Public Works and High...
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20Jan2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 20 (PIA) -- An initial record of fifteen children who were separated, unaccompanied and orphaned in Iligan City had been documented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), region 10. Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, Regional Director of DSWD-10 said a Social Welfare Officer (SWO) had been assigned to document cases of these children who were separated, unaccompanied and orphaned by Typhoon Sendong, in coordination with all the Camp Managers...
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20Jan2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 20 (PIA) – The Provincial Government, here, plans to organize a committee to ensure that the public will know what to do even before an emergency situation takes place. “People has to have a degree of preparedness from natural disasters by taking care of the environment so that what happened in the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon due to Typhoon Sendong can be prevented,” Governor Herminia Ramiro said. ...
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07Jan2012CEBU CITY, Jan. 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) extends the payment deadline of individually-paying members (IPM) for the fourth quarter of 2011 on Mar. 21, 2011, especially in Sendong-affected areas in the country. In a press release, PhilHealth gives a three-month extension to give consideration to IPMs residing therein. Voluntary and self-employed IPMs generally pay on a quarterly basis. Premiums must be paid on or before the last working ...
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07Jan2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 7 (PIA) – At least 1,580 residents-victims of typhoon Sendong received free medical and relief operation services recently in eight most affected barangays in Dumaguete City like the Barangays of Candau-ay, Batinguel, Junob, Cadawinanon, Tabok Tubig, Poblacion 8, Bagacay Dapdap and Bagacay Gumamela. Over 80 army personnel responded immediately to a medical mission and relief operations in support to the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) that ...
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31Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 31 (PIA) -- Water distribution in evacuation centers (EC’s) for Typhoon Sendong victims in Cagayan de Oro (CDO) will continue, as the need arises. This assurance came from Ana Caňeda, Chairperson of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) region 10, after water connections by the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) had been restored in some parts of the city, although with lesser pressure, as of yesterday, Dec. 30...
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31Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 31 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III has allocated P54 million to address the scarcity of safe drinking water in areas affected by Typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro (CDO) City. The President made the announcement after he visited the ‘Sendong’ victims in the evacuation centers in the cities of CDO and Iligan, last week. He said the amount will be used for the rehabilitation and reconstruction and probable replacement of some comp...
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31Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec.31 (PIA) – Various forms of assistance have been extended by the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) system to the Typhoon Sendong victims in Northern Mindanao. One such form was the turn-over of some P2,026,923.08 worth of drugs, medicines and medical supplies to DOH-CHD, region 10, by Health Secretary Enrique Ona, when he visited the evacuation centers (EC’s) of Cagayan de Oro (CDO) and Iligan City, last ...
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29Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 29 (PIA) -- Around P37.84 million worth of assistance was extended to the victims of Typhoon Sendong in Northern Mindanao, as of Dec. 28. Of this amount, P32.24 million came from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), P1.94 million from the local government units (LGU) and P3.66 million from other government offices and non-government organizations. Data at the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), regio...
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28Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- Secretary Sonny Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) emphasized the need for an integrated government and volunteers’ efforts in helping the Typhoon Sendong flashflood victims. The PCOO Secretary gave this recommendation to ease the problem of the management of resources and relief goods at the command posts and coordination centers of the local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (DRRMC). ...
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27Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- At least 1,000 units of the automatic water level sensors worth P150 million will be established in 18 river basins nationwide. This was announced by President Benigno S. Aquino III when he visited the victims of tropical storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro City last week. “Palalakasin natin ang sistema upang mas malinaw na matukoy kung gaano karami at kalakas ang buhos ng ulan. (We will strengthen the system so that we will k...
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26Dec2011DAVAO CITY, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- The Davao City Water District DCWD) and the Philippine Army 10th Infantry Division were one of the organizations to lend a helping hand to the victims of the tropical storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City. The Davao City Water District delivered to CDO a total of 41,000 bottles of water in different sizes such as 500 ml, 1 liter and 5 gallons. DCWD spokesperson Imelda Magsuci told the media during today’s Kapihan sa SM that the water...
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26Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III thanked Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma of Cagayan de Oro for showing concern to the people, when he visited the tropical storm Sendong victims in the city, last week. “What is heartening here is that there is so much private assistance that is coming in, without prompting from the government, like Archbishop Tony who has been providing us with the volunteers in repacking all of these relief good...
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25Dec2011DAVAO CITY, Dec. 25 (PIA) -- The Aboitiz Foundation has committed over P11 million in relief and rebuilding efforts for the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, which were severely devastated by tropical storm Sendong. Aboitiz Foundation chairman Jon Ramon Aboitiz said in a press release that the Foundation has already donated to the relief efforts of the local government units. Aboitiz cited that over 11,000 packs of relief supplies have been distributed to an estimated 80 eva...
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23Dec2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 23 (PIA) -– The Philippine National Police (PNP) has stepped up its operation in helping Sendong-stricken Northern Mindanao. Police Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome, in his visit, yesterday, to cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro, said he has ordered the deployment of additional police elements in the region for the continuing rescue, recovery and retrieval operations. As of yesterday, the PNP has already deployed 300 police officers coming ...
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23Dec2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III has allocated P450 million for the core shelter program of Typhoon Sendong’s flashflood victims in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. The President made the announcement when he came to interact and distribute some relief goods to the “Sendong’ victims at the Cagayan de Oro City Central School, the other day. He told the flashflood victims in the city, “Makaaa...
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23Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- With profound outpouring of sympathy and concern for the flashflood victims of Tropical storm Sendong, the Ozamiz City Government cancelled its Christmas Party and instead visited the evacuation centers of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro Cities, yesterday, Dec. 22. Led by Mayor Nova Princes E. Parojinog-Echavez, the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) and the Ozamiz City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC), brought a...
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23Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- Some 450 sacks of rice and 20 caskets were transported today from the provincial government of South Cotabato to victims of typhoon Sendong in Northern Mindanao. Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. said the relief goods comprised the initial assistance from the province to affected residents of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro cities. "The 450 sacks of re-packed rice is only half of our help to the affected families. We will send the other half, along with ...
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22Dec2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Dec 22 (PIA) -- Regional Development Council 3 (RDC 3) chair and city of San Fernando Mayor Oscar Rodriguez appealed to members to provide aid to the victims of tropical storm “Sendong” in Northern Mindanao. Rodriguez said, “Central Luzon lived through a similar calamity barely two months ago and the people of Cagayan De Oro and Iligan generously donated food and clothing. Now it is time for us to reciprocate their good deeds.” &n...
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22Dec2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 22 (PIA 9) -- The P2-million financial assistance from the city and some P400,000 from civic groups and private individuals for victims of Tropical Storm Sendong in Cagayan De Oro (CDO) and Iligan were personally delivered by City Hall’s Chief Executive Assistant (CEA) Mario Roca to LGUs of CDO and Iligan. City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias said “Mayor Celso Lobregat on Wednesday tasked his CEA to fly to CDO via Manila and later to Iligan C...
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19Dec2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Dec. 19 (PIA) -- The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Operation Center (NDRRMC-OpCen) issued final severe weather bulletin for tropical storm Sendong (Washi) at 10:30 p.m., yesterday. People living near the mountain slopes and in low-lying areas of the river systems of Northern Mindanao are still being alerted for possible flashfloods and landslides. Based on satellite and surface data, Sendong was estimated at 480 k...
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