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Monday, August 14, 2006
Governor: No plans for calamity status
By Lizanilla J. Amarga
MISAMIS Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno said he has no plans of declaring the towns affected by the huge monsoon waves and strong winds as under state of calamity or releasing the calamity funds from the Provincial Capitol fearing more disaster would come before this year ends.
Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) executive officer Teodoro Sabuga-a reported Sunday that the number of families affected by the huge monsoon waves since last week soared from 928 to 1,942 or some 8,481 individuals.
The disaster has spread from only 30 baranagays in nine towns to 40 barangays in 12 municipalities all over Misamis Oriental.
Already, two persons are dead when an uprooted coconut three fell on them. Some 105 were reported as totally damaged houses while 236 as partially damaged houses.
The towns affected include Libertad, Tagoloan, Jasaan, Salay, Naawan, Laguindingan, Balingasag, Lagonglong, Manticao, Villanueva, Binuangan and Initao.
Meanwhile, Moreno through his Provincial Press chief Maricel Casiño-Rivera told reporters Sunday that the governor has no plans of having these affected towns declared as under state of calamity yet and release the five percent Calamity Fund.
The governor believes that the Provincial Capitol's General Fund is still, so far, sufficient to provide for those affected by this natural disaster.
"For the Calamity Fund might be drained and another disaster will hit the province considering that there is still September, October, November and December to look forward to this year," she said in the dialect.
"Besides, should no other disaster hit our Province, then this supposed to be Calamity Fund will only revert to the General Fund."
Uprooted
PDCC executive director Teodoro Sabuga-a reported that the type of disaster is that of a "Southwest Monsoon Surge or Habagat" and that it started occurring from August 9 to 10 between 9 and 11 a.m.
In the municipality of Libertad, PDCC reported that barangays Poblacion, Gimaylan, and Dulong were most affected by the disaster that caused 118 families or 613 individuals to flee their homes. There were 38 totally damaged houses and 77 that were partially damaged.
Local resident 46-year-old Lilibeth Roa and her son two-year-old Christian Swind Roa were killed when they were suddenly hit by an uprooted coconut tree.
In Tagoloan, particularly in barangays Casinglot, Garcia and Baluarte, there were 158 families or 407 individuals affected as 11 houses were reported totally damaged and 11 partially damaged.
There were 92 families or 811 individuals who were affected in Jasaan with 15 houses totally damaged and 20 partially damaged particularly in barangays Bobuntugan, Indumayong Natubo, Aplaya, San Nicolas, San Antonio, Solana and Cosbangon.
"One pump boat damaged owned by Marcos Velocara of San Antonio Jasaan, Misamis Oriental," Sabuga-a said.
In Salay, there were 113 families or 525 individuals affected in barangays Inobulan, Salay River I, Salay River II, Seawall Poblacion, Casulog and Looc. There were 16 totally damaged houses and 97 partially damaged.
Washed out
Sabuga-a reported that there were 134 families or 670 individuals who fled their homes in barangays Poblacion, Maputi and Linangkayan all of Naawan, Misamis Oriental. There were some 11 houses totally damaged and 13 partially damaged. "Linangkayan seawall dike was damaged and washed out," he said.
In Laguindingan, particularly barnagay Mauswagan, there were 17 families or 76 individuals who were affected by the same natural disaster, which also totally damaged six houses and partially damaged 11 others. Initao has 10 families fleeing their homes with three houses reported as totally damaged.
There were 547 families affected or 1,759 individuals who were affected by this disaster in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental.
This particularly in Sitio Cabcab, Barangay Waterfull, Sitio Calacala, Barangay Cogon, Barangay 6-Poblacion, Barangay 3-Poblacion, Binitinan, Mandangoa, Hermano, Sabangan, Mahayahay and Mambayaan.
"Sitio Calacala, Barangay Cogon concrete 23 meters farm to market road was totally damaged," Sabuga-a said. Earlier Balingasag and Lagonglogn were hit by a cloudburst affecting around 321 families and killing an entire family.
In Lagonglong particularly in barangays Dampil, Kabulawan, Poblacion, Tabok and Kauswagan there were some 270 families or 1,360 individuals. Only one house was reported as totally damaged while seven others were only partially damaged.
There were three families reported to have been affected in Barangay Poblacion, Manticao.
In Villanueva, there were some 480 families or 2,400 individuals who were affected in barangays Balacanas, Poblacion and Looc.
"In Binuangan, one boat was totally damaged by Virgenia Palamaris of Mosangot Binuangan," Sabuga-a said.
(August 14, 2006 issue)
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