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Dumaguete City, PhilippinesThursday, February 9, 2012
Negros Oriental
ButtonTwo towns in Neg. Or. under state of calamity
ButtonPNoy gives P5.7M to quake-hit areas
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Aquino appeals for calm
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MMDA sends team to help

Two towns in Neg. Or.
under state of calamity
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE & RENE GENOVE

The municipalities of Jimalalud and La Libertad in Negros Oriental are now under a state of calamity.

Guihulngan City is  expected to follow soon.

Jimalalud Mayor Reynaldo Tuanda, who heads the league of municipalities in Negros Oriental, said a state of calamity was declared Tuesday, in his town  after assessment showed heavy damage to  infrastructure and  agriculture.

Tuanda estimated  damage to agriculture at P10 million and to  roads and bridges at P1 billion.

PNoy gives P5.7M to
quake-hit areas

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III presented a check for P5.7 million for the cash-for-work program of areas in the province devastated by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake.

Governor Roel Degamo received the check from the President which will be turned over to the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office that will identify the beneficiaries.

The President personally visited greatly-damaged areas in Guihulngan City and the town of La Libertad. He also expressed his sympathy to the families whose loved ones died in the landslide due to the strong earthquake.

Aquino appeals for calm
BY ALEX PAL

President Benigno Aquino III yesterday appealed for calm through the dissemination of proper information to help the people  return to their normal lives following Monday’s killer earthquake.

The President made the appeal after he noted that many victims of the earthquake, especially in the northern towns of Negros Oriental, as  in the City of Guihulngan, still refuse to return to their homes for fear of stronger aftershocks or a tsunami.

In a meeting of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Coordinating Council at the Sibulan-Dumaguete airport yesterday afternoon, the President noted that the mass evacuations that had  turned many towns in northern Negros Oriental into virtual ghost towns, would not have happened had the public been informed by the Department of Science and Technology about the science behind earthquakes and tsunamis.

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