DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

A sudden torrential rain yesterday morning flooded many parts of Dumaguete City and left people scrambling for safety with more than a dozen houses submerged and streets rendered impassable after the Banica River spilled over.

Acting Mayor Alan Gel Cordova, who supervised city government rescue teams that were deployed after flooding became apparent in several areas of Dumaguete, expressed relief that no casualties were reported in the few hours that water rose to knee deep or even higher in some areas.

But 10 houses in upper Banilad and two others in Candauay were reported to have been inundated.

IN SAN JOSE
Body of spearfishing
free-diver fished out
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

The body of a free-diver, who went spear-fishing late Saturday off the coast of Dumaguete City but went missing hours later, was retrieved yesterday in the waters of San Jose town, Negros Oriental.

Reports reaching the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said the free-diver, identified as Pedro Banua, of Daro, Dumaguete City, drowned.

Angelo Tiongson of PDRRMC said his office is still awaiting a full report on the incident.

Tanjay using P28M SGH
funds for infra projects

The Tanjay City government will do road concreting projects and put up farm-to-market roads in its barangays using the P28 million support funds from the Seal of Good Housekeeping award granted to the city by the Department of Interior and Local Government.

Mayor Lawrence Teves said recently that Tanjay received the Seal for its implementation of good governance plans and programs, including the delivery of basic services to the people and sound fiscal management.

With the P28 million prize, the city government added P3 million as its counterpart for the Brgy. Bahian road concreting, and another P3 million for a farm-to-market project, Teves said.

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