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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, October 21, 2013 |
| Negros Oriental | |
 NegOr flood damage reaches P33 million Slain ‘highway robber’ linked to cop’s murder Multi-purpose bldg. of Caritas completed Earthquake death toll nearing 200: NDRRMC |
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NegOr flood damage
reaches P33 million
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW
The Provincial Agriculture Office in Negros Oriental reported more than P33 million damage in agricultural crops, livestock and infrastructure in Bayawan City and other areas affected by the October 6 flooding in the province.
In the latest meeting of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Oliver Lemence of PAO said Bayawan was hardest-hit and had suffered the most damage.
Damage to rice standing crop was pegged at P8,628,910.50; stocked rice and corn in mills, P9,216,380; livestock/poultry, P973,828; fisheries, P14,165,000; chemical fertilizer at Lubrico Rice Mill, P158,400 or 132 bags at P1,200 each; and cement at BUFIA, P115,000 or 500 bags at P230 each.
| Slain ‘highway robber’ The Dumaguete police is almost done with its investigation on the possible suspects in the recent fatal shooting of a police officer in the city and the wounding of his wife. Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria said a member of a highway robbery gang operating in the second district has been positively identified as the gunman who shot PO1 Jay Carpintero and wounded his wife. He said one of the pictures shown to the policeman’s wife was that of Jonnel Inocerta Sotillo, believed to be a member of the Garsula robbery gang. |
| Multi-purpose bldg. of The multi-purpose building at the low-cost housing project for flood victims in Dumaguete City is ready to be used for activities like mass on weekends, values formation seminars, and livelihood training. Dumaguete Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria and Fr. Burton Villarmente, director of the Social Action Center of the Diocese of Dumaguete, led the inauguration and blessing of the multi-purpose hall of the Caritas Village II Phase II in Barangay Bajumpandan, Friday. It is part of the project jointly undertaken by the Catholic Church and the Dumaguete City government that started May 2012, to provide housing for victims of the flooding brought by tropical storm Sendong in December 2011. |
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