DISASTER FUNDS. Dumaguete Councilor Rey Lyndon Lawas (center) presides over a meeting on Monday (Sept. 19, 2022). The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has allocated PHP50.3 million for disaster response and rehabilitation projects for 2023. (Photo from Councilor Rey Lyndon Lawas' Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC) here has approved the allotment of more than PHP50 million for various projects for disaster response and rehabilitation next year. Councilor Rey Lyndon Lawas, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, told the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday that he presided over the meeting on Monday to discuss the allocation to be taken from the city's 5 percent Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF). "One of the priority projects for next year's implementation is the construction and rehabilitation of structures, such as canals, to address the perennial flooding problem in Barangay
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QUICK RESPONSE. The provincial government of Negros Oriental is supporting the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the establishment of warehouses in the province. These facilities are being eyed to speed up the response time in providing relief goods and other assistance to disaster victims. (File photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The provincial government of Negros Oriental is supporting the move of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in establishing warehouses across the province for quick disaster response, a Capitol official said Monday. Oliver Lemence, provincial information officer-designate, told the Philippine News Agency that Governor Pryde Henry Teves has reassured the DSWD of his support in finding the best locations for these warehouses in the province's three districts. "The warehouses, once established, will cut down on response time during disasters and other emergencies by ensuring the rapid deployment of relief goo
DUMAGUETE CITY -Authorities have seized some PHP4.7 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust in Barangay Bajumpandan here. The Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) on Thursday identified the suspect as Pnedathon Ramos Azes, 33, of Purok Camia, Barangay Calindagan. He was arrested around 8:07 p.m. Wednesday after he allegedly sold suspected shabu to an undercover agent in Purok Katubhan in Barangay Bajumpandan. Seized were seven heat-sealed plastic sachets of different sizes containing suspected shabu granules with an estimated total weight of more or less 700 grams with a standard drug price of PHP4.760 million. Azez, tagged as a high-value individual on the police's list of suspected drug personalities, will be charged with the violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. (PNA) }