Google map of the Zamboanga Peninsula. ZAMBOANGA CITY - Flash floods spawned by a low pressure area (LPA) coupled with an intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) inundated 37 villages and displaced over 2,000 households across the Zamboanga Peninsula. Landslides were also recorded in three barangays in the Zamboanga Sibugay province, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director Ramon Ochotorena said in an interview Thursday. Of the 37 affected barangays, 16 are in seven towns of Zamboanga Sibugay; 11 in three towns of Zamboanga del Sur; seven in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte; three in Zamboanga City. Ochotorena said 1,811 households were affected by the flash flood in Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, following torrential rains since Wednesday night. The other two towns affected by flood in Zamboanga del Sur are Dinas and Tambulig. "We are continuously monitoring the situation in different parts of the region," Ochotorena said. He said some 150 households were displaced in the seven
Zamboanga City Hall(PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC), through a resolution, has appealed to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow them to continue the distribution of food assistance to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients here. This, as the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) reported to the CDRRMC that it already stopped delivering food assistance to households with infected cases due to the existing Comelec ban. Dr. Elmeir Jade Apolinario, City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) chief, on Saturday said distribution of rice will only resume upon the receipt of their requested exemption from the Comelec. "We have passed a resolution seeking for an exemption so that the city government can continue to provide assistance to Covid-19 affected households," Apolinario said. The CDRRMC resolution was passed on March 31 and was immediately sent to the Comelec office here, wh