It took the community four years to construct the dam and the canal towards the power station. Aside from their labor, the community cut trees for lumber as their contribution to the project. They built a cement platform for the machinery and a small building for the power station. The community’s remoteness prevented them from bringing motorized machines to help them; everything had to be done by hand.
More roads connecting several towns in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) were closed to traffic on Wednesday, Aug. 24, due to landslides and soil collapse following the the onslaught of tropical storm “Florita”.
On the 11a.m. situational report of the Department of Public Works and Highways
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Heavy to torrential rains continued to lash northern Luzon hours after severe tropical storm Florita (international name: Ma-on) made landfall over Maconacon, Isabela Tuesday morning, Aug. 23.
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CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela – Two soldiers were killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Lenneng, Kabugao, Apayao Thursday, Aug. 18.
The fatalities were identified as 2nd Lt. Nasser Dimalanes, 28, and Private First Class Jaime Fontanilla Jr., 29.
KILLED IN ACTION.Army soldiers mourn the death of two comrades who died sacrificing their lives as "heroes" in a battle against the communist guerrillas in Kabugao, Apayao province on Aug.18, 2022. The fatalities were identified as 2nd Lt. Nasser Dimalanes of Maguindanao province, and Private First Class Jaime Fontanilla Jr. of La Union.(Photo from 5th ID) CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela-Two Army soldiers died on Thursday in a running gunbattle between the soldiers and communist guerrillas in the mountains of Lenneng in Kabugao town, Apayao province, the military reported. Captain Rigor Pamittan, 5th Infantry Division public affairs chief and spokesperson, identified the fatalities as 2nd Lt. Nasser Dimalanes of Maguindanao, and Private First Class Jaime Fontanilla Jr. of La Union. Dimalanes, a 28-year-old native of Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao Province, practices Islam religion and was commissioned on November 16, 2017 as a regular soldier. He was assigned as the P