MORE OPPORTUNITIES. The ongoing concreting of the Alimango-Lawis Road in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. The improvement of the village's farm-to-market road is funded through the Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.(Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - More opportunities await residents of Barangay Alimango in Escalante City, Negros Occidental with the improvement of the village's farm-to-market road funded through the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The PHP17.5-million concreting of the Alimango-Lawis Road is ongoing, but the ceremonial groundbreaking was held in Sitio Lawis only on Wednesday after several delays due to restrictions posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. thanked President Rodrigo Duterte anew for the implementation of the B
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Published December 19, 2020, 9:23 AM
BUTUAN CITY – More than 2,000 were displaced by tropical depression Vicky, which exited Caraga region late Friday, December 18.
Shown in photo are the disaster rescue personnel of 3rd Special Forces Battalion securing flash flood victims to safer grounds in Surigao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of 3rd SFBn CMO Officer 1st Lt. Krisjuper Andreo J. Punsalan via Mike U. Crismundo/Manila Bulletin)
Absorbing the brunt of the tropical depression were areas in the southern and northern parts of Surigao del Sur where more than 1,600 families were affected by the flash floods.
“We are still collecting data from our different municipal and city disaster councils, but as of this time more than 1,600 families were already affected by the flash floods,” said Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Managements Council (PDRRMC) Head Abel De Guzman, in phone interview with The Manila Bulletin on Saturday.