Tag: Negros Occidental

Dec222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Vice president, Kris Aquino bring aid to typhoon victims

Vice President Leni Robredo was joined by actress Kris Aquino in the delivery of food assistance to typhoon “Odette” victims in southern Negros Occidental on Tuesday, December 21.Robredo said the distribution on Tuesday was not a one-time delivery. She is leaving a team in Negros Occidental to look into what else they can do to help the typhoon-hit residents.The team will also deliver assistance to typhoon victims in other areas of Negros Occidental that she was unable to visit Tuesday, Robredo said.The vice president met with typhoon victims in Barangay Daan Banwa, Kabankalan City, and Himamaylan City.Robredo said she personally met with the typhoon victims to assure them that they are not alone in their ordeal, and that they will not be forgotten.Many of the typhoon v...

Dec222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv: Duterte raising P2B for WV typhoon-hit areas

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DSWD-6 photoPresident Rodrigo Duterte told Negros Occidental officials on Monday that he is raising P2 billion for typhoon-hit areas in Western Visayas, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Tuesday, December 21.The P2 billion will be for the entire region, and not for each typhoon-hit province, Lacson explained.The president said he is raising P10 billion for all of the typhoon-hit areas in the country, Lacson said.The president met with officials of Negros Occidental and Oriental at the Kabankalan City Hall on Monday to look into their needs following Typhoon “Odette”, and to also address other concerns, Lacson said.Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Bautista said they would provide P15,000 each to families whose houses were damaged and P30,000 to those whose houses were destro...

Dec222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Kabankalan cops, evacuees clung on to trees to survive

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Screen grabbed from Kabankalan PNP videoSix policemen clung on to trees like tarsiers for twelve hours when floodwaters rose as typhoon “Odette” lashed Kabankalan City on Friday, December 17, Mayor Pedro Zayco said Tuesday.The policemen had gone to Sitio San Jose in Barangay 6, Kabankalan to rescue residents, when there was a sudden surge of water in the wee hours of Friday, he said.The policemen and the 17 adults and children they rescued jumped out of the patrol vehicle and climbed pili trees to avoid being carried away by the floodwaters.Their Hyundai H-100 vehicle disappeared and maybe at the bottom of a river, Zayco said.Lt. Col. Raymond Cruz, Kabankalan police chief, said they tried to rescue the trapped policemen and the evacuees but they could not reach the area...

Dec222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros SP approves state of calamity, 93,756 houses damaged, destroyed

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The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved on Tuesday, December 21, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson’s declaration of a state of calamity in Negros Occidental due to Typhoon “Odette,” Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer said.The resolution noted that 181,110 Negrenses have been affected by the typhoon that has caused P6.2 billion in destruction.The typhoon damaged 60,799 houses and destroyed 32,957 in Negros Occidental for a total of 93,756, the Office of Civil Defense reported Tuesday.The SP in adopting the governor’s declaration of a state of calamity approved the allocation of a portion of the calamity fund to extend immediate assistance to those affected by Typhoon “Odette”.It also approved a price freeze on basic necessities and prime commodities over the entire province...

Dec212021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Pres. Duterte nagpromisa sang bulig, VP Leni nagpalab-ot man sang bulig sa mga nahalitan sang Bagyo Odette

Balita Hiligaynon

Presidente Rodrigo Duterte kag Vice President Leni Robredo ang nag bisita sa mga apektado sang bagyo sa Southern Negros.Lunes nag patigayon sang inspection ang presidente sa Southern Negros. Suno kay Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson 2 billion pesos ang gin pledge sang presidente sa mga lugar nga apektado ni bagyo Odette sa Western Visayas.Ang presidente mismo ang nag pamuno sang ceremonial distribution sang family food packs, repair kits, hygiene kits pagkatapos ginpatigayon ang post typhoon briefing sa Kabankalan City Hall.Nag patuman man sang aerial inspection ang presidente. Suno kay Governor Lacson, iya ginpadangat man kay Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi nga kun mahimo mahatagan sang dugang nga personnel ang mga electric cooperatives agudto mapadasig ang pagbali...

Dec202021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Mga tahong nagdagsa sa higad sang baybay sa pagkatapos sang bagyo nga Odette

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Sa kilid sang hunasan sang Barangay Tabao sa banwa sang Valladolid nagdagsa ang mga tahong makaligad man ang pagwaswas ni Bagyo Odette.Gani madamo sa mga residente, pati na mga kabataan ang masako nga nagapanalang agud mabaligya ang nakuha nila nga tahong.Ang mananagat nga si Bernie Dagohoy nagalaum nga bisan paano makapamiyan piyan ang sinako sako nga tahong nga iya gintipon.Ginguba sang bagyo ang iya balay kag pati na ang ila mga tangaban.Naga pasalamat ang mga residente nga bisaan paano may naga abot sa gihapon sa ila nga bugay pagkatapos sang bagyo.

Dec202021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Negros Occidental ipaidalom sa state of calamity

Balita Hiligaynon

Sa isa ka executive order ginpadailom ni Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson ang probinsya sa state of calamity.Sa report sang Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, 5.9 billion pesos ang halit nga natuga sang bagyo sa pananom, kasapatan, infrastructure, health, food and nutrition, sa mga eskwelahan kag seaports. 38 ang patay, 3,764 ang nagkalaguba nga balay kag 16,477 naman ang damaged nga puluy-an.Ang pag paidalom sa state of calamity sa probinsya magatugot sang pag gamit sang calamity funds.Suno kay Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer good as passed naman ang amo nga tikang kag bwas natalana ang SP sa pag pasar sang approval para diri.Nalakip man diri ang pag patuman sang price freeze sa basic necessities kag commodities agudto malikawan ang pag pamen...

Dec212021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Pagbisita sa mga lugar nga nasakpan sang NNNP ang temporaryo nga ginadumilian

Balita Hiligaynon

Pagbisita sa mga lugar nga nasakpan sang Northern Negros Natural Park ang temporaryo nga ginadumilian makaligad sang halit sang Bagyo Odette.Masako gihapon ang ginapatuman nga clearing operation sang barangay upod sa local government sang siudad sang La Carlota sa mga dalanon nga nabalabagan sang nagkalatumba nga puno sang kahoy.May mga nautod pa nga kahoy kag mga linya sang kuryente nga ginahimus halin sa Barangay Ara-al, San Miguel pasaka sa guintubdan.Bangud may mga puno man sang kahoy nga nagkalatumba tuga sang Bagyo Odette sa sulod sang nasakpan sang Northern Negros Natural Park, ginpakamaayo sang mga nagabantay sang park nga indi anay tugutan ang mga nagabisita nga makasulod kag makapaliwa-liwa sa mga busay.Bisan sa siudad sang Silay, ginahaylo man ni Mayor Mark Golez...

Dec202021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Nature’s wraths: pandemic and calamities

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It is tragic that a few days before Christmas, most parts of the Visayas and portions of Mindanao as well as Palawan suffered another nature's fury with the onslaught of tropical storm "Odette" late last week.Viewing the captured videos and photos of the storm’s impacts shared online was depressing, especially since the damages to properties and agriculture are severe while several lives were lost.Heavy flooding occurred in pathways of the storm, and whistling winds blew rooftops and destroyed houses and other infrastructures. Floodwaters inundated many urban centers since heavy rain continuously poured for quite a time starting at night of December 16 to early in the morning of the following day.As of this time, relief and recovery efforts are still underway as many were rende...

Dec202021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Sa Sipalay, may 16 na ka bangkay nga nasapwan; may mga missing sa gihapon

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

Ang Barangay Gil Montilla sa Sipalay City ang isa sa mga tuman nga nahalitan sang bagyo nga Odette.May mga pamalay nga yara sa higad lang sang suba. Pag awas sang tubig sa suba, nag sulod ini sa mga pamalay. Ang iban nagkala anod.Si Teresito Ballon, may mga bagras sa nagkalain lain nga parte sang iya lawas. Gin istorya kun paano siya naka luwas sa pagka anod sa suba nga halos apat ka kilometro ang kalayuon sa iya nga balay. Ginhigtan nila sang iya anak ang ila lawas sa mga container sang tubig para maglutaw.Si Nida Aborido, tatlo na ka adlaw ang pangit-anay sa iya anum ka mga himata. Duha niya ka mga utod kag apat ka hinablos ang na missing matapos ang bagyo. Wala sila naga untat sa pag libot kay basi pa lang makita na sila.Ang ini nga mag bayaw naga upod sa mga rescuers sa...