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of Arcos Village in Mabalacat City.
While Darrel Flores, 9, of Barangay
Apalit in Floridablanca died after he
was electrocuted.
According to PDRRMC head Engr.
Lulu Alingcastre, as of Wednesday, 331
barangays from the 19 towns and two
cities were affected by the flooding.
Alingcastre said the provincial government,
along with the local government
units (LGUs), has evacuated
some 2,500 families to various temporary
shelters in the province.
In this city, hundreds of residents
from Barangays San Pedro Cutud and
San Nicolas were evacuated after floodwater
as high as three meters rushed
into the villages shortly after a portion
of the San Fernando-Sto. Tomas-Minalin
tail dike collapsed.
In Sto. Tomas, many residents were
stranded on top of their roofs as flood
rose drastically within a few-hour
period. Drinking water has become
scarce that some residents braved the
floods only to buy food and water from
nearby places.
On Tuesday noon, the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan of Pampanga approved
Resolution No. 2703, Series of 2012 declaring
the entire province under state
of calamity.
The scheduled visit of Vice President
Jejomar Binay in Nabuclod, Floridablanca
to turn over the first housing
project for the indigenous peoples to
Aeta beneficiaries had been cancelled.
Based on the monitoring of the
PDRRMC, the affected families came
from 215 barangays from the 19 municipalities
and two cities due to rising
flood water ranging from one to five
feet causing major roads impassable to
light vehicles.
“This is enough to paralyze the economic
activities in the said affected
municipalities,” PDRRMC said.
In Floridablanca, the barangays
of San Antonio, Maligaya, Portuna,
Cabangcalan, Sta. Monica and San Pedro
are under two to four feet floodwater
In Sasmuan, the villages of Sta
Monica, San Antonio, San Pedro, Sto.
Tomas and Sta. Cruz were also inundated.
In Sta. Rita, two to three feet flood-
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Supreme Court decided, here he
goes ordering DAR to make a new
list of FWBs, prolonging the process,”
Canlas said.
“DAR’s action on Hacienda Luisita
is risky as making the new list
would sow chaos and unnecessary
confusion among the farm workers.
It is apparent that DAR is making
the distribution process complicated,
thus, Aquino is not sincere in
abiding by the law or the SC order,”
he added.
AMGL is also demanding the immediate
distribution of 3,100-hectares
agricultural lands formerly
part of the Fort Magsaysay Military
Reservation (FMMR) in Laur, Nueva
Ecija being claimed by the 7th
Infantry Division of the Philippine
Army (IDPA).
“The issue of Fort Magsaysay
Military Reservation is the very concrete
example of the uselessness of
CARPer. Imagine, its coverage was
already ordered by former president
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Pineda said the P5 million will
be used for the rehabilitation and
construction of rural health units
and sputum collection area, purchase
of medical equipment and
medicines and improvement of facilities.
“We want the accreditation the
soonest time possible to address
the increasing number of TB victims”,
Pineda said.
The governor instructed Provincial
Health Officer Dr. Marcelo Jaochico
to do the inventory of medi-
water submerged the villages of San
Matias, San Basilio, San Jose, San
Juan, San Agustin, Sta. Monica, Becuran
and Dila-Dila.
The Porac-Guagua-Dila Dila road
was not passable to light vehicles due
to knee-deep floodwater.
In Porac, Barangay Balubad experienced
two to three feet floodwater
while a landslide occurred at Barangays
Jalung and Babo Sacan. A barangay
health worker was injured.
In Sta. Ana, one foot floodwaters
inundated 14 barangays: San Agustin,
San Bartolome, Sa Isidro, San Joaquin,
San Jose, San Juan, San Nicolas, San
Pablo, San Pedro, San Roque, Santiago,
Sta Lucia and Sta. Maria and Sto.
Rosario.
In Apalit town, three barangays were
submerged into 2.5 deep floodwater:
Batasan, Capalangan, Sucad (Purok 3),
San Vicente (Bagong Pag-asa).
The Pampanga River has spilled
over inundating Barangays Capalangan
and Sulipan.
In Candaba, the barangays of San
Agustin, Sitio Dukma in Paralaya, Pescadores,
Bambang and Pasig are all
flooded.
In Macabebe town, 25 villages are
under floodwater such as Castuli,
Mataguiti, Saplad David, Tacasan,
Caduang Tete, Sta. Maria, San Gabriel,
Sta. Rita, Telacsan, Candelaria,
Batasan, Sto. Nino, San Isidro, San
Roque, Sto. Rosario, San Juan, San
Rafael, Sta. Cruz, Sta. Lutgarda, San
Francisco, San Vicente, Consuelo, Dalayap
and San Esteban.
Nine families or 34 individuals
were evacuated in the
Macabebe Central School.
In Minalin, seven barangays are under
flood water. These are as follow:
San Isidro, Lourdes, Sta. Maria, Sto.
Domingo, San Nicolas, Dawe and Maniago
with two feet floodwater.
In San Simon, 13 barangays were
inundated—Dela Paz, San Pedro, Sta.
Cruz, San Isidro, San Juan, San Pablo
(Proper), Sto. Nino, San Agustin, San
Jose, Sta. Monica, San Pablo Libutad,
San Nicolas and San Miguel with one
to 3.5 feet floodwater affecting 800
families or 2,657 individuals.
In Arayat, the barangays of San
Cory Aquino through her executive
orders 407 and 448 in 1990, and
Deed of Transfer (DOT) between
DAR and the Dept. of National Defense
(DND) signed by Sec. Benjamin
Leong and Renato De Villa, respectively
in 1990, but the process is
being opposed by the AFP, a government
entity itself,” Canlas said.
“CARPer could not even compel
the AFP to follow the law, thus, harassment
against farmers continue
and retired police and military officials
are grabbing lands in Fort
Magsaysay,” he added.
AMGL also demanded Aquino to
stop the massive land use conversion
(LUCs) in Central Luzon which
ejects farmers from their lands.
“These LUCs in Central Luzon is
a threat to farmers’ rights on land,
as well as to the food security of our
country,” Canlas said.
AMGL said that the construction
of Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union
Expressway (TPLEx) and Central
cines and to make sure there is
enough supply for every TB patient.
“The province will supply health
centers and RHUs in the province
with complete medicines needed
for a 6-month medication for tuberculosis,”
said Jaochico.
Upon hearing the commitment
of Pineda, Director Elenita Gorgolon
of Center Health and Development
Central Luzon stated that
their office will provide necessary
equipment such as microscopes.
“They can request for micro-
Agustin, San Jose Mesulo and Cupang
are under three to four feet floodwater
affecting 180 families.
In Sto. Tomas, seven barangays were
inundated by 2.6 feet floodwaters,
namely: San Matias, Moras Dela Paz,
Sto. Rosario, San Bartolome, Poblacion,
Sto. Nino and San Vicente.
In Guagua town, 31 barangays—
Plaza Burgoz, Bancal, San Bancal, San
Roque, Sta. Filomena, San Pedro, Sto.
Cristo, Santo Nino, San Nicolas 1st,
San Rafael (duck island), San Juan 1st,
San Pablo, San Isidro, San Antonio,
San Jose, San Matias, San Juan Bautista,
San Juan Nepomuceno, San Nicolas
2nd, San Miguel (Betis), Sta. Inez, Sta.
Ursula, San Agustin, Jose Abad Santos,
Lambac, Magsaysay, Maquiapo, Natividad,
Rizal, Pulung Masle, San Vicente
(Ebus) and Ascomo—are flooded.
In Barangay Lambac, Guagua, some
100 families or 500 individuals are
staying at the Barangay Hall and Osca
building.
In the coastal town of Masantol,
26 villages—Alauli, Bagang, Balibago,
Bebe Anac, Bebe Matua, Bulacus,
Cambasi, Malauli, Nigui, Paguiaba,
Palimpe, Puti, Sagrada, San Agustin,
San Isidro Matua, San Isidro Anac,
San Nicolas, San Pedro, Sapang Cuayan,
Sta. Cruz, Sta. Lucia Wakas, Sta.
Lucia Matua, Sta. Monica, Sto Nino
and Sua—are flooded. These villages
were submerged into three to five feet
floodwaters affecting 4,433 families or
20,903 individuals.
In Bacolor, some 56 families were
affected by three feet flood waters affecting
the villages of Mesalipit (Babo),
Cabalantian and Talba. Twenty-one
families or 88 individuals are staying
at Mesalipit Tent near the barangay
hall.
In Lubao, 29 barangays are affected
with two to four feet floodwaters affecting
4,433 families or 20,903 individuals
in the villages of Balantacan,
Bancal Pugad, Bancal Sinubli, Baruya,
Calangain, Concepcion, Lourdes, Prado
Siongco, Remedios, San Agustin,
San Francisco, San Juan, San Jose
Gumi, San Nicolas I, San Nicolas 2,
San Pedro Saug, San Roque Arbol, San
Roque Dau 1, San Roque Dau II, Sta.
Barbara, Sta. Catalina, Sta. Cruz, Sta
Luzon Expressway (CLEx) projects
in Nueva Ecija has ejected and
continue to threaten farmers out of
their lands.
“If Aquino was sincere in realizing
fundamental reforms, CARP
should have covered the subjected
lands decades ago and distributed
to legitimate farmer-beneficiaries,
but he did not. Hence, farmers are
now defending their rights,” Canlas
added.
“We call on other sectors to support
our demand to junk CARPer
and enact House Bill 374 or GARB.
We should learn that CARP and
CARPer are not real land reform
programs in its 24 years of implementation.
If we want to keep our
country’s food supply secure, we
must defend the farmers’ cultivation
of productive agricultural lands and
protect it from LUCs. The absence
of a genuine land reform program
would lead to an agrarian unrest in
our country,” Canlas said. •
scopes in CHD since Gov. Pineda
will take charge in the improvement
of the facilities,” Gorgolon said.
Third District Board Member
Monina Laus, Chairman of the
Committee on Health, expressed
support to the plan of the governor
seeing this as an effective approach
in fighting tuberculosis.
“If our hospitals and RHUs will
be TB DOTS accredited, proper
attention and medication will be
given to our cabalens with tuberculosis,”
said Laus.•
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AUGUST 8-14, 2012
Lucia, Sta. Maria, Sta. Monica, Sta.
Tereza I, Sta. Tereza II, Sto. Nino and
Sto. Tomas.
Central Luzon inundation
Upon the recommendation of Philippine
Atmospheric Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration
(Pagasa), Executive Secretary Paquito
Ochoa issued Memorandum Circular
No. 34, ordering the suspension of
classes Thursday at all levels, including
postgraduate courses, in Metro
Manila, Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga,
Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bulacan, Laguna,
Cavite and Rizal.
Work in government offices
and private firms, however,
resumed since Wednesday.
In Bataan, the provincial board
members passed Resolution No. 58
which also declared the entire province
under state of calamity. •
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