00:00The Puerto Princesa City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council recommends that the city should be under the State of Calamity
00:08because of the heavy rainfall.
00:12Orlan Habag and the PIA have the national news. Orlan?
00:16In the help of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council yesterday,
00:21the Council decided that it recommends that the Puerto Princesa City should be under the State of Calamity
00:30The recommendation of the CDRR-MC to Mayor Lucilo Arbayron as chairman
00:36was passed in a resolution approved by the members of the Council.
00:40The recommendation was followed by the members of the CDRR-MC.
00:46According to the City Social Welfare and Development Office,
00:49the heavy rainfall affected 18 barangays of the city,
00:53of which 1,402 families, made up of 5,235 individuals, are in 17 evacuation centers.
01:03These were provided with family food packs, hot meals, and beddings for the children and newborn babies.
01:11According to the City Agriculture Office, 1,355 farmers were affected,
01:17of which their crops that were close to harvest were submerged in the flood.
01:22It is estimated that 797 hectares of rice and high-value crops were damaged by the flood.
01:30According to the City Agriculturalist Melissa Makasait,
01:33the cost of the land will reach Php 120 million based on its farm gate price.
01:40In the fishing sector, the cost of fishing in the city was less than Php 1.2 million,
01:47which was affected by the bad weather.
01:50The recommendation of the CDRR-MC will be submitted to the City of Sanggunian
01:55to discuss in the regular session of Sanggunian today.
01:59A Php 86 million Quick Response Fund has been prepared by the City of Puerto Princesa
02:05to help the families affected by the flood in the city.
02:09From the Philippine Information Agency, Palawan, Orlan Habagat, for Balitang Pambansa.
02:16Thank you, Orlan Habagat of PIA.
Comments