Mindanao Star (December 6-12, 2014)

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Aquino directs gov’t efforts to mitigate impact of Typhoon ‘Ruby’

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resident Benigno S. Aquino III presided on Thursday (Dec. 4) over a National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) meeting in Camp Aquinaldo to coordinate government efforts to mitigate the impact of Typhoon ‘Ruby’, which is expected to hit Eastern Visayas on weekend. President Aquino said he wanted concerned government agencies to complete such preparations as evacuating people, putting up emergency facilities as well as prepositioning food and non-food items, before the typhoon hits land. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said 100,000 family food packs are available at its central warehouse, See impact, page 2

Guv Emano: We are ready to augment, support our LGU’s

MILITARY PREPARATION . Army soldiers and Philippine Air Force personnel in

Cagayan de Oro City prepare their rescue gear on Friday (5 Dec 2014), a day ahead of the expected landfall of typhoon Ruby. The soldiers and Air Force personnel will be deployed anywhere in case the situation worsens when typhoon Ruby hits landfall. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

MISAMIS Oriental - The province of Misamis Oriental its all systems go for any eventuality that typhoon Ruby may bring Governor Bambi Emano said on Thursday, December 4 meeting with all the municipal disaster risk reduction officers and members of the expanded Provincial Risk Reduction Management. Council (PDRRMC). Not taking anything lightly, the Governor said the PDRRMC is taking all 23 towns and two (2) cities “at risk” based on the weather report mapping the whole province under code red. “We have also identified about 127 barangays at

Gov. Emano file photo

‘high risk’ considering that these are located along the 17 main rivers that snake through the entire province,” Gov. Emano said. With this data, the See support, page 2

worst typhoons in the philippines (1947-2013). Dr. Gemma Narisma, head of the Regional Climate Systems program of the Manila Observatory, shows the list of typhoons that hit the country during the fourm with the members of the CODE-NGO in Davao City on Thursday. MindaNews photo by Keith Bacongco

PNP on full alert for Typhoon Ruby By Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan of PNA

RUBY RELIEF BAGS. A Sendong survivor, hired by the

Department of Social Welfare and Development, prepares relief bags for distribution in Cagayan de Oro City on Dec. 5, 2014. The DSWD in Region 10 is preparing 30,000 relief bags in case the situation worsens when typhoon Ruby hits landfall on Saturday. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

Philippine National Police (PNP) Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina, who is the deputy chief for operations, orders PNP officials and personnel to go full

alert in the areas expected to be hit by another threat of devastation, this time, by typhoon “Ruby” “As per directive of Deputy Director General Espina,

the operational directive involves full upgrading of the alert status of PROs (Police Regional Offices) 4A/B, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 13 effective Dec 5 at 6 a.m. Security and disaster preparedness reminders are included in

the directive,” the PNPPublic Information Office (PIO) said a text message sent to Philippines News Agency (PNA). Meanwhile, Police Director Danilo Constantino, of See alert, page 2

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