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Misamis Oriental’s PDRRMC brings down ‘Ruby’ alert level Volume III, No. 160
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By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
Fire hits DepEd building
ZAMBOANGA City--About P10-million worth of government properties went up in smoke in an almost two-hour fire Monday in this city, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here. Supt. Dominador Zabala, Jr., BFP’s Zamboanga City Fire District (ZCFD) fire marshal, said the fire broke out around 12:13 p.m. Monday at the second floor of one of the buildings of the Department of Education (DepEd) at the corners of San Jose and Normal Roads in Barangay San Jose CawaCawa. Zabala said the fire rapidly spread and gutted down two buildings and partially destroyed three others located nearby. Zabala said one of the two buildings that were gutted down belongs to the government-run Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) secondary department and the other belongs to the DepEd.
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ISAMIS Oriental––The Provincial Disaster, Risk, Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has lowered the prov ince’s a l er t level status starting Monday, PDRRMC chair Edumundo Pacamalan Jr. said. See full story, page A7
NEWS IN FOCUS
FREE TRAINING ASSISTANCE. Misamis Oriental Second District Rep. Juliette Uy, Municipal Mayor Julio Uy, and FDC-Community Relations Officer Eduardo Tangonan III handed free safety gears and tools to the residents of Claveria, Jasaan, Villanueva and Tagoloan who availed of the free skills training program like pipe fitting and welding in preparation of for the construction phase of Filinvest Development Corporation in Villanueva town in Misamis Oriental. Photo by Dodo Canoy
Second biggest steel mill opens in Davao By RENE ARIAS and BOBBY MAHINAY Davao News Bureau
TROPICAL storm “Ruby” made its fourth landfall in Laiya, San Juan, Batangas at 5:45 p.m. Monday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric,
DAVO City—Steel Asia Manufacturing Corporation, the country’s second largest steel manufacturer, has just completed its P3-billion worth steel plant here. The steel plant was constructed within the 12 hectares land in Bunawan, the second district of Davao City. Present at the opening ceremony includes former Davao City Mayor Sarah Duterte-Carpio, who represented Mayor Rody Duterte, Rep. Mylene Garcia-Albano of the second district, Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre, Barangay Chairman Pol Tinoy of Bunawan.
See landfall, page A9
See STEEL, page A9
See fire, page A9
Ruby makes 4th landfall in Batangas By Juzel L. Danganan of Philippine News Agency
STEEL MILL OPENS IN DAVAO CITY.
From left, Antonio Lorenzana, director of Steel Asia, with Mrs. Pilar Yao, assisted by former Davao City Mayor Sarah Duterte-Carpio, Elmer Hernandez, director, with Rep. Atty. Mylene Garcia-Albano of the second district, and Mr. Benjamin Yao, president of Steel Asia, during the ceremonial cutting of ribbon that paves way for the opening of the country’s second biggest steel mill in Davao City. Mindanao Daily Newsphoto by Rene Arias
DSWD ensures delivery of goods to Ruby-hit towns Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Corazon JulianoSoliman yesterday said that all available means of transportation will be used to deliver goods in all areas affected by tropical storm
Ruby. “It is a challenge to deliver goods to areas affected by the typhoon as there are roads which remain impassable and communication signals are cut, but we are exerting
our best effort. We should not let the survivors wait,” Soliman said. She said that five military trucks loaded with food packs were sent to Borongan, Eastern Samar last night to augment the resources of
the local government units (LGUs) for Ruby survivors. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will also send goods See towns, page A9
Pagasa: 2 more typhoons to enter PH this month
THE Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has monitored another weather disturbance forming in the Pacific Ocean. “We are seeing another weather disturbance in the Pacific Ocean, but it is possible that it may dissipate,” PAGASA Weather Forecaster Jori Loiz said in a press conference Monday at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) office in Quezon City. He said the analysis for the weather disturbance might be finished by this week, adding it is too early to predict whether it will become a typhoon. If it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and continues to become a Low Pressure Area (LPA), it will be named “Senang”. PAGASA See typhoons, page A9
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