PGMA releases P500M for ‘Cosme’ victims
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday ordered the release of P500 million for emergency shelter assistance to victims of typhoon Cosme following an aerial inspection in Lingayen, Pangasinan and in Sta. Cruz, Zambales to personally see the damage wrought to the calamity-affected areas.
Arroyo also led the distribution of about 5,000 sacks of rice, P263,000 worth of reconstructions materials from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority including 200 pieces corrugated GI sheets, and 200 pieces of plywood in Zambales.
The President ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) to use the P500 million mostly for the purchase of additional corrugated GI sheets. SunStar
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is briefed Friday by Sta. Cruz Mayor Luisito Marty about the heavy damaged wrought by typhoon Cosme to his town with 4,000 houses destroyed, century trees rooted out and schoolhouses and government building almost wiped out. (OPS photo)
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'Cosme' death toll now 53
THE death toll from tropical storm Cosme has risen to 53, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said.
NDCC deputy administrator Anthony Golez Jr. also said as of Friday night, the number of persons affected by the storm has so far gone up to 252,000.
Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo
"As of 6 p.m. Friday, 53 were dead while 29 were injured. There was also heavy damage to houses," Golez said on government-run dzRB radio.
NDCC records showed that 252,000 families were affected in 1,459 villages in 73 towns and seven cities in five provinces in Ilocos, Central Luzon, Western Visayas and Cordillera.
Golez said Zambales and Pangasinan remain the worst-hit areas. He added a total of 31,000 houses were destroyed while 84,000 houses were damaged.
Meanwhile, Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino Jr. is dismayed with the nonchalant reaction of some Cabinet secretaries to the devastation suffered by the province brought about by the typhoon.
He lamented that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo does not know the exact extent of the damage in the province as the Cabinet secretaries were not giving her correct information.
"We hope that the Cabinet secretaries do their homework and give more accurate reports to the President," he said.
Arroyo presided the NDCC meeting held here Friday morning. Among those present were NDCC chairman and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr., Education Secretary Jesli Lapuz, and Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr.
The governor said Lapuz reported to the President that there were 14 classrooms totally damaged province-wide, when in fact the partial number has already reached 615.
He said the Department of Health (DOH) also reported that it already spent more than P490,000 worth of medicines and medical supplies for Pangasinan, but the province only received 586 pieces of Aquatablet water disinfectant that costs about P10 each.
Espino also doubted if the relief goods were really distributed properly to the typhoon victims. The Department of Social Welfare and Development earlier said that it has given P947,000 worth of relief goods here.
"We will see. The people should know if their government is really helping them," he said. (JMR/LCMY/Sunnex)
Arroyo also led the distribution of about 5,000 sacks of rice, P263,000 worth of reconstructions materials from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority including 200 pieces corrugated GI sheets, and 200 pieces of plywood in Zambales.
The President ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) to use the P500 million mostly for the purchase of additional corrugated GI sheets. SunStar
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is briefed Friday by Sta. Cruz Mayor Luisito Marty about the heavy damaged wrought by typhoon Cosme to his town with 4,000 houses destroyed, century trees rooted out and schoolhouses and government building almost wiped out. (OPS photo)
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'Cosme' death toll now 53
THE death toll from tropical storm Cosme has risen to 53, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said.
NDCC deputy administrator Anthony Golez Jr. also said as of Friday night, the number of persons affected by the storm has so far gone up to 252,000.
Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo
"As of 6 p.m. Friday, 53 were dead while 29 were injured. There was also heavy damage to houses," Golez said on government-run dzRB radio.
NDCC records showed that 252,000 families were affected in 1,459 villages in 73 towns and seven cities in five provinces in Ilocos, Central Luzon, Western Visayas and Cordillera.
Golez said Zambales and Pangasinan remain the worst-hit areas. He added a total of 31,000 houses were destroyed while 84,000 houses were damaged.
Meanwhile, Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino Jr. is dismayed with the nonchalant reaction of some Cabinet secretaries to the devastation suffered by the province brought about by the typhoon.
He lamented that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo does not know the exact extent of the damage in the province as the Cabinet secretaries were not giving her correct information.
"We hope that the Cabinet secretaries do their homework and give more accurate reports to the President," he said.
Arroyo presided the NDCC meeting held here Friday morning. Among those present were NDCC chairman and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr., Education Secretary Jesli Lapuz, and Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr.
The governor said Lapuz reported to the President that there were 14 classrooms totally damaged province-wide, when in fact the partial number has already reached 615.
He said the Department of Health (DOH) also reported that it already spent more than P490,000 worth of medicines and medical supplies for Pangasinan, but the province only received 586 pieces of Aquatablet water disinfectant that costs about P10 each.
Espino also doubted if the relief goods were really distributed properly to the typhoon victims. The Department of Social Welfare and Development earlier said that it has given P947,000 worth of relief goods here.
"We will see. The people should know if their government is really helping them," he said. (JMR/LCMY/Sunnex)
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