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MANILA, Philippines - One year after typhoon “Ondoy” put to test the company's ability to provide timely response and service assistance in the event of a ...Mayor Ondoy Cajes celebrates birthday
Bohol Standard
Though it was not deliberate, provincial board member Dr. Romulo Cepedoza has slipped his tongue in naming incumbent Trinidad Mayor Roberto Cajes as the one ...
Inquirer.netRP infra not yet ready for another Ondoy: MMDA
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... boats and other emergency gadgets may now be in place but there is no guarantee that Metro Manila's infrastructure can withstand another typhoon Ondoy. ...Family planning as a human right: Way to go PNoy!
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... devices available to those who cannot otherwise afford them ushered in a storm probably surpassing the intensity of Ondoy that hit us last year. ...and more » P12-B 'Ondoy' fund still unspent
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“One year after, Ondoy's wake-up call remains unheeded. What have we done with the money so far? An accounting of what we have done and what we have spent ...Marikina recalls Ondoy, acts to prevent another big one
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But it brought back vivid memories of Ondoy exactly a year ago. Hector Gadula was among the hundreds of residents in Balubad who endured that sleepless ...and more » Increases Rizal Town Rescue Team as it girds for 'Ondoy'-Like Calamity Town
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Ondoy” Disaster management is now included in the top of the priority list as the local city government has mobilized its rescue personnel and emergency ...and more » Rizal Town Boosts Rescue Team as it Girds for 'Ondoy'-Like Calamity
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... list as the local government here has mobilized its rescue personnel and emergency equipment in case of another disaster similar to last year's “Ondoy. ...Ondoy survivors recall tragedy with grief, hope
GMANews.TV
Jennifer Mahusay, 22, is due to give birth anytime this month, a year after she lost all of her three children when tropical cyclone “Ondoy" (Ketsana) ...
- Bore hole reaches trapped Chilean minersSAN JOSE MINE—(UPDATE 2) A horn blast on Saturday announced the completion of a shaft that will serve to rescue 33 miners trapped for two months deep inside a collapsed mine. […]
- No meningo case in Marikina, says health officerThe suspected meningococcemia case in Marikina City was a false alarm after all, a Marikina health official said Saturday. […]
- Puno dared to show evidence Palace cliques out to get himMalacañang on Saturday dared Interior Undersecretary Rico Puno to produce proof of his allegations that cliques within the Aquino administration want him out and are behind the reports that gambling lords pay him millions of pesos monthly to protect the illegal numbers game jueteng. […]
- Barangay, SK polls important in testing level of political maturityPutting the right people in the country's barangay councils would chart how basic community problems—from petty disputes among neighbors to ensuring that a village is crime- and garbage-free—would be solved. […]
- PAL union submits CBA draftFor the first time in 10 years, the ground crew labor union of Philippine Airlines has submitted a collective bargaining agreement proposal to the flag carrier’s management. […]
- Senate closes Lacson officeMounting pressure from the Commission on Audit has forced the Senate leadership to close the office of fugitive Senator Panfilo Lacson. […]
- Maguindanao rape case not yet closed– De LimaJustice Secretary Leila de Lima said the case of the rape of a Maguindanao volunteer nurse was not closed despite the surrender of a militiaman who confessed to have committed the crime along with another man. […]
- Imagine: Google pays tribute to John LennonWASHINGTON—Google paid tribute to former Beatle John Lennon on Friday by replacing its celebrated logo with a video featuring his classic song "Imagine." […]
- Journalists told to vary routines to improve securityJournalists should lessen the predictability of their movements to avoid violent attacks on them, the Philippine National Police advised Saturday. […]
- Nueva Ecija vice mayor shot deadVice Mayor Luisito Caraang was shot and killed by two men as he was about to enter his house at Barangay San Casimiro in Licab town in this province on Saturday morning. […]
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Archive for September, 2009
Family on Floating Roof Disappears Under Bridge
Author: Web Mod
Here is another video that will just shock you. Unbelievable footage of the fury of “Typhoon Ondoy” in Philippines.
Government study foresaw flood–Palafox
Author: Web Mod| Written by Dennis D. Estopace / Reporter |
| Monday, 28 September 2009 21:39 |
| THE government was warned 32 years ago that ceding control of urban development may have adverse consequences, such as the devastation experienced by the metropolis on Saturday. “Some are saying it’s [the flooding of key Metropolitan Manila areas] an act of God. It’s not. It’s neglect on the part of the government,” architect Felino Palafox Jr. told the BusinessMirror on Monday as casualties of Typhoon Ondoy grew to more than a hundred dead and thousands of people displaced. In the document sent by Palafox, the Metro Manila Transport, Land Use and Development Planning Project (Mmetroplan) already cited the Marikina Valley as among the areas deemed “unsuitable for development.” The area that includes the city of Marikina were among those that sustained the most damage, according to news reports. In one hard-hit site alone, Provident Village, TV reports said 58 bodies had already been recovered, presumably people who never had time to leave their homes as floodwaters rose too quickly. “Development should be restricted by the application of controls in three major areas—in the Marikina Valley, the western shores of Laguna de Bay, and the Manila Bay coastal area to the north of Manila,” said the report submitted in July 1977 to then-Public Works and Highways chief Alfredo Juinio. “We’ve told government all along [that] this would happen because of the flooding [in] the same month in 1970,” Palafox said. He said he was working for the government then when he and a group of researchers undertook this World Bank-funded study on a land-use plan that was finalized by Hong Kong-based consulting firm Freeman Fox and Associates. Palafox cited a recommendation from the study that the government should monitor the Marikina Riverbank so that the water would not reach 90 meters. Likewise, no structure should have been allowed within nine meters from the riverbank, he added. “Dahil hindi sinunod ’yun, parang massacre ang nangyari [Because the recommendation was not heeded, what occurred was virtually a massacre],” he said. The three-volume report also noted that “urban development is spreading into [these] areas which are, in their present state, unsuitable for development—either because they are low-lying and liable to flooding, or because development is without adequate facilities for the treatment and disposal of sewage [the norm in Manila] and so will continue to contribute to the severe pollution of areas, such as Laguna de Bay.” The study added: “The unsuitable areas for development, where pressures are nevertheless considerable, are primarily the flat coastal areas to the north where extensive areas are liable to flooding and where increased pressures for reclamation are likely to further exacerbate this problem.” Another is “the Marikina Valley, to the east, where the land is liable to flooding and where development with inadequate provision for the treatment and disposal of sewage is contributing to the severe pollution of Laguna de Bay and where flooding is a problem in the adjacent areas.” Finally, the study said the pressure for development, but requiring control, includes “the western shores of Laguna de Bay where development without adequate facilities for the treatment and disposal of sewage is contributing to the severe pollution of Laguna de Bay and where flooding is a problem in the adjacent areas.” “In order to avoid development contributing to longer-term flooding and water pollution, it is necessary that the short-term development is restricted in these areas. Only when remedial measures to deal with the problems have been implemented, should the development of these areas proceed on a significant scale,” the study said. “Lessons are to be learned, for sure, but these have been taught three decades ago,” Palafox said. Article is from Businessmirror.com.phBusinessworld |
Provident Village in Marikina
Author: Web ModHere are more images after Typhoon Ondoy wrecked havoc in Provident Village.
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I lived in Provident Village my entire life, until I moved out two years ago to a condo in Ortigas Center. Provident Villages is not new to flooding. In fact, ever since 1968, the village has experienced mass flooding every 10 years. I was there when I woke up to raging floods in 1988. In 1998, the flood reached up to 6 feet only, which was not bad. My parents had experienced it since 1978. They told me that year was the worst. They weren’t prepared for this to happen.
Though a year late, 2009 brought in the worst and most devastating flood to Provident. In the previous floods, we managed to recover our things, and got back up our feet the day after. Less than 5 people died, if not none at all. So when the waters rose last Saturday, everybody in Provident knew that it was time again. They didn’t know it was going to be very different.
The Marikina government managed to fix the drainage and flood system of the city when the Fernandos governed. We were happy about it. Floods were prevented. As an effect, Provident Villages prospered. New and big houses grew like mushrooms. Real estate shot up. Everything was going well. Until now.
I was in my condo when everything happened, when my dad and two sisters hanged on for their lives in a 2nd floro balcony of a neighbor’s house. My dad and sisters swam and braved the floods, to save those trapped in their houses. Two, however, still died.
My family and 13 other people held it out on top of a roof under the rain, without food, water or light. They were rescued at 5AM Sunday. They were fortunate enough, since our house was still near the gate of the village. I realized the others were rescued in the morning. I have been hearing stories of terror and survival from my relatives who also live in Provident. If I were there, I would be writing this differently.
In the end, I am happy that my entire family is safe and sound. We lost everything that my parents worked for. I still can’t believe this happened. It all caught us by surprise.
This is a tribute to all the victims of Provident Village, our beloved neighbors.
RJ Samson
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Author: Web ModSevere Flooding in The Fort, Global City
Author: Web Mod
Extreme floods affected parts of the Fort Global City, Taguig, due to unrelenting rains brought about by tropical storm Ondoy. Despite being dubbed as a ’smart city’, it wasn’t able to spare itself the brunt of mother nature.
Video taken from 1st Ave. corner 29th Street, Kensington Place.