Photo courtesy of the CRDRRMC/OCD-CAR
The province of Abra has been placed under a state of calamity after being assessed as the most devastated of all the provinces in the Cordillera region following the onslaught of Tropical Storm Mario and the enhanced Southwest Monsoon.
More than P406 million worth of crops and infrastructure were destroyed in the region, particularly in Abra.
The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CRDRRMC) convened its technical working group meeting on Friday (September 26) to asses the damage of the tropical storm and the monsoon.
The declaration was approved by Abra Governor Eustaquio Bersamin on September 24 and endorsed on the same day to the CRDRRMC as damages in Abra alone was estimated to be more than P346 million.
Meanwhile, Alex Uy, regional director of the Office of Civil Defense in the Cordillera Autonomous Region, said they will still need to validate the provincial declaration as the criteria for declaring a state of calamity means that at least 20 percent of of the population are in need of emergency assistance, at least 40 percent of the means of livelihood were destroyed, major roads and bridges are impassable or destroyed for at least a week, and widespread destruction of agriculture and fisheries. – 9News Online, from a report by JM Agreda
http://www.9news.ph/news/regional/2014/09/26/abra-placed-under-state-of-calamity
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Ay sus ta iremedyo da latta met tay inda pagka kuartaan manen ….more than 406 million tay damages tay probinsiya tayu nga abra dakdakkel pay ti damages nan ngem tay nag centruan tay bagyo nga ISABELA ken Cagayanen isu dipay mamati ni Alexander uy yen…… ket tay pondo tay nga taga Abra nga calamity fund nen sigorado nga awanen ta nayusar da man met ta ABRECO nga pagbayad ti utang nan a kuryente..bumakdang da latta kaka asi kam latta nga manalon
Posted by bautem kimalatkat | September 27, 2014, 7:25 amnapukaw ta kalamity fund nen..agraragsak da man aminen ta adda man mahukos pukos dan nga pondon…2.1 trillion ti budget tayu by 2015 toy pilipinas mano met ngata nga milliones ti apan toy Probinsiya..uray anya nga pamostura-en baknang unay ni Takiten aglala-ok toy pangwarta-an dan.tay rigat na ket baka awan pay dumanon ken barangay konsehalen dakami nga marigrigat poro sagawisiw lattan a anya ngarud ket awan met konsensiya da dagita nga agtuturay detoy a ti tawiden dagitoy annak tayu a rigat ken ugali,uray kasano tay kalaing ni Pinoy no ti adda toy baba-en na ket mananakaw awan ti turongen na daytoy a biag ta imbest nga pagririnamanan mapan la kadagity asideg ti turay.sapay koma ta madda-an tay to met ti Mayor Duterte a kas ti ciudad ti Davao
Posted by bayyek iwelwel mo kantuwe | September 27, 2014, 2:06 pmagree meaning they can utilize the calamity fund for tongpats. al ut takaw latta takki
Posted by eric shawn | September 27, 2014, 9:03 amagtarimaan nga agbil bilang ti kalamity fund ni Takkit…ikkan na met ti sag 1.5 million da dagitoy ma mayoresna sobra na ko kuana aminen tsk tsk
Posted by diding ko | September 27, 2014, 3:35 pmBasta adda calamity agbiag da aminen dagitoy politiko…makonsensiya kayo apo
Posted by kampanilla | September 27, 2014, 3:38 pmsaan yo koma met sokatan ta corn beef ti sardinas apo.
namnama-en dagitoy kakabsat tayu nga na ayat nga tumulong nga dumanon ta corn beef kadagity nakurapay a kas kaniak
Posted by Gord | September 27, 2014, 3:46 pmnasayaat unayenGord no adda sardinasen nga dumanon kenkan no din to la toy supot na laeng ti dumanon kenkan a kunana nga saan mo kan a liplipatan ni Takit hahaha
Posted by Alitaptap | September 27, 2014, 8:33 pmCalamity funds should be audited if it is disburse properly by the commission on audit
ngem agkakadwa dan samet halla ket no kastoy latta a kanayun ti mapasamak nga awan paki alam ti tumunggal maysa a ket awan latta tay progresso Abra nga kuna ti politiko no di ket asenso bula amin latta ni TAKIT
Posted by GORIO | September 27, 2014, 11:26 pmNo pasakmalan da ti pirak dagita adda dita commission on audit agtagari dapay aya pirma da latta nga pirman ta no dida agpirma patay met ti banagen da …dagitoy koma ti modos operandi a mapokaw toy ili tayu nga Abra ta awan la polos ti manang respeto tayu ti tumong gal maysan ..tayla ina agumen ti pirak ti intay kanayunen nga madenggeg panggep toy Abran
Posted by battikoleng | September 27, 2014, 11:48 pmadda aya banagem BATTIKOLENG no inka komon konyta no kayatmo ti agbiag ti atiddog sumorot ka lattan nakkong
Posted by ALFREDO VALERA | September 27, 2014, 11:59 pmPwera delos buenos apo ngem no ada calamidad a kastoy let talaga ng a kaykayat t politicos ta un audited tay pundo aglalo no under state of calamity.Urayen tayo no ada ipurwak da a bassist.JAy agbalor side ta let mai declare a gasot ti Bayad na. KALAKARAN kunam man dorgi.
Posted by uttig | September 28, 2014, 3:45 amNabayag nga adda iti state of calamity ti probinsya ti Abran. Uray awan bagyo ket narigat latta ti biag dagiti padak nga marigrigat. Nadawdawwel pay ngem ni mario ti bagyo nga nang perhuwisiyo ti probinsya. Awan pilpilien na nga panawen. Kaanon to aya ngata nga sumirisir ti baro nga agsapa nga awan bagyo na. Ta maramanan tay met koma ti nam-ay ken kinatalna ditoy ili tayo nga Abra?
Posted by Russel Molina | September 28, 2014, 6:41 amTagamasid dito ka sa thread mgpost in defense to yuor takit
Posted by eric shawn | September 28, 2014, 7:10 amno nalpas ti calamidad aguma ka nga ta aduman tay ukay ukay yen imbest nga dumanon kadatayu a marigrigat saan ta ilako da payla kanyatayo a marigrigat.ammo ngata dagitoy dagitay naayat nga nag donasyon
Posted by Tallogading ti kabakiran | September 28, 2014, 9:32 pmNagsaya-at man nga dinggen dayta kalamity fund? wow pare! Awan lat ammok nga ited da dagita kadagiti maseknan?
Posted by Tindera | September 29, 2014, 11:18 am