Floods Hit Bogo City

A heavy downpour  triggered by Tropical Storm “Mario" which started last Wednesday night until yesterday morning caused flooding and landslides in several areas in Cebu. This prompted Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III  to cancel classes in all levels in the Province yesterday.

Several areas in Bogo City were flooded. Families were rescued and evacuated to a safe area. The Freeman reported that more than 200 Bogohanons were evacuated to the city sports complex for safety and around 600 sacks of relief goods were distributed to the affected barangays. 

source: Dante Mayor

Rescued families  from Brgy Taytayan (all wet from flood and rain) scrambling for dry clothes.
source: Dante Mayor

60 people have been evacuated to the Bogo Central School, around 1,300 to the multi-purpose center in Barangay Anonang Sur, and around 300 to the multi-purpose gym in Barangay Malingin.

Huge volume of rainwater from mountain barangays flows through the river connecting to the lowland areas.  The video below shows a river in Brgy. Malingin.

Post by City Government of Bogo.

A portion of the Guadalupe Bridge in the city also caved in.

Post by City Government of Bogo.

Photos from Netizens:

Flood in Don Pedro

National Highway in front of the New City Hall

Yolanda Village

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Davide Suspends Madrigal Over Road Mishap

SunStar : Guv suspends security officer over road mishap

By Davinci S. Maru and Oscar C. Pineda | Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Loy Madrigal (left) and Gov. Junjun Davide
Source: metrocebu.com.ph

A CAPITOL-OWNED pickup truck hit a couple on a motorcycle, killing a 50-year-old man and injuring his wife last Sunday night in Barangay Don Pedro Rodriguez, Bogo City.

Felix Mirambel died inside the trauma center of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City at 2:52 p.m. yesterday, said his nephew Edgar.

Edgar said his aunt, Marites, who was Felix’s passenger, fractured some bones. She underwent surgery yesterday and is scheduled for another operation today, he said.

Edgar told Sun.Star Cebu that Capitol chief security officer Loy Anthony Madrigal was riding the pickup truck (license plate SJC-600) when the accident occurred.

Gov. Hilario Davide III said he placed Madrigal under a 15-day preventive suspension starting yesterday as the Committee on Discipline and Investigation (Codi) will investigate him over the accident.

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Edgar said Madrigal’s group allegedly pointed a gun at his aunt and uncle. “Nisiyagit akong iyaan og tabang. Nitapok na ang mga tawo mao tong nadala sila (My aunt shouted for help. Because of the crowd, my aunt and uncle were brought to the hospital),” 

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NBA Stars to Help Rebuild Communities in Northern Cebu

Former NBA player and head coach Avery Johnson, along with Portland Trail Blazers' Robin Lopez and Wesley Matthews, will visit Norther Cebu this Friday(September 12) to help Yolanda-hit areas. 

source: @trailblazers

Lopez, Matthews, and Johnson will support the NBA's ongoing commitment to help children and families affected by Typhoon Yolanda, and will visit communities like Compostela. They will also conduct basketball clinics for local children.

NBA Cares Family in support of UNICEF, World Vision, Red Cross and other organizations are mobilizing to aid communities and people affected by the super typhoon. 

The NBA has contributed more than $2.2 million in support of Typhoon Yolanda relief efforts, including a $250,000 donation to World Vision in November by the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association.

The Los Angeles Lakers also contributed $150,000 that was accepted by the Jr. NBA Philippines All-Stars when they visited LA as part of their NBA Experience trip last November 2013.

NBA legend Derrick Alston and WNBA legend Allison Feaster visited Leyte and Cebu City last August to donate books and basketballs, and participated in school construction and tree-planting activities.

Read more about the NBA stars' visit:

NBA players, coach to visit Cebu to help rebuild communities

NBA stars to visit Yolanda-hit areas in Cebu

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Twelve Northern Cebu Towns Receive 168 Million

Twelve northern Cebu towns were given 168 million pesos to fix government buildings, build emergency shelter and develop resettlement areas for Yolanda survivors. The financial assistance came from three government agencies: Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Housing Authority (NHA), and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Sunstar reported:

This represents only the first tranche, said a recent progress report of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO).

The assistance is not part of the P12.2-billion rehabilitation and recovery plan for Cebu Province that President Benigno Aquino III signed last July, said Capitol consultant for rehabilitation and recovery Carmel Ulanday.

Yolanda ended more than 6,200 lives and injured about 28,000 people in the Visayas last Nov. 8, 2013, said a National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council report.

The typhoon also destroyed or damaged almost P40 billion worth of infrastructure, crops and agricultural facilities.

DILG’s first tranche of assistance was released last May 2. It was intended for the repair of municipal buildings, public markets and civic centers.

Ulanday said the second tranche will be for the repair of barangay halls.

Earlier, Regional Director Ananias Villacorta said the financial assistance distributed to northern local governments formed part of the Recovery Assistance for Yolanda (RAY) fund of DILG.

For its part, DSWD has given emergency shelter assistance to Madridejos (P66.4 million), Sogod (18.1 million) and Tabuelan (P9 million).

Read more : 12 Cebu towns receive P168M

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Walker Newcastle Engineer to Rebuild Flattened Schools

Mechanical engineer Duncan Kirton-Darling, from Walker in Newcastle, willwork on a disaster relief project in devastated parts of the Philippines.

Engineer Duncan Kirton-Darling
source: chroniclelive.co.uk

The 31-year-old will work around the clock fixing schools and care centres in parts of the Philippines wrecked by the devastating Typhoon Haiyan. He will be spending ten weeks in the City of Bogo and San Remigio on the disaster relief project, which will also involve looking after children while their parents help with the recovery efforts.

Duncan will be working alongside other volunteers from Projects Abroad when he flies out in late September.

Read more: Walker engineer to rebuild flattened schools in Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan

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CIM Graduate Tops Physician Licensure Examination

Raymund Martin Sia Li, a graduate of the Cebu Institute of Medicine (CIM), has topped the Physician Licensure Examination held last August 2014. He garnered a rating of 89.58 percent and shared the number one spot with Eric Royd Fanco Talavera of University of Santo Tomas (UST).

Another CIM graduate, Debbie Rose Uy Tanengsy, got the fifth spot with a rating of 89.17 percent.

Tanengsy was also among the topnotchers in the July 2009 nursing licensure examination.

The PRC said 2,218 of the 2,730 examinees passed the exam.

The successful examinees in the August 2014 Physician Licensure Examination who garnered the ten (10) highest places are the following:

Rank	Name	School	Rating
1	RAYMUND MARTIN SIA LI	CEBU INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE	89.58
1	ERIC ROYD FANCO TALAVERA	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	89.58
2	FRANCIS GERWIN UY JALIPA	DAVAO MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION	89.5
3	GRACECUA ARVIOLA	SAN BEDA COLLEGE	89.42
4	MAIRRE JAMES SUMANG GADDI	UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA	89.25
4	JESSICA MAE DIMALANTA SANCHEZ	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	89.25
4	LEAN ANGELO ANG SILVERIO	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	89.25
5	SCOTT RILEY KUA ONG	UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA	89.17
5	DEBBIE ROSE UY TANENGSY	CEBU INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE	89.17
6	CHARLIE ALBERCA CLARION	DAVAO MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION	88.92
7	KEVIN BRYAN UY LO	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	88.75
8	ANN NORIZAL DEL ROSARIO LOPEZ	FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY-NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION	88.5
9	LORAYNE ANN LIM CHUA	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	88.33
10	RYAN ANTHONY FRANCISCO AGAS	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	88.25

Here is the list of all the passers:

Physician Licensure Exam 2014 Results 

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Eighty Eighty (8080) Triathlon San Remigio

Municipality of San Remigio

Office of the Municipal Mayor

November 8, 2013, a day when people devastated by TyphoonYolanda thought it was all darkness. The storm broke lives, hearts, houses and businesses. It was a picture where people didn't know where to start rebuilding their home and their livelihood.

"Difficult battles are given to the strongest soldiers"

Yes, we were hit by that super Typhoon Yolanda but we have that strong faith to withstand to rise up again, very persistent no matter what challenges comes upon.

Fast forward one year on November 08, 2014, Municipality of San Remigio in coordination with the Cornerstone Group will host a TRIATHLON event and party highlighting the fact that our town is back to business and better than ever! Once again, one of the jewels of Cebu tourism and an upcoming sports travel destination in Northern Cebu. 

Same as Triathletes we, from San Remigio are known for our strength and our endurance to sustain even the most difficult times and trials.

Our place is now a picture of revitalized San Remigio!

Sgd: Mayor Mariano R. Marrtinez 

Municipal Mayor

Municipality of San Remigio

Source: San Remigio FB Page

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