Category: Environment

BALANGA CITY, A team of Japanese flood expert has been conducting a comprehensive study on how to rid this city of  flooding problem, a top official of the Department of Public Works and Highways revealed yesterday.

DPWH district engineer Reynaldo Venturina, 2nd district,  said that the Japanese flood expert team has been in the city recently to come up with a feasibility study on how to address the flash floods that hit this city recently.

“The Japanese consultants had already initiated an initial study, then will come up with a scheme on how to solve the flooding once and for all,” said Engr. Venturina.

Mayor Joet S Garcia and city officials believe that the flash flood that hit the city proper and low lying areas here was brought about by a heavy rains and flood waters coming from the mountains in Upper portions of Balanga.

CAMP OLIVAS ­­­– As part of its continuing efforts to address natural disasters and calamities, the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) led by Chief Superintendent Raul D. Petrasanta, Central Luzon Police Director recently facilitated a disaster awareness seminar held at the PRO3 Multi-Purpose Hall.

          The half day seminar with a theme “Every day is not okay, not every day is okay”, was a pilot project of PCSupt. Petrasanta with the support of  an emergency management specialist which aims to promote “first steps” or proactive actions in mitigating risk and promoting safety for the police force in disaster responding.

          Hutch Regencia, managing director of EMS Emergency Management Specialist, was the guest lecturer for the seminar which was attended by 150 participants from Police Regional Office 3, city and provincial police offices, PNP Regional Training School 3, tri-media, Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, provincial PDRRMC’s from the 7 provinces of the region, LGU-Pampanga and LGU-San Fernando and security agencies.

SAMAL, Bataan- Restoration is underway for the 417-year old church in Samal, Bataan to withstand high intensity earthquakes and not to suffer the fate of heritage churches in Bohol and Cebu.

Fr. Tony Bernardo, parish priest of the St. Catherine of Siena Church in Samal, is the second oldest church in Bataan, next to the St. Dominic Church in Abucay town which is 425 years old.

He said that an official of the National Historical Commission and a structural engineer have recently inspected the church inthe wake of the destruction of old churches in Bohol and Cebu. “Matitibay naman daw ang mga halige at structure sa labas kaya pwedeng plasteran ang mga bitak-bitak,” the priest said.