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                    [ArticleID] => 275088
                    [Title] => Delay in Tarlac River dike repair bewailed
                    [Summary] => GERONA, Tarlac — Public Works and Highways Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane saw for himself last Friday the threat posed by the ruined portions of the Tarlac River dike to Tarlac’s northern towns.


Local officials warned of the "horrible disaster" that may befall Tarlac during the rainy season due to the failure of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to repair washed-out portions of the Tarlac River’s concrete embankments, particularly in Barangay Colibangbang in Paniqui town.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168087 [AuthorName] => Benjie Villa [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265334 [Title] => Mediamen distribute relief goods in Tarlac [Summary] => PANIQUI, Tarlac — Some 1,000 families here who are still struggling with the aftermath of last month’s heavy floods received relief goods yesterday from members of the National Press Club.

Assisted by the Tarlac Press and Radio Club (TPRC), headed by Leng Lopez-Tiamzon, Manila-based journalists led by NPC president Tony Antonio saw for themselves how this town’s western farming villages have virtually become swamps.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264060 [Title] => Speedy repair of damaged Tarlac dikes urged [Summary] => TARLAC CITY — Local officials have called on Public Works and Highways Secretary Florante Soriquez to speed up the repair of damaged portions of the earth dikes along the Tarlac River.

"They (present) a clear and present danger," Gov. Jose Yap Sr. said of the 700-meter breach in the earth dike in Barangay Colibangbang, Paniqui town and the 200-meter collapsed portion of the embankment in Barangay Malayep, Gerona town.

The dike portions were washed away at the height of torrential rains last month.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263719 [Title] => Various ailments afflict Tarlac flood victims [Summary] => TARLAC CITY — Water-borne diseases continue to afflict flood victims, mostly children, in the northern Tarlac town of Paniqui, even as hundreds of families remain in evacuation centers.

This, as the Tarlaqueños WorldWide Group (TWWG), an Internet-based organization that draws membership from natives of this province now based in the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and across Asia, raises funds to help the calamity victims.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168087 [AuthorName] => Benjie Villa [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263604 [Title] => 2 Tarlac towns face more floods [Summary] => CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac — The northern Tarlac towns of Paniqui and Moncada remain vulnerable to more floods, an aerial survey made by the Armed Forces’ Northern Luzon Command yesterday showed.

The Tarlac River continues to flow into the breached portion of the earth dike in Barangay Colibang—bang, Paniqui town. The village and neighboring barangays in Moncada are still flooded.

Vast ricefields in the two towns and in neighboring Camiling and in Bayambang, Pangasinan are still under water, the survey showed. The same goes for wide areas in Pampanga.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168087 [AuthorName] => Benjie Villa [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263353 [Title] => Tarlac folk’s flood woes not yet over [Summary] => PANIQUI, Tarlac — Residents of this town, already inconvenienced by floods for days, may find themselves bracing for heavier flooding.

The threat also lingers for the neighboring towns of Moncada, Ramos and Anao.

This, as the remaining earth dike along the Tarlac River in Barangay Colibangbang here might give way due to strong currents, Vice Mayor Joy Gilbert Lamorena said.

Lamorena and Benjamin Lopez, district engineer of the public works department in Tarlac, inspected the earth dike late Wednesday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168087 [AuthorName] => Benjie Villa [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263244 [Title] => Body count in Tarlac rises to 9 [Summary] => TARLAC CITY — Search and rescue teams continued to scour flood-stricken villages in Tarlac, particularly in Paniqui town, for more missing people.

This, as the death toll from floods in the province has risen to nine.

A total of 2,395 families or nearly 10,000 people remained in evacuation centers, although 7,525 families were affected by the floods caused by the collapse of an earth dike along the Tarlac River in Barangay Colibangbang in Paniqui town.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263123 [Title] => Water from San Roque Dam worsens flooding in Tarlac [Summary] => PANIQUI, Tarlac — There may be no more heavy rains but large portions of five Tarlac municipalities are still heavily flooded.

This, as excess water released from the San Roque Dam in upland Benguet has worsened the flooding in the five towns, whose residents found their homes inundated after an earth dike along the Tarlac River collapsed last Friday, Gov. Jose Yap Sr. said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168087 [AuthorName] => Benjie Villa [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262938 [Title] => 18 bayan nilamon ng tubig-baha [Summary] => LINGAYEN Pangasinan – Aabot sa labingwalong bayan at lungsod ang nilamon ng tubig-baha matapos na manalasa ang Bagyong Marce at Niña sa Pangasinan na nagresulta rin sa pagkawasak ng P15.7-milyong palaisdaan at P1.1-milyong pananim kahapon.

Ito ang naitala ng Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council na nilagdaan ng provincial legal officer na si Geraldine Baniqued at isinumite naman kay Secretary Avelino Cruz, chairman ng National Disaster Coordinating Council.

Ayon sa ulat, apektado ang 29,148 pamilya mula sa 432 barangay na ngayon ay lubog sa tubig-baha. [DatePublished] => 2004-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) ) )
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