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                    [Title] => 5 drown in Oriental Mindoro, Batangas on Holy Thursday
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Five people drowned in separate incidents here and in Oriental Mindoro on Holy Thursday, police said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312650 [Title] => Another Calapan dike collapses [Summary] => CALAPAN CITY — At least 4,000 residents in three barangays here were forced to evacuate after a protective dike along the Bucayao River collapsed, causing floodwaters to rampage through their villages early yesterday morning, local officials said.

City administrator Doy Leachon told The STAR that residents of Barangays Bucayao, Biga and Comunal heard a rumbling sound coming from the slopes of Mt. Halcon, which moments later was followed by onrushing water.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 311132 [Title] => Lucena, Calapan under state of calamity [Summary] => LUCENA CITY — This city and Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro are now both under a state of calamity after flash floods triggered by continuous heavy rains since Monday night swept through majority of their barangays.

In this city, floodwaters have washed away at least 10 houses and forced 13,000 residents of 14 barangays to evacuate.

City Mayor Ramon Talaga told The STAR in a phone interview that the city council, in declaring the state of calamity, approved the initial release of P2 million for the purchase of food, clothing and medicines for the evacuees. [DatePublished] => 2005-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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