Palawan now in calamity state to assist flood-hit communities
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY— Still reeling from last week’s massive floods, the provincial board of Palawan on Tuesday approved a resolution placing the whole province in state of calamity to speed up release of aid to affected localities.
Board Member Ryan Maminta, who presided the PDRRMC meeting, noted that the badly-hit towns of San Vicente, Roxas, Taytay, Dumaran, Aborlan and Quezon have already placed their localities a state of calamity ahead of the provincewide declaration.
Damages, displaced folks
A total of 111 buildings including schools, roads, bridges were also destroyed but no amount was provided in the report.
Six tourism establishments in El Nido town were also affected with damage amounting to P380,600.
A total of 131 fisherfolk communities were also affected, losing P3,624,250, the report said.
The agriculture sector was hardest hit with 37,792 farmers affected and 10,936.79 hectares of farmlands damaged and P42,247,536 lost.
Aquaculture products worth of P4,741,350 were also destroyed in the town of Quezon while eight municipalities lost livestock worth P933,320.
The PDRRMC said nine deaths were recorded following the non-stop rains, with four coming from Balabac, four from Rizal and one from Roxas; three were injured in Rizal; and five remained missing in Balabac.