{"id":109433,"date":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malaysiantribune.com\/?guid=d881b7207ecbee1aba57b2489f8245c6"},"modified":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","slug":"4-iloilo-towns-nearing-a-state-of-calamity-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysiantribune.com\/4-iloilo-towns-nearing-a-state-of-calamity-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Iloilo towns nearing a state of calamity declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nILOILO CITY: Four municipalities in Iloilo are on the threshold of declaring a state of calamity due to the El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon.<\/p>\n
Cornelio Salinas, head of the Iloilo Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, identified the municipalities as Carles, Dumangas, Barotac Nuevo, and Anilao.<\/p>\n
He said Barotac Nuevo has already declared a state of calamity, but there are rectifications on the procedural process.<\/p>\n
The three other towns are still in the process of finetuning, he said in an interview Thursday.<\/p>\n
“By next week, probably they are already in that direction,” he said.<\/p>\n
Provincewide, as of March 11 data, their validated report showed losses of PHP422.6 million in rice, corn, and high-value crops.<\/p>\n
“Although our losses in crops are almost half a billion, there is a criterion. Very particular is that 30 percent of the livelihood is affected. The damage estimate is not enough to declare the state of calamity. There are other parameters,” he said.<\/p>\n
Further, he said that river-run waters in the prov
\nince are already at a critical level.<\/p>\n
“It means we already lack water to provide enough water for farmlands,” he said.<\/p>\n
These include the Suage River Irrigation System (RIS) dam, Sta Barbara diversion dam, Barotac Viejo RIS dam, Jalaur diversion dam, and Sibalom diversion dam.<\/p>\n
Source: Philippines News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ILOILO CITY: Four municipalities in Iloilo are on the threshold of declaring a state of calamity due to the El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon.<\/p>\n
Cornelio Salinas, head of the Iloilo Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, identified the municipaliti…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n