Close to 500 families evacuated in Iloilo City due to floods

By Perla Lena

ILOILO CITY – At least

477 families or almost a thousand individuals were sent to evacuation centers Thursday afternoon following heavy rains caused by Typhoon Betty-enhanced southwest monsoon flooded 50 barangays in this city.

Those who were evacuated came from hard-hit 11 barangays, said Charles Vincent Samodio, team leader of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO).

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In March this year, the PNP national headquarters said it will work with the Armed Forces of the Philippines to identify, track down and dismantle all private armed groups in the country.

The consolidation of police and military forces complied with the order of Marcos, following the series of highprofile attacks on local chief executives, one of which was the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo three months ago.

Meanwhile, Latayon reported that Negros Occidental is “generally peaceful,” adding that there has been a downtrend in crime incidents during the first five months of the year.

He said this can be attributed to the intensified police visibility and checkpoint operations and conduct of various law enforcement operations against illegal firearms, illegal drugs, illegal gambling and wanted personalities. (PNA)

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE REVENUE REGION NO. 16

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY

NOTICE OF SALE

(For Acquired Real Assets)

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 216 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended, the undersigned will sell at public auction for cash or manager’s check to the highest bidder at Iligan Public Plaza, Iligan City on the 4th day of July 2023 (Tuesday) , beginning at 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM of the said day, the following acquired/forfeited assets of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the name of the Republic of the Philippines, as described below:

Samodio said 16 of the flooded barangays were in Jaro district, 10 in Mandurriao, six in City Proper, five each in Lapuz and La Paz, and four each in Molo and Arevalo Districts. Most of the flooded areas are caused by the overflowing of a creek, with water rising to knee level as per information coming from officials of affected barangays.

“We are closely monitoring Barangay Calubihan in Jaro because of the possible rise in the water level at the Dungon Creek,” he said.

The evacuees consisting of 477 families or 988 individuals are currently staying in their barangay hall, chapel, or gyms that have been designated as evacuation centers he added.

Mayor Jerry Treñas, as a precautionary measure, has suspended the holding of face-to-face classes from Kindergarten to Senior High School and allowed their temporary shift to modular or online classes for both

FLOODED. Flooding affected residents of Barangay Desamparaados in Jaro District on Thursday (June 1, 2023). Heavy rains due to Typhoon Betty-enhanced southwest monsoon caused flooding in 50 barangays in this city, according to the Emergency Operations Center of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. (Photo courtesy of B/S Wenalyn) private and public schools.

Selected offices in the city have been allowed to go home early.

Meantime, in a press conference on Thursday, Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. announced that no flooding was reported in the province as per data from the Provincial Disaster

Risk Reduction and Management Office.

However, nine families were preemptively evacuated in Barangay Igtuba in the municipality of Miagao on Wednesday evening as a precautionary measure amid the moderate to at a time heavy rain showers and a high level of water at the Naclub River.

The municipalities of Mina, Bingawan, Maasin, Oton, Guimbal, Zarraga and Miagao suspended classes in all levels.

“Generally there is no flooding in our municipalities but we continue to monitor,” Defensor said. (PNA) in the City of Cagayan de Oro, Province of Misamis Oriental, Philip - this 26th day of May, 2023.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue, thru its Bids and Awards Committee –Acquired Assets (BAC-AA), reserves the right to reject any or all bids received, waive any formalities or defects therein, and to accept such bids as may be advantageous to the government, or call-off the bidding prior to the acceptance of the bids and call for a new bid under amended rules. The auction shall be done on an “As Is Where Is” and on a per title basis.

Interested parties may visit www.bir.gov.ph for the Guidelines on the Public Auction or may call the BIR Regional Office thru the Office of the Regional Director, Attention: Collection Division at Telephone No. (088) 555 6634 local 123.