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                    [Title] => 4 barangays in Aurora face landslide threats
                    [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — The chief geologist of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Luzon warned yesterday that thousands of folk in four barangays in Dingalan, Aurora, including the poblacion area, are threatened with a fate similar to that of Barangay Guinsaugon in Southern Leyte.

[DatePublished] => 2006-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 318817 [Title] => 2 dead, 2 missing in Luzon floods [Summary] => Two persons drowned, two others were reported missing and about 30,000 people were evacuated due to widespread flooding in Central and Northern Luzon, relief officials said yesterday.

Central Luzon officials of the Office of Civil Defense identified the two drowning victims as Joel Tan, 35, of Dingalan, Aurora, and two-year-old Tintin Nolasco, of Pulilan, Bulacan.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 318649 [Title] => Floods isolate villages in Aurora, C. Valley [Summary] => BALER, Aurora — Heavy rains in the past days have triggered flash floods, isolating villages in central Aurora and Cagayan Valley and threatening other low-lying communities in Northern and Central Luzon, authorities said.

Aurora Gov. Bellaflor Angara said the state of calamity she declared early this year will continue indefinitely after flash floods again isolated some 70,000 villagers in three northern towns.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 314261 [Title] => Floods still isolate 60,000 Aurora folk [Summary] => BALER, Aurora — Some 60,000 residents of three Aurora municipalities have remained isolated by floodwaters since last Monday, Gov. Bellaflor Angara said yesterday.

Angara ordered rescuers to check reports that three children were swept away by strong currents in Barangay Esperanza in Casiguran town.

Angara told The STAR that the towns of Dinaluyan, Casiguran, and Dilasag could not be reached by land due to strong currents from two rivers that have overflowed.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305770 [Title] => DENR lifts log ban in 3 Aurora towns [Summary] => BALER, Aurora — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has given the go signal for a logging firm to proceed with its timber harvesting operations in three towns in Aurora.

DENR Secretary Michael Defensor sanctioned the lifting of the log ban of the Industries Development Corp. (IDC), which holds an Integrated Management Agreement (IFMA) in Casiguran, Dilasag and Dinalungan towns.

According to Defensor, the lifting of the suspension in the three towns was validated by non-government organizations, including Tanggol Kalikasan.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297107 [Title] => Aurora villagers alerted for possible evacuation [Summary] => DINGALAN, Aurora — At least 1,000 families here and in other towns were told to pack up their belongings and be on alert for possible evacuation anytime as strong winds and heavy rains triggered by a low pressure area pummeled coastal areas of this province yesterday.

Gov. Bellaflor Angara told The STAR she has "pre-positioned" at least 150 sacks of rice here and in other northern towns in danger of isolation in case of flash floods or landslides which killed scores of Aurora villagers during a slew of typhoons late last year.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292989 [Title] => ‘Release logs for Dingalan folk’s homes’ [Summary] => DINGALAN, Aurora — "Parang nakahain na sa amin, pero hindi naman makain (It’s like food already served, but we cannot eat it)."

This was how Dingalan Mayor Jaime Ylarde described the fate of his town amid the shortage of housing materials for relocating thousands of villagers still endangered by flash floods and landslides.

This, despite some two million board feet of logs being kept by the government-owned Natural Resources Development Corp. (NRDC) at a compound here.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 291233 [Title] => Aurora village declared ‘no man’s land’ [Summary] => BALER, Aurora — Gov. Bellaflor Angara said she has declared Barangay Paltik in Dingalan town a "no man’s land" and told some 600 remaining residents there to move to safe areas after the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) found the village to be lying on the Philippine fault zone.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278990 [Title] => 1,500 families remain homeless in Aurora [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Six months after the devastating flashfloods that hit Aurora province in November, some 1,500 families have no permanent homes yet due to lack of government lands for resettlement, Gov. Bellaflor Angara said.

Angara cited reports from experts from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau that of the five hectares initially reserved in Barangay Karagkasan in Dinggalan, only 1.5 hectares were found safe for resettlement.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => 4 barangays in Aurora face landslide threats
                    [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — The chief geologist of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Luzon warned yesterday that thousands of folk in four barangays in Dingalan, Aurora, including the poblacion area, are threatened with a fate similar to that of Barangay Guinsaugon in Southern Leyte.

[DatePublished] => 2006-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 318817 [Title] => 2 dead, 2 missing in Luzon floods [Summary] => Two persons drowned, two others were reported missing and about 30,000 people were evacuated due to widespread flooding in Central and Northern Luzon, relief officials said yesterday.

Central Luzon officials of the Office of Civil Defense identified the two drowning victims as Joel Tan, 35, of Dingalan, Aurora, and two-year-old Tintin Nolasco, of Pulilan, Bulacan.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 318649 [Title] => Floods isolate villages in Aurora, C. Valley [Summary] => BALER, Aurora — Heavy rains in the past days have triggered flash floods, isolating villages in central Aurora and Cagayan Valley and threatening other low-lying communities in Northern and Central Luzon, authorities said.

Aurora Gov. Bellaflor Angara said the state of calamity she declared early this year will continue indefinitely after flash floods again isolated some 70,000 villagers in three northern towns.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 314261 [Title] => Floods still isolate 60,000 Aurora folk [Summary] => BALER, Aurora — Some 60,000 residents of three Aurora municipalities have remained isolated by floodwaters since last Monday, Gov. Bellaflor Angara said yesterday.

Angara ordered rescuers to check reports that three children were swept away by strong currents in Barangay Esperanza in Casiguran town.

Angara told The STAR that the towns of Dinaluyan, Casiguran, and Dilasag could not be reached by land due to strong currents from two rivers that have overflowed.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305770 [Title] => DENR lifts log ban in 3 Aurora towns [Summary] => BALER, Aurora — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has given the go signal for a logging firm to proceed with its timber harvesting operations in three towns in Aurora.

DENR Secretary Michael Defensor sanctioned the lifting of the log ban of the Industries Development Corp. (IDC), which holds an Integrated Management Agreement (IFMA) in Casiguran, Dilasag and Dinalungan towns.

According to Defensor, the lifting of the suspension in the three towns was validated by non-government organizations, including Tanggol Kalikasan.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297107 [Title] => Aurora villagers alerted for possible evacuation [Summary] => DINGALAN, Aurora — At least 1,000 families here and in other towns were told to pack up their belongings and be on alert for possible evacuation anytime as strong winds and heavy rains triggered by a low pressure area pummeled coastal areas of this province yesterday.

Gov. Bellaflor Angara told The STAR she has "pre-positioned" at least 150 sacks of rice here and in other northern towns in danger of isolation in case of flash floods or landslides which killed scores of Aurora villagers during a slew of typhoons late last year.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292989 [Title] => ‘Release logs for Dingalan folk’s homes’ [Summary] => DINGALAN, Aurora — "Parang nakahain na sa amin, pero hindi naman makain (It’s like food already served, but we cannot eat it)."

This was how Dingalan Mayor Jaime Ylarde described the fate of his town amid the shortage of housing materials for relocating thousands of villagers still endangered by flash floods and landslides.

This, despite some two million board feet of logs being kept by the government-owned Natural Resources Development Corp. (NRDC) at a compound here.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 291233 [Title] => Aurora village declared ‘no man’s land’ [Summary] => BALER, Aurora — Gov. Bellaflor Angara said she has declared Barangay Paltik in Dingalan town a "no man’s land" and told some 600 remaining residents there to move to safe areas after the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) found the village to be lying on the Philippine fault zone.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278990 [Title] => 1,500 families remain homeless in Aurora [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Six months after the devastating flashfloods that hit Aurora province in November, some 1,500 families have no permanent homes yet due to lack of government lands for resettlement, Gov. Bellaflor Angara said.

Angara cited reports from experts from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau that of the five hectares initially reserved in Barangay Karagkasan in Dinggalan, only 1.5 hectares were found safe for resettlement.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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