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[DatePublished] => 2006-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653036 [AuthorName] => Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308246 [Title] => Put up halfway village in Pasay GMA [Summary] => Street families rounded up by local authorities in Metro Manila in pursuit of their "beautification campaign" will be homeless no longer as President Arroyo ordered yesterday the construction of a "halfway village" in Pasay City to accommodate them.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220063 [Title] => P1.2-M released to Tondo fire victims [Summary] => The city government of Manila has released a P1.2 million emergency fund to assist the victims of Sundays fire in Tondo, Manila which razed at least 150 houses.
Dr. Jose Baranda, chief of Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW), said the fund came from the citys special activity fund and will finance the relief operations for the victims as well as the reconstruction of their houses.
"We have been feeding the victims three times every day, and we have distributed clothes to their children," Baranda said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207739 [Title] => Manila disaster response center on 24-hour alert [Summary] => Manila Mayor Lito Atienza has placed on 24-hour alert the Manila Disaster Operations Center to monitor low-lying areas that may be hit by floods with the onset of the rainy season.
Atienza said floodings in low-lying areas such as Sampaloc as well as those located near Manila Bay would probably still experience flooding especially when there is an extraordinarily high volume of rainfall, but it would not be at the magnitude experienced in the past years.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653036 [AuthorName] => Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308246 [Title] => Put up halfway village in Pasay GMA [Summary] => Street families rounded up by local authorities in Metro Manila in pursuit of their "beautification campaign" will be homeless no longer as President Arroyo ordered yesterday the construction of a "halfway village" in Pasay City to accommodate them.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220063 [Title] => P1.2-M released to Tondo fire victims [Summary] => The city government of Manila has released a P1.2 million emergency fund to assist the victims of Sundays fire in Tondo, Manila which razed at least 150 houses.
Dr. Jose Baranda, chief of Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW), said the fund came from the citys special activity fund and will finance the relief operations for the victims as well as the reconstruction of their houses.
"We have been feeding the victims three times every day, and we have distributed clothes to their children," Baranda said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207739 [Title] => Manila disaster response center on 24-hour alert [Summary] => Manila Mayor Lito Atienza has placed on 24-hour alert the Manila Disaster Operations Center to monitor low-lying areas that may be hit by floods with the onset of the rainy season.
Atienza said floodings in low-lying areas such as Sampaloc as well as those located near Manila Bay would probably still experience flooding especially when there is an extraordinarily high volume of rainfall, but it would not be at the magnitude experienced in the past years.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
By Patricia Esteves | June 25, 2006 - 12:00am
By Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism | June 14, 2006 - 12:00am