2 bodies found off Camarines Norte
By Juan Escandor Jr.
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 17:38:00 12/02/2008
Filed Under: Flood, Disasters (general)
DAET, Camarines Norte, Philippines—The bodies of two fishermen recovered late Monday afternoon were among the 13 missing persons listed by the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council here in the aftermath of widespread flooding on Sunday.
In its report 5 a.m. Tuesday, the PDCC identified the fishermen as Alfredo Lalim (not Lasini as earlier reported) and Dindo Enova.
The PDCC said these fishermen have already been reported missing since November 28, two days before the flooding that inundated seven towns of Camarines Norte.
The still missing fishermen are Ariel Marmol, Mario Geraldo, Allen Villar, Joel Ungog, Jesus "Toton" Pajarin (not Pajaria), Joselito Sanchez, Felix Barba, Jimmy Barba, Edgar Vitalicio, Gerry Balenventor and De Lemios.
These missing fishers went out to sea on separate occasions on November 28 from the towns of Mercedes and Paracale.
While the rains here have continued until Tuesday, eight villages in the towns of Vinzons and Paracale remained isolated because “chest-deep” water rendered impassable the access road in the village of Fundado, Labo town affecting some 9,000 persons, according to Ferdinand Abejero, Kabalikat-Bicol member.
Abejero, who went to these areas Tuesday morning, said the villages of Singi, Matango, Manlupugan and Agiit in Vinzons town and the villages of Bagacay, Mampango, Dangkalan and Tabas in Paracale totally depend now on relief goods and bottled water to survive.
Meanwhile the water filtration equipment of the Department of Health has arrived here with a capacity to process one cubic meter of water per second which is complemented with nine trailer tanks where the processed water would be stocked for distribution, according to William Sabater, regional sanitary engineer of the DOH.
Sabater said the response of the DOH in the aftermath of flooding is aimed at preventing a worst case scenario which is the spread of waterborne disease.
Arnel Ferrer, PDCC coordinator, said areas with no potable water because of the busted pipe require at least 5,000 cubic meters of potable water every day.
Ma. Antonia B.F. Boma, general manager of Camarines Norte Water District (CNWD), assured the affected consumers that as a public service it would deploy water lorries and fire trucks in the towns of Daet and Basud to provide potable water to affected residents.
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