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==[[Mindoro Oriental News]]==
==[[Mindoro Oriental News]]==
'''Nonstop rains make roads impassable'''
'''7 day care centers in Calapan receive new tables, chairs'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=mim&id=67576
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=mim&id=68094
*Sunday, December 11, 2011
*Wednesday, December 14, 2011
:by  Louie T. Cueto
:by  Louie T. Cueto




CALAPAN CITY, Or Mindoro, Dec. 11 (PIA) –- The newly inaugurated national highway in the municipality of Puerto Galera, some 39 kilometers away from Calapan City, had become impassable to any type of motor vehicle due to
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, December 14 (PIA) –- Seven Barangay Day Care Centers received new tables and chairs from the provincial capitol, under the education program of Governor Alfonso Umali Jr. The program was funded by the Provincial Social Welfare Development Office (PSWDO) under the Early Childhood Care and Development Program, in partnership with the Department of Education.
nonstop heavy downpour yesterday brought about by flash floods in barangay Villaflor in that town. The road had been heavily damaged.  Four major landslides occurred.
The day care centers which received the new school furnishings are found in the barangays of Subaan, Socorro; Inclanay,Pinamalayan; G. Antonino, Gloria; Proper, Bansud; Cantil, Roxas; Nasucob, Bulalacao and Barangay Zone I of Pinamalayan town.
Some 50 passenger and private vehicles got stranded in between the landslides in the area and at the town proper.
Previously, the provincial capitol had also awarded chairs and tables to another set of day care centers, which were done in simple ceremonies at the capitol.
The municipal government of Puerto Galera under Mayor Hubbert Christopher A. Dolor had taken action to ease the situation of the trapped commuters.
Education is one of the priority programs of Umali’s administration. (LBR/LTC /PIA-4B)
Continuous heavy rains rendered rehab work very difficult. If rains persist, it may take some two weeks to one month to fully open the road to traffic, it was gathered.
Due to the risks involved in commuting passengers, the usual fare of P80 had been upped temporarily to P300 from Puerto Galera to Calapan. Only single motorcycles and tricycles could traverse the highway. (DOS/Louie T. Cueto/PIA-4B)


==Photo Gallery of Mindoro Oriental, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Mindoro Oriental, Philippines==

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