November 2009
1 post
On the Maguindanao Massacre
My sympathies go out to the grieving families of this horrific crime. I know that our President, being a mother and a wife,feels their pain and will utilize the full strength of the AFP, PNP and the Justice Department to go after these murderers, but at the same time following the tenets of due process and equal enforcement of the law.
October 2009
13 posts
On The Latest Round of Oil Price Hikes
I view the latest round of oil price hikes as both insult (As it comes at the heels of the proposed mechanism for oil price management in times of crisis) and direct challenge to the government’s efforts to control the prices of basic commodities and help ease the impact of the recent calamities on our people. I find it downright insensitive, and bordering on the despicable and disgusting,...
So how will you bring down the price of gasoline?
zach_lucero @mikeyarroyo so how will you bring down the price of gasoline?
That’s a complex issue, because the oil deregulation law is full of technicalities, and my complete answer would be several pages. But in a nutshell, what we are batting for is thorough review of the provisions of the law.
As chairman of the house committee on energy, I have presided over more than ten hearings...
Busy Day At Congress
Busy day at congress. We’ve been in plenary debates on the national budget. Today the house tackles the budget of the Department of Energy, and I am leading a renewed effort to study ways of bringing down fuel and power rates, especially at this when our countrymen are in dire need.
Mikey Arroyo on the 75 and 50-centavo price...
I don’t agree with the 75-centavo and 50-centavo price reduction for gasoline and diesel. I don’t think its enough, especially in the light of the NEDA study showing that pump prices of fuel should go down by 6-8 pesos per liter. As chairman of the house energy committee, I call on the oil companies to implement a full rollback, especially now that we are under a state of calamity and our people...
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Mikey Arroyo's statement re: the infamous liquor...
I’m so saddened about that posting of my photo on facebook with a caption saying I was buying wine at the height of typhoon Ondoy.
I was at Malacanang with my family helping to mobilize rescue and relief operations, for the victims in Metro Manila, and my constituents in Pampanga. Kahit anak ko tumutulong mamigay ng relief goods.
So many of our countrymen are suffering, there are so...
September 2009
15 posts
Candaba under 12-foot flood
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
By Herbert P. Mapiles
STA. ANA — As of Tuesday, at least 1,000 houses in Candaba have been submerged under twelve feet floodwater as rains and winds bombarded the province and the rest of the country due to Tropical Storm Ondoy.
Classes were suspended and operations of major establishments have been affected. Floodwater is continuously going up as Pampanga...
Donors cited in 'Ondoy' fund drive
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
From Sun.Star
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Various civic groups and charitable individuals in the province have been lauded for their initiatives and immediate response to the multi-sector effort to help victims of Typhoon Ondoy.
Levy Laus, chairman of the Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), cited the Quota International of Pampanga, the Jaycees and...
Angeles City extends assistance to Arayat folk
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
By Ian Ocampo Flora
ARAYAT — The City Government of Angeles led by Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno visited this town Tuesday to provide relief assistance to residents affected by the mudslide that left 12 people dead on Saturday.
Nepomuceno said that since Angeles City was spared from the wrath of Typhoon Ondoy, the City Government found it fitting to...
Environment department: Rain caused mudslide
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
By Ian Ocampo Flora
ARAYAT — The landslide that left 12 people dead in Barangay San Juan Baño here was caused by the unusual heavy volume of rain water and not by mining or illegal logging as alleged by local residents.
Citing a report by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Executive director...
Congressman Mikey Arroyo's Official Statement...
I extend my deepest sympathies to all our kababayans who were affected by the worst natural calamity that has struck us in decades, especially to those who lost their loved ones and those whose properties were either swept or damaged by typhoon Ondoy. My sympathies go to you all. As a citizen of this country, I am involving myself in the rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations. As chairman of...
Location Breakdown for Volunteers and Donations...
QUEZON CITY. - go to ateneo de manila university, katipunan avenue, and proceed to the college covered courts to volunteer. shifts are in three hour cycles. you can go as early as 6AM but it goes on the whole day. - please bring packed/cooked food to 12 Denmark, Loyola Grand Villas, QC, and help @patriciahizon whose group was the only one helping the victims in tumana today. - TULONG BAYAN, to...
List of Impassable Roads as of Sept. 29, 2009 →
Ondoy's flood worst in history - PAGASA →
“Ondoy Now Devastating The City of Pampanga!”
Ondoy Turns Pampaga Into Virtual Sea →
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Tropical storm Ondoy unleashed its fury in this province on Saturday and high flood waters reaching as much as five feet flooded low lying municipalities and most parts of this city.
At about 5:00 p.m. last Saturday, weathermen spotted the eye of the storm right smack in this province, and brought with it a torrent of rain which the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical...
18 year-old Pinoy hero
An 18-year-old construction worker braved rampaging floods in the Philippines to save more than 30 people, but ended up sacrificing his life in a last trip to rescue a baby girl and her mother who were being swept away on a styrofoam box.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/philippine-man-loses-own-life-after-saving-dozens-from-floods-20090928-g8o4.html
