Packing winds of 150 mph, Super Typhoon Zeb made landfall near Palanan town in Isabela province, chief weather forecaster Frisco Nilo said. A storm gains "super typhoon" status if its maximum sustained winds reach 138 mph -- and some of Zeb's gusts were clocked at 184 mph.
A boy taking shelter at a church in Solano town in Nueva Vizcaya province was killed when a concrete wall crumbled and pinned him, the Red Cross said. Police in southeastern Taitung said a man was swept out to sea by two-story high waves Wednesday.
Officials said they expected more casualties due to numerous reports of landslides and floods. The Red Cross said 9,000 people living on the eastern coast of Luzon Island were driven from their homes by floodwaters. Many remote towns were isolated by flash floods.
Zeb, the strongest of eight storms to hit the Philippines this year, weakened as it moved through, but the Manila weather bureau said Zeb would increase in strength once over open water on its way toward Taiwan.
Taiwan and parts of Japan were bracing for the typhoon, which was heading toward islands on the country's southern fringe early Thursday.
Urging caution, Japan's Meteorological Agency said Zeb was expected to approach islands in southern Okinawa prefecture, or state, as early as the pre-dawn hours of Friday morning.
Last month, Tropical Storm Vicki struck the northern Philippines, causing
at least 52 deaths on land. A ferry also sank during the storm south of
Manila, leaving 70 passengers dead and 80 others missing.
Nueva Vizcaya News from Various News Sources (Mostly PNA)
Subject: pn: Nueva Vizcaya to limit the number of children per classroom
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Sept.30(PNA) - The Sangguniang
Panlalawigan
here led by Vice-Governor Luisa Cuaresma has sought the
assistance
of the Department of Educaton, Culture and Sports (DECS), in
Region
2 to limit the number of children per classroom.
Board Member Santiago O. Dickson, chairman of the committee on
education
at the provincial board, said limiting the number of children
to
40 per classroom is one way of improving the quality of education.
At present, classrooms in the province are filled with at least 50
school
children at a time especially in public schools he said.
Because of the big number of children per classroom, teachers find
difficulty
in supervising all of them, Dickson.
In the recent analysis of the student's educational achievements
in
the recent years , it was found out that Nueva Vizcaya fared poorly
especially
in the fields of Mathematics and Science.
Of the 40 students from Cagayan Valley who passed the qualifying
examination
for the Philippine Science High School scholarship program,
only
two from Nueva Vizcaya passed the examination.
The lowering of the number of children per classroom should be
complemented
with the provision of more classrooms to accomodate the
growing
number of school children, he said.
"Of course, the present number of teachers will have to be
increased
to cope with the increasing number of children," he said.
The Sanggunian is also finding ways to source funds for the
construction
of additional classrooms, Dickson saiid. (
* In N. Vizcaya
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya - The opposition Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP) headed by reelectionist Rep. Carlos M.
Padilla romped away with a big
win in Nueva Vizcaya.
Padilla got 98,874 votes against his Lakas-NUCD opponent Ernesto
Salunat who polled 31,889 or
a difference of 66,985 votes, the biggest in postwar Nueva Vizcaya politics.
Gov. Rodolfo Q. Agbayani and
board members Santiago Dixon and Hipolito Mamuric of Solano and Bayombong,
respectively, of the Lakas also won. But Agbayani was also a LAMMP candidate.
The three-cornered fight among
Bambang Mayor Banti Lloren Cuaresma of LAMMP, Leonardo Perez Jr. of Lakas-NUCD,
and independent Vice Gov. Natalia F. Dumlao ended with Cuaresma polling
64,444 votes against Perez who got 40,790 and Dumlao with 20,024 votes.
Nine winners including Cuaresma for North board members were Jose
Gambito of Bayombong with 37,879, Rogelio Corpuz of Solano with
33,231, Merianthe Zuraek with 29,654; for South board members were
Reonel Saddul of Bambang with 33,420, Edgardo Talingdan of Bambang
with 32,421, Jose Tubayan of Bambang with 31,679, Pacial Egmin of
Dupax with 20,453, and Aurelio Reyes of Bambang with 19,440.
(Carayo Caoile)
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JDV traces roots in Nueva Vizcaya
----too bad that our homeboy lost to ERAP----
By Faye P. Velasco
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Mar. 4 (PNA) - - LAKAS-NUCD-KAMPI standard
bearer, House Speaker Jose de Venecia, today traced his roots in this
town.
The campaign trail of the ruling party today went to this northern
province of Luzon and the Speaker was somewhat nostalgic because as he
said, for 25 years his family
lived here.
His father was a judge here and so the Speaker took his secondary
education at the Bayombong National
High School.
The Speaker had the chance to meet his former English and History
teacher who said that the Speaker
was a diligent student.
"He practically read all the books in the library as seen at the
borrower's card," they said.
"I am part of the culture here ... I learned my basics here... my
ABCs...I remember the mountain views...I learned how to swim here," the
speaker reminisced.
"Whatever I am now, I owe it
to Nueva Vizcaya," he stressed.
He promised the Nuevo Vizcayanons that if he becomes President, "I
will make Nueva Vizcaya a tourist destination, the gateway to the
Cagayan Valley, the gateway to
the Banaue Rice Terraces."
Nueva Vizcaya gov says they
are united to support JDV
By Faye P. Velasco
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Mar. 4 (PNA) - - Nueva Vizcaya governor
Rodolfo Agbayani today said that the May 11 national elections will be
the first time the Nuevo Vizcayanons
will be united in politics.
In an interview, he said that the whole province will be in all out
support to the Speaker because "he is the son of the province for he
grew up here."
Agbayani said except for 4 mayors, the rest of the province will be
for LAKAS-KAMPI.
However, he said that 3 of the
said 4 mayors are already suspended.
Agbayani predicted a "sweeping victory' for the LAKAS slate. (PNA)
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