Friday, September 29, 2006

Nueva Ecija spared from "Milenyo's" fury

CABANATUAN CITY -- Nueva Ecija, a basically agricultural province more than 100 kilometers north of Manila, was apared from the destruction brought by typhoon Milenyo which left 48 people in the Philippines dead last Sept. 28.


The Department of Public Works and Highways in Nueva Ecija province has not reported any closure of major roads as in the past disasters. The agriculture office also has no damage report of press time.


While the province has been affected by the Luzonwide power outage noontime, the local distributor managed to restore supply at about 6:30 p.m. Business is going normal in the province amid continued darkness in Manila, the Philippine's capital.

Curiously, Catholics in Talavera town even took time opening the new Parish, in the name of San Lorenzo Ruiz, in Barangay Pinagpanaan on Sept. 28, right when rains pour. Rev. Father Nicolas officiated the Holy Mass which was followed by a party at a gymnasium.

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