C. TSUNAMI BULLETINS • Tsunami Bulletin No. 02 as of 2:30 PM, 06 February 2012 TSUNAMI ALERT CANCELLATION No further reports of unusual sea level changes were received after the two-hour extended observation period. Hence, tsunami alerts for the Philippines are cancelled. • Tsunami Bulletin No. 01 as of 12:31 PM, 06 February 2012 ALERT LEVEL #2: BE ON ALERT FOR UNUSUAL WAVES People are advised to stay away from the shoreline. People should not go to the coast to watch the tsunami People whose houses are very near the coastal areas of Negros and Cebu Islands are strongly advised to be watchful D. AFFECTED POPULATION (Tab A) • The total number of population affected in 135 barangays/ 8 municipalities/ 2 cities/ 2 provinces in REGION VII is 34,507 families / 185,496 persons • The total number of population currently served inside and outside evacuation centers is 25,698 families / 128,080 persons The total number of population currently served inside 74 evacuation centers is 8,469 families / 42,045 persons The total number of population currently served outside evacuation centers is 17,229 families / 86,035 persons E. CASUALTIES (Tab B) 17-Guihulngan; 8-Jimalalud; 3-Tayasan; 1-Bindoy; 2-Manjuyod; Dead : 41 ** 2-Ayungon; 8- La Libertad Injured : 54 12-Jimalalud; 42 – Guihulngan Missing : 67 28-Guihulngan; 39-La Libertad *two of the former missing persons are now reported dead *Shendy Lisondra was earlier reported dead as CINDY Lisondra F. STATUS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STRUCTURES (Tab C) The estimated total cost of damages incurred by both passable and impassable roads and bridges, public buildings, and flood control structures was pegged PHP 365,359,000 • IMPASSABLE BRIDGES: A total of two (2) bridges in Negros Oriental (La Libertad: 1; Jimalalud: 1) remain impassable due collapsed span, damaged approaches, collapsed abutment, collapsed center span, twisting, mis-aligned spans and collapsed pier. • IMPASSABLE ROAD: One (1) road section along Dumaguete North road remain inaccessible due to cracks/ cuts, rockfalls, landslides and road slips G. DAMAGED HOUSES (Tab D) • A total of 10,655 houses were damaged (Totally – 5,653 / Partially – 5,002) H. STATUS OF LIFELINES • Per agreement forged during a meeting between the affected local chief executives and local electric cooperatives, electricity will be restored in a week time starting 08 February 2012 2 • As of 9 February, some portions of La libertad and Jimalalud were already energized thru the efforts of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP). Said electricity was being tapped from Bindoy Sub-Station located at Bindoy, Negros Oriental • As of 08 February 2012 port operations in Negros Oriental are back to normal except for Guihulngan port – alternative port going to Guihulngan is at Bolodo Port which is 10 km from city proper • Guihulngan City – water supply system was totally damaged; Electric facilities are down • As of 10 February 2012, water and electricity has been restored in Ayungon and in Tayasan • Smart and Globe telecom operations are now back to normal in the quake stricken areas • NGCP line crew continue to mobilize parts of power line to energize locations without electricity • City of Guihulngan had already provided electricity I. COST OF ASSISTANCE (Tab E) • To date, the government had so far provided PHP 21,118,368.06 worth of relief assistance in terms of food and non-food items, medicines and financial assistance to the affected population out of the combined resources from the NDRRMC, DSWD, LGUs and DOH. NDRRMC DSWD LGUs NGOs DOH 265,000.00 16,357,073.98 1,73 5,008.00 2,391,035.00 370,251.08 J. INCIDENTS REPORTED TYPE OF INCIDENT LOCATION REMARK/S Recession of Water several Evacuated residents of Brgys Mun. of Bindoy meters away from coastline Tinaogan and Domolog La Libertad Sitio Moog, Brgy Planas, Guihulngan Sitio Pitogo, Landslides Guihulngan Road connecting Casantic and Sibonga, Cebu Ikan Brgys Valencia, Madridejos and Alegria, Cebu Sta. Filomena Comendador Beach 5 cottages along seashore were Rise of water along resort, Mun. of La wiped out shoreline Libertad La Libertad 20 residential houses damaged K. SUSPENSION OF CLASSES • DepEd7 reported that classes at all levels in the region has resumed except those located at the stricken areas in Negros Oriental L. ACTIONS TAKEN NDRRMC • NDRRMC Emergency Operations Center was activated and alert status was upgraded from WHITE to RED ALERT STATUS in view of the incident, and disseminated Tsunami Bulletins/Alerts to RDRRMCs/OCD Regional Centers concerned through SMS and facsimile for further dissemination to their respective local disaster risk reduction and management councils from the provincial down to the municipal levels, especially to the coastal areas and communities near Negros and Cebu Islands 3 • Likewise, Operations Centers of RDRRMCs concerned were advised to take all the following appropriate precautionary measures: Alert all residents living in coastal areas of Regions V, VI, VII and IX for possible evacuation Effect the dissemination of the tsunami bulletins/advisories to the Local Chief Executives, Civil Defense Coordinators and RDRRMC Members through SMS, fax and other means of communication Communicate with all local TV and Radio Stations to ensure widest public information dissemination of Tsunami Bulletins/Alerts Undertake continuous monitoring in their respective area of responsibility (AOR) Instruct to submit report on actions taken thereof • A NDRRMC meeting was convened at 3:00 PM 8 February 2012 in Dumaguete City. The meeting was presided over by President Benigno Aquino III and was attended by Sec. Voltaire T. Gazmin (DND), Sec. Corazon J. Soliman (DSWD), Sec. Mario G. Montejo (DOST), Sec. Jesse M. Robredo (DILG), Sec. Gregory L. Domingo (DTI), Sec. Rogelio L. Singson (DPWH), Sec. Mar Roxas (DOTC), Sec. Enrique T. Ona (DOH), Sec. Proceso J. Alcala (DA), Sec. Jose Rene D. Almendras (DOE), Sec. Edwin Lacierda (Presidential Spokesperson), and USEC Benito T. Ramos (Administrator, OCD) • The President and his Cabinet conducted an inspection of Guihulngan City and La Libertad yesterday, 8 February 2012 • The President together with Sec. Ona visited the Guihulngan District Hospital to personally assess the damage • The President directed DPWH7 to expedite in rehabilitating damage bridge and roads in quake stricken area and conduct inventory of all public and private infrastructure in consonance with the national building code in Negros Oriental • Directing all Local Chief Executives affected by the quake to assist personnel from PHIVOLCS in disseminating earthquake related information to the general public • Directed DTI to ensure that basic commodities remain in regular prices • Directed AFP and PNP to ensure peace and order in buying and delivering basic goods in affected area • President Aquino assured the victims of the restoration of electricity and water supply over the weekend and apprehend persons releasing false information to the public • USEC Benito T Ramos together with OCD7RD Morante and other OCD7 personnel extended financial assistance to beneficiaries of the earthquake victims • NDRRMC released an additional PHP 155,000.00 as a form of monetary assistance to the injured and the relatives of the deceased (PHP 70,000.00 for seven dead victims in La Libertad, PHP 60,000.00 for six dead victims, and PHP 25,000.00 for in Guihulngan Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) • The region has a standby funds of PhP 1,189,680.56 and stockpile of relief commodities composed of 3,344 family food packs (PhP 812,157.60) , food (PhP 715,549.70) non-food (PhP 3,101,195.88) ready for augmentation to the local government units • DSWD-CO released a total of PhP6,000,000.00 as additional augmentation assistance to DSWD Field Office-VII for the earthquake victims • PhP2,405,119.00 worth of food and non-food items delivered to Guihulgan and La libertad thru Navy boat (NAVFORCEN) as of 4:00 PM, 07 February 2012 composed of 2,000 family food packs (PhP2,405,119.00), 160 boxes of can goods; 2,000 water bottles; 2,632 pieces of laundry soap; 318 blankets; 40 tents; 275 pieces of mosquito nets; 336 pieces of mats; 200 pair of slippers; 2,264 pieces of toothpaste • PhP2,094,796.60 worth of assorted items compose of: 20 units of 220v generators, 11 tents, 2,500 mats, 2,500 blankets, 2,500 family size “kalderos”, 2,500 family size “sandoks”, 2,500 water jugs, 2,500 plastic plates, 1,981 bottled water and 2,500 drinking glasses from DSWD Central Office to Dumaguete City via PAF C130 • DSWD-CO augmented the Field Office VII standby fund in the amount of PhP7M • Repacking of relief goods is ongoing in Cebu City • Coordinated with the DOH for the joint conduct of stress debriefing 4 • Provided 480 sacks of NFA rice to victims in the municipalities of Bindoy, Jimalalud, La Libertad, Tayasan and Guihulngan City, all of Negros Oriental • Provided the amount of PHP10,002,787.50 for the cash-for-work program to the affected areas such as the LG of Guihulngan and La Libertad • As of 6:00 PM 11 February 2012, DSWD delivered 777 sacks of food packs onboard the PAF C130 plane • Tents and food packs will be transported tomorrow by DSWD-National Resource Operations Center via C-130 plane bound to Dumaguete City Department of Public Works and Highways • Composite Inspectorate Team from Central Office (Bureaus of Construction, Maintenance and Research and Standards) was formed and deployed from Feb 8 -11 to conduct inspection and investigation of national roads