{"id":123478,"date":"2017-10-13T03:02:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T07:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=123478"},"modified":"2017-10-13T03:02:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T07:02:53","slug":"relocation-pushed-for-flood-hit-residents-in-socot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/13\/relocation-pushed-for-flood-hit-residents-in-socot\/","title":{"rendered":"Relocation pushed for flood-hit residents in SoCot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_123484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123484\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Flag-of-South-Cotabato.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-123484\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Flag-of-South-Cotabato.gif\" alt=\"Flag of South Cotabato (Photo by The original uploader was Ninane at Dutch Wikipedia - Transferred from nl.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0)\" width=\"432\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flag of South Cotabato (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=8147775\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by The original uploader was Ninane at Dutch Wikipedia &#8211; Transferred from <\/a>nl.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GENERAL SANTOS CITY \u2014 The provincial government of South Cotabato is pushing for the permanent relocation of residents in a village in Tampakan town who were affected by a series of flashfloods last month.<\/p>\n<p>John Lorca, special operations officer of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, said Friday they are working on the establishment of a relocation site in Barangay Kipalbig, Tampakan to facilitate the transfer of the flood victims.<\/p>\n<p>He said at least 14 families have remained at Barangay Kipalbig&#8217;s evacuation center after flashfloods swept their homes at Purok Quezon last Sept. 17.<\/p>\n<p>They were forced to leave their homes situated in the riparian zones and the banks of the Kipalbig River, which overflowed following heavy rains.<\/p>\n<p>Lorca said barangay officials have initially decided to transfer the flood victims to a temporary relocation site at Purok Mabini in Kipalbig.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to transfer them to safer grounds. So they will stay there while we are still searching for a permanent site,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nCiting their records, he said a total of 75 individuals would be relocated from the danger zones along the banks of the Kipalbig River.<\/p>\n<p>He said the affected area is considered unsuitable for dwelling due to the high risks of flashfloods during the rainy season.<\/p>\n<p>The area has been experiencing occasional heavy rains since June.<br \/>\nLorca said their office already provided relief assistance and shelter kits to the 14 displaced families.<\/p>\n<p>Each shelter kit, which is worth P2,000, is composed of assorted nails, a hammer and a hand saw, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Labor and Employment in Region 12 has also extended assistance to the evacuees through its cash-for-work program.(PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENERAL SANTOS CITY \u2014 The provincial government of South Cotabato is pushing for the permanent relocation of residents in a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":123484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[27550,5246,6092],"class_list":["post-123478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-flashfloods","tag-relocation","tag-south-cotabato","mauthors-frances-kristine-alvero","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}