No June 10 opening for 17 Zambales schools
At least 17 public schools damaged by Tropical storm "Cosme" in the provinces of Pangasinan and Zambales are expected to open its doors for students later than the expected school opening of June 10.
This was revealed Tuesday by Education Secretary Jesli Lapus who said that these schools are still being repaired after they were heavily damaged by Typhoon Cosme a week ago.
On May 26, the death toll of "Cosme" was pegged at 58 while the damage to property - including damage to schools at P432.577 million - breached the P4-billion mark, data from the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said.
In that report, the NDCC counted 58 dead and 29 injured, with most of the fatalities from Pangasinan and La Union provinces in Ilocos.
According to the NDCC report, Pangasinan had 45 fatalities while La Union had eight. In Zambales, four people were also killed, while a lone fatality was recorded in Benguet .
Damage to property was estimated at P4.058 billion, including P3.629 billion to agriculture, P429.356 million to infrastructure, and P432.577 million to school buildings.
At least 43,365 houses were destroyed while 118,830 were damaged, NDCC said.
Some 259,618 families or 1,392,102 persons in 1,477 villages in 73 towns and seven cities in five provinces in Ilocos, Central Luzon, Western Visayas and Cordillera were affected.
The NDCC said assistance extended so far has reached P116.843 million. - GMANews.TV
This was revealed Tuesday by Education Secretary Jesli Lapus who said that these schools are still being repaired after they were heavily damaged by Typhoon Cosme a week ago.
On May 26, the death toll of "Cosme" was pegged at 58 while the damage to property - including damage to schools at P432.577 million - breached the P4-billion mark, data from the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said.
In that report, the NDCC counted 58 dead and 29 injured, with most of the fatalities from Pangasinan and La Union provinces in Ilocos.
According to the NDCC report, Pangasinan had 45 fatalities while La Union had eight. In Zambales, four people were also killed, while a lone fatality was recorded in Benguet .
Damage to property was estimated at P4.058 billion, including P3.629 billion to agriculture, P429.356 million to infrastructure, and P432.577 million to school buildings.
At least 43,365 houses were destroyed while 118,830 were damaged, NDCC said.
Some 259,618 families or 1,392,102 persons in 1,477 villages in 73 towns and seven cities in five provinces in Ilocos, Central Luzon, Western Visayas and Cordillera were affected.
The NDCC said assistance extended so far has reached P116.843 million. - GMANews.TV
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