Sagunto Star

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of another Sagunto elder, Mr. Johnny Anudon, who joined his maker on May 29, 2008. Our condolences to the Anudon Family.

(We’ll update with more details as we receive them.)

These updates were taken from the Sison website.

Mayor Kimi immediately went into action, seeking relief for her constituents in Sison who were affected by typhoon Cosme. As a result, P400 million in Aid is Released for Pangasinan. Click on the link to read the full story on the Sison website.

Additional details on the extent of they typhoon’s damage to Sison is available from the article, SISON HURT BY TYPHOON COSME’S RAGE.

More photos of storm damage in Sison.

 

Scant news is coming out of Sagunto because, as of last report; there is still no electricity in Sagunto and surrounding areas after typhoon Cosme stormed through on May 17, 2008. The provinces of La Union, Pangasinan and Zambales were the worst hit and those areas have been declared to be in a state of calamity.

Here are images, found on YouTube of some of the damage in Dagupan City.

Sagunto is lucky to not be counted in the number of places that sustained fatalities. Everyone, all of our loved ones and families, are safe though a little battered. Sagunto did sustain quite a bit of damage, one of which was Barangay Captain Esteban’s House, as previously posted. According to “Gudeng” who left an update via our virtual abong (chat), 215 families in Sagunto were affected by the typhoon. 30 houses were badly damaged and numerous animals (goats and chicken) were killed during the storm. The Pilawan School which was the recent site of the medical and dental mission by the SFAL group from the U.K. was not spared by Halong either.

While we have an awesome mayor in madame Kimi, she is only one person and has all of Sison to look after. I am positive she has already started rebuilding the damage done to her growing town. She will not let the progress to Sison that is underway be hampered by this calamity. The national government has already allocated aid for the affected provinces, but I am sure that you also realize how slow this process is going to take and it may be some time before Sagunto sees any of that aid.

Sagunto is lucky in one way because, as has been already discussed on the ‘abong’, many of the families there have relatives abroad who can help them. There are still a few in our bario who do not have this resource though. Perhaps you can keep them in mind when sending aid to your families. Maybe you can add a little extra for those who have no one else to help them.

If you have other ideas of how we can help our kailyans, please leave your comments here. Existing organizations, if you already have relief efforts underway, please let the rest of us know how we can help.

One of the oldest families in Sagunto, headed by our Barangay Kapitan Manuel Esteban Sr., lived in one of the oldest and grandest homes in Sagunto. Sadly, that landmark was badly damaged by typhoon Halong as we posted previously.

The Esteban Family expresses their profound gratitude for the generosity and benevolence they received from their neighbors and friends who came to the aid of their mom and dad in their time of need.

From Xander:

We would like to express our deepest thanks to all of you who helped us with everything from that devastating typhoon that ruined our house. To Mng Jun who was there immediately that night helping dad from moving stuffs. To Mng Huling and Mng Pabling for being there all day everyday. the tanods, neighbors, friends and relatives, I can’t name you all. Agyaman kami la unay! To Mng Merida Campos, manang thank you so much for letting us stay in your house for the mean time, we really appreciate it.
Saan mi nga malipatan ti daytoy nga tiempo nga panagdanggay yo kadakami ket ipateg mi la unay ti ayat yo nga inkay inparikna. God bless to all!

From Paz & Vic:

ROMANS 8:28 ” AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. ” It was a distressful news ti immay kaniak sunday a.m plus MMS from my mng Elmer & mng Pong. Aye! ti rikna ti adda ti addayo… Praise & thank GOD ta pulos piman nga awan ti napasamak ken Dad & Mom with little Zaru. Inspite iti napasamak saan mi nga ma-contain ti ragsak ti puso mi ti grace ni LORD ta inaramat na dakayo amin nga timmulong ken nakipagrikna kadakami. To our beloved Kabarrioans, Mga Tanods, Relatives, Friends, Mng Jun Castillo, Mng Huling, Mng Pabling, Ayyang, Mng Merida Campos nga addaan ti nagimbag nga puso nga nang-open ti balay na nga pagyanan ni Dad ken Mom, amin..amin kayo nga awan labas. Aye nga talaga… in behalf of Dad, Mom, dagiti kakabsat ko ” AGYAMAYAMAN KAMI APO KADAKAYO AMIN. DIYOS TI BUMALIS TI AYAT YO A NAPIGGIS… ” TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

Photos courtesy of PEbonite

Typhoon Halong made land fall in the Philippines on Saturday, May 17th. From the last count, 12 people were killed and over 34,000 people were displaced in the hardest hit areas. Provincial Councils of Pangasinan and Zambales are said to meet Monday to discuss the possibility of declaring a state of calamity for the regions.The entire province of Pangasinan is without power due to damage done to the western sub-station of the National Transmission Company.According to the local media, ABS-CBN,

“Pangasinan’s Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council has confirmed six fatalities. Two children were missing after reportedly drowning in a river in Dagupan City. Aside from Dagupan, 23 other towns and cities in the province were affected by the typhoon.”

Local Sagunto eyewitness stated that he has never seen a storm as powerful as the one that passed last Saturday. It has left a lot of property damage, especially roofs made from galvanized iron that simply flew. It is reported that our local Captain Esteban’s home was badly damaged where the entire roof came off and landed close to the Pascua compound. Many others suffered similar damage to their homes. In addition to property damages, trees, crops and agricultural produce were also lost or damaged by Typhoon Halong.

The storm weakened as it passed the northern part of Philippines and is currently making its way towards Okinawa, Japan where it is predicted to make landfall early Tuesday.

(Residents inspect what’s left of a house that was crushed by a tree uprooted by strong winds from tropical storm ‘Cosme’ in Sison, Pangasinan. Photo By JONJON VICENCIO. Full story at Philippine Headline News Online )