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	Calapan City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calapan City is a 4th class city in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.
		It is the capital city of Oriental Mindoro.
		Calapan City is politically subdivided into 62 barangays.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calapan_City (86 words)

	RenanteBeron.Net \| This is my life! This is my world! This is my site!
		Calapan City is known to be a lively and cheerful metropolis in Region IV, Philippines.
		The water was so severe that it even reached the city proper (urban areas) which is 15 kilometers away from Bucayao, the last barangay (county) of Calapan City and the area from which the furious Bucayao dike is located.
		The main cause of the unexpected disaster in the city capital of Oriental Mindoro was the destruction of the Bucayao dike and the overflowing Panggalaan river in Naujan (a nearby town).
	www.freewebs.com /renanberon/news.htm (978 words)

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		CALAPAN CITY — After a successful nine consecutive years in office as the first city mayor of Calapan, Mayor Arnan Panaligan has completed his three terms of office.
		Calapan City is a major rice granary in the southern Tagalog area.
		Calapan also became a prime tourist destination with the improvement in transportation and communications network and the opening of the Strong Republic Nautical Highway that links Metro Manila to the Visayas and Mindanao.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/07/02/BSNS2004070213213.html (600 words)

	Office of the President Website - Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		CALAPAN CITY — Oriental Mindoro Governor Arnan Panaligan expressed the gratitude of his constituents to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the speedy response and assistance extended by the national government to the flood-ravaged province.
		In welcoming the President to Calapan City -- her second visit here in less than three weeks -- Panaligan reported to her the extent of damage caused by the flash floods, and the progress of the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts in the province.
		Learning of the flooding in Calapan City while she was visiting Roxas City, the President flew here to personally supervise the search and rescue operations being conducted by the provincial/city government and NDCC.
	www.op.gov.ph /news.asp?newsid=14098 (366 words)

	Privately Operated Water System: The Calapan City Experience
		Calapan City is the capital of Oriental Mindoro province in the Philippines.
		Calapan City has been served by a private operator, Nable, since 1955 by virtue of a 25-year franchise acquired from congress on June 21, 1952.
		Submitted to the city government, the Sangguniang Panglunsod, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Senate, the House of Representatives and the National Water Resource Board, a water permit was awarded by the NWRB on grounds of technicality to CWSDC water application that never had any public hearing at all.
	www.jubileesouth.org /news/EpZZZlVyAktxnhRGUF.shtml (1182 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		The local government of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, appealed for additional aid as clothing, food and medical supplies in evacuation centers dwindle, ABS-CBN learned Monday.
		Calapan City administrator Salvador Leachon said government shelters are running low on food, drinking water, medicine, blankets and clothes for evacuees.
		City officials fear the floods may go up as high as 12 feet if rains continue.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=25164 (264 words)

	Calapan philippines online resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		CITY OF CALAPAN -- People residing in and outside Oriental Mindoro province will find two documentary films about the island a source of pride, belongingness...
		Calapan City Mayor Carlos Brucal urged Sigaw ng Bayan not to be discouraged by the Comelec decision.
		Calderon was in Calapan City, Mindoro Oriental, yesterday where he witnessed the graduation rites of the PNP Internal Security Operations training for...
	www.bakit.com /calapan.html (190 words)

	Listing Projecs
		The city seeks to ensure a balance between progress and the need to preserve its natural environment through the promotion of sustainable agricultural development, protection of the city’s inland and coastal waters, and environmental conservation areas.
		The city intends to reduce its high dependency on its IRA and will explore and tap other non-traditional sources of financing, such as lending facilities of national and international agencies in order to fund their priority programs and projects.
		Moreover, the capability of the administrative arm of the City Government from the managerial level down to the staff will be enhanced through values reorientation activities and skills and capability building.
	www.cdsea.org /e_marketplace/Calapan.asp (484 words)

	Oriental Mindoro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oriental Mindoro is a province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region in Luzon.
		Its capital is Calapan City and occupies the eastern half of the island of Mindoro; Occidental Mindoro is at the western half.
		Oriental Mindoro is subdivided into 14 municipalities and 1 city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oriental_Mindoro (253 words)

	Sun.Star Breaking News: Scores flee as floods threaten Calapan City (2:55 p.m.)
		CALAPAN -- Scores of villagers fled their homes Saturday as fresh floods threatened a city anew after heavy monsoon rains inundated it last week, an official said.
		A river that runs through Calapan city overflowed early Saturday following several days of continuous rain, breaching a 700-meter section of an earthen dike, city administrator Salvador Leachon said.
		More than 170,000 people in Calapan and about 30,000 more in four nearby provinces were affected by last week's floods.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2005/12/17/scores.flee.as.floods.threaten.calapan.city.(2.55.p.m.).html (224 words)

	Manila Bulletin Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He congratulated his staff, led by City Administrator Doy C. Leachon, lawyer Jojo Perez, the mayorâs chief of staff, and City Engineer Benjie Acedera, for the move of placing sandbags on the banks of the Bucayao River.
		Government and private employees, students, residents, and various nongovernment organizations, praticising the "bayanihan way," brought their own sandbags on the river banks to serve as a temporary dike in the absence of concrete dikes.
		Mayor Brucal said the city government has no plan at present to remove the sandbags, but it may strengthen the temporary facility, noting that the sandbags had helped a lot in protecting the lives and property of the Calapenos.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2006/05/20/PROV2006052064534.html (477 words)

	Calapan city residents urged to evacuate after dike bursts - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		CALAPAN, Mindoro Oriental -- Residents of this flood-prone city are urged to evacuate to safer and higher grounds as an aging earthen dike collapsed only three days after government engineers succeeded in patching a 300-meter breach in one part of the dike.
		Panaligan said he has directed the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) to dispatch government vehicles to evacuate residents of low-lying villages, which are directly in the path of the floodwater coming from the breached dike.
		Lawyer Doy Leachon, Calapan City administrator, said he was expecting the worst flood to come to the city proper.
	news.inq7.net /breaking/index.php?index=2&story_id=60267 (521 words)

	42,000 flee as floods submerge Calapan City - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		CALAPAN CITY-- (UPDATE) MORE than 42,000 people fled their homes as floodwaters continued to submerge 22 of this city’s villages since Saturday.
		Calapan City Mayor Carlos Brucal said floodwaters reached this city’s commercial district at around 11:00 p.m.
		City administrator Doy Leachon said about 700 meters of the Bucayao River Protection Dike collapsed and water coming from Bucayao River flowed directly into the city.
	news.inq7.net /breaking/index.php?index=2&story_id=60360 (483 words)

	Development Bank of the Philippines
		DBP has granted a P137-million term loan to Calapan Waterworks Corporation (CWC) to finance the rehabilitation and expansion of the firm’s existing water distribution system in Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro.
		We are confident that this partnership will provide better access to safe and clean water for the residents of Calapan City, as well as help the city improve on its basic utilities critical to its development as a prime destination in Southern Luzon,” President and CEO Reynaldo G. David said.
		Some residents of the city, as a result, have had to settle for peddled water that is much more expensive and unsafe.
	www.devbankphil.com.ph /News/news_full.php?articleid=00202 (271 words)

	Sun.Star Network Online - Hundreds flee as floods threaten Calapan anew
		CALAPAN -- Hundreds of villagers in Calapan City were forced to flee their homes to evacuation centers Saturday after days of monsoon rains flooded their communities for a second time in as many weeks, officials said.
		As many as 20,000 people from about 20 villages in Calapan, the capital of Mindoro Oriental province on Mindoro island, had been affected by late Saturday in the latest floods, said City Administrator Salvador Leachon, who helped evacuate residents.
		Leachon said the floodwaters were "higher than a man" in some areas and flowing closer to the city center by the minute.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2005/12/18/hundreds.flee.as.floods.threaten.calapan.anew.html (535 words)

	UPDATE from WCG PHILIPPINES
		The two outreaches were started sometime in November and December last year when WCG volunteer workers were invited by the Department of Social Services and Development (DSWD) to conduct livelihood training in the areas.
		Calapan City -- About 15 servant-leaders from the Naujan and Bansud outreaches in Mindoro Oriental participated in the first of two Foundations for Christian Leadership classes held Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, June 28 to 30, in Calapan.
		WCG Zamboanga City financially helped in the enrolment of 31 out-of-school youths and indigent unemployed adults in various skills training such as automotive, dressmaking, food-processing, and the like, in coordination with the Western Mindanao State University, and the local barangay.
	www.wcg.org /ph/wcgphupd020706.htm (796 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As many as 35,383 people left their homes in Calapan City, Mindoro Oriental Sunday morning as tropical depression Quedan dumped rain in the province, causing massive flooding.
		It was packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center and moving west southwest at 19 kph.
		The weather bureau said the tropical depression is expected to be 310 km southwest of Pag-asa island or at 750 km west of Puerto Princesa City Monday morning.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=25101 (386 words)

	Philippines - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research
		Bacolod City is in the northh-west coast of the Province of Negros Occidental which is in the Visayan Islands in the Philippines.
		The Diocese of San Jose encompasses the city of San Jose and thirteen of the northern towns of Nueva Ecija in central Luzon.
		The Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio encompasses the city of Baguio and the civil province of Benguet.
	home.att.net /~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Philippines.htm (3132 words)

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		A resident of Barangay Maidlang, Calapan City, Mindoro Oriental,
		Leima Fortu was a public school teacher at the Suqui Elementary School in Calapan, Mindoro Oriental, Philippines.
		She was Acting Secretary General of KARAPATAN-Mindoro Oriental, a volunteer staff of Mindoro for Justice and Peace and a member of the partylist group Bayan Muna Calapan City Chapter.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/action54.htm (1419 words)

	GSIS: Newsroom: GSIS allots P 275m for healthcare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The newest GSIS satellite office is located at the Casapao Building in Lalud, Calapan City and will be manned by five personnel to provide such services as loans and claims processing, as well as providing information on members' service records, among others.
		The opening of the Calapan satellite office is in line with the program initiated by GSIS President and General Manager Winston F. Garcia to provide efficient and convenient services to all GSIS members, especially those residing or working in remote island provinces such as Mindoro.
		To date, there are six GSIS district offices and 11 satellite offices nationwide, including Calapan, to complement the existing network of 40 regular branch offices in key cities and municipalities.
	www.gsis.gov.ph /newsroom/press_releases/2005/Nov/calapan_office_112205.html (399 words)

	GMA VOWS REHAB FUNDS FOR LUCENA, CALAPAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		By Aurea Calica - President Arroyo pledged additional funding for the rehabilitation of the cities of Lucena and Calapan in Quezon and Oriental Mindoro, respectively, which are both under a state of calamity due to flash floods that affected thousands of people.
		Arroyo flew to Calapan City on Wednesday afternoon to personally distribute relief goods to evacuees and met with local officials to find out what could be done to help them.
		He said at least 48 barangays of the city, including the city proper, were heavily flooded, making it difficult to send relief goods to outlying villages.
	www.newsflash.org /2004/02/ht/ht005717.htm (409 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Philippines/East Asia
		In Calapan City on Mindoro island, rescue workers recovered the body of a man who drowned in floods on Thursday.
		Doy Leachon, an official in Calapan City, said dykes protecting the city had been breached due to swelling rivers.
		Disaster officials said Calapan City was the worst hit by flooding, forcing the local government to place the province under a state of calamity.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=63971&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 (688 words)

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		Calero or Salong is an Urban Poor community in Calapan City, on the island Mindoro!
		The area is around 50m wide, just between the main road and the Bay of Calapan City.
		Generally the people in Salong are open for the Gospel, and on the surface it might seem there are quick responses, but due to very strong family and community ties real life change is very slow.
	web.tri-isys.com /bukangliwayway/Calapan.htm (522 words)

	Hospitality Net - Industry News - Microtel Inns & Suites Breaks New Ground Internationally In the Philippines, ...
		Calapan City - Mindoro and Luisita - Tarlac, The Philippines
		Located along the coastal region of Mindoro Island, the Calapan City - Mindoro Microtel hotel features 50 double and suite accommodations, dining area, and business services.
		Rod G. Valencia, the provincial governor, owns Filipiniana Calapan Resort where Microtel is the anchor project.
	www.hospitalitynet.org /news/4007414.html (695 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| REGIONS > Mindoro must be part of Calabarzon—Arroyo
		CALAPAN CITY: President Arroyo this week called for the integration of Mindoro into the Calabarzon (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon) industrial region because “the island is destined for industrialization.”
		It is connected to Mindoro through the Strong Republic Nautical Highway, a major infrastructure project of the Arroyo administration that connects Manila to Boracay in Western Visayas, and will eventually reach Zamboanga City in Southern Mindanao.
		With the nautical highway, travel from the port of Batangas City to Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro is about only one hour through a 24-hour roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) ferry service.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/apr/10/yehey/prov/20060410pro6.html (362 words)

	Bulatlat.com
		Serrano was transferred to Mindoro on May 7 and not on May 5 as the military reported.
		At around 11:15 a.m., he was presented to a certain Judge Leynes of the Calapan RTC for inquest.
		when he was brought to the BJMP in Calapan City where he is now detained.
	www.bulatlat.com /news/4-15/4-15-serrano.html (682 words)

	Strong Republic Nautical Highway : RO-RO
		From Calapan you drive south to Roxas where you catch the daily RO-RO trip to Caticlan.
		Roxas City is the seafood capital of the Philippines.
		Ro-ro terminals are located in Batangas City in Luzon, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro province; Roxas City, Capiz province, Caticlan town, Aklan province, Iloilo City in Iloilo province, Bacolod City, Negors Occidental province and Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte province.
	www.travelsmart.net /RORO.htm (375 words)

	Office of the Vice President : Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Processing centers and express lane would soon be put up at the Calapan City Hall by Pag-IBIG to assist members who were victimized by the collapse of two dikes brought about by torrential rains.
		Vice President Noli "Kabayan" De Castro aboard a chopper, inspects the extent of the damage caused by flooding in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.
		the VP is Calapan City Mayor Carlos Brucal.
	www.freewebtown.com /ovp/press/2005_1212a.htm (486 words)

	2005 Flood Archive
		Worst floods in Calapan City since 1954.Agricultural damage in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro is estimated at $514,706.
		By December 19 floods inundated most of Calapan City and Baco and Naujan towns from overflowing Bocayao and Mag-asawang Tubig Rivers.
		Shaanxi Province - 11 counties and districts of Weinan city.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~floods/Archives/2005sum.htm (1823 words)

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