By Raymund Catindig
TUGUEGARAO
CITY – The provincial directors of the Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG) in Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya have been relieved from their
posts for failing to achieve zero casualty during Typhoon Lando.
In a directive issued on Monday, Interior
Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento ordered the relief of Elpidio Duruin of Isabela
and Ruperto Maribbay of Nueva Vizcaya.
Four municipal local government operations
officers in the two provinces were also placed on floating status.
Marietta Abalos and Catherine Allam-Miranda
replaced Duruin and Maribbay, respectively.
The provincial board of Isabela approved a
resolution appealing Duruin’s relief.
“The fate of the victims was beyond our
control, we did our best to mitigate if not prevent nature’s wrath,” Duruin
told local media.
Isabela reported three casualties in Cabagan,
Tumauini and San Mariano towns while Nueva Vizcaya had one in Bambang town.
On Oct. 21, Sarmiento ordered the relief of
Senior Supt. David Lacdan as Benguet police director after the province
suffered 14 casualties due to the typhoon.
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