Strong winds, heavy rains
down trees, cause brownouts
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Strong winds and heavy rains lashed Dumaguete City Wednesday night, toppling trees and wooden poles and causing power interruption.

Local weather bureau chief, Edison Culi, of the PAG-ASA, however, said there was no tropical storm then and it was just a thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rainfall and gusts that passed for about an hour. Shortly after sundown Wednesday, Culi said Dumaguete began experiencing light rainfall that escalated to moderate and then finally heavy rainfall, measuring about 13.2 mm.

Gustiness was recorded by the weather bureau at 34 knots or 17 meters per second, strong enough to break off tree branches, topple trees and wooden poles, he added.

Port terminal to
push through: Tuting
BY ROMY AMARADO

Dumaguete Mayor Agustin Perdices said he is certain that the multi-million peso port terminal project in the city will push through because of the bidding conducted last month.

"There is already a winning bidder from Manila. It's now a matter of awarding the project," Perdices told the DAILY STAR.

He said, though, that the project will be started in the middle of June because of the ban on government projects due to the May 14 elections. Perdices clarified that the project will only cost more than P40 million, not P80 million as earlier projected, adding that this was reduced because of the change in the features of the building.

In the original plan drafted for free by architects from the city, the project cost was more than P100 million, and was revised to cost P80 million.

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