Features: Sibuco, Zamboanga Del Norte

Sibuco lambasted by typhoon Paolo 

Sibuco, a coastal municipality of Zamboanga Del Norte. 

Most of the  people here are dominantly Muslims. 

This is the  First Class municipality and it has a population of 34,620 people. 

Sibuco a neighboring  municipaliy of  Zamboanga City and it has 28 barangays.

The present Mayor here is Mayor  Norbideiri B. Edding a third termer. 

This municipality was created by virtue of Republic Act. Bo. 2195 which was approved by the congress on May 07, 1959 and it was formally a municipal district of Siocon.

Accordingly,  Sibuco is a First Class municipality but it has a lowest tax income in the whole province  rated a very poor  depended only on  Internal Revenue Allotment or Ira.

Previously , the municipality failed to set up for the special accounts for the 20% Economic Development Fund contrary to requirement of Section 107  and 108 of the New Government Accounting  System (NGAS), which exposes the funds for possible misuse  since included in regular fund.

This Last Frontier of Zamboanga Del Norte of the South still poor among the poorest municipality because allegedly it has no municipal building,  barangay halls,  roads was very poor, no ports-dilapidated and even public market and terminals  allegedly no implementations.

President Rodrigo Duterte said during his speech aired in PTV4, that after war on drugs and Marawi seige, he must focus on corruptions " I will never tolerated corrupt government" he would get rid on corruption.

But Sibuco still shimmering,  that someday she can stand by her own, develop and  turning a poor municipality into  tourists destination as Last Frontier of the South, not shamelessly to say, but be proud of.

On the other hand, Sibuco lambasted Typhoon Paolo, hundreds of houses raked and damaged including their livelihood.

People here evacuated to other neighboring municipalities and barangays to saved their lives  and properties. (By: Becky D. de Asis)

Typhoon Paolo raked Barangay Lamion, thousands of families affected - Atty, Pershing Taiyab

Bongao, Tawi – Tawi -  The  State weather bureau PAGASA warned recently that typhoon Paolo entered in the country Thursday Afternoon of  October 19, 2017 and has a maximum winds of 130 Kilometers (km/h) from the previous 120 km/h and wind up to 160km/h from the previous 145km/h.

   
But the outer rain bands of the typhoon are bringing moderate to heavy rain to Bicol, the Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). 

 
 These areas should watch out for serious flooding and landslides, strong winds, and lightning, according to PAGASA recently.

Therefore on October 21,  the typhoons leaving almost terrifying scenery in whole Autonomous Region and Zamboanga Peninsula that resulted the governments here  declared under state of calamity both Autonomous Region and Zamboanga Peninsula.

   
In Zamboanga Peninsula, including Siocon, Sirawai, Sibuco are the most affected in Typhoon Paolo, landlide, flooding that caused of no travel policy to avoid accidents.

   
While in  barangay Lamion in Bongao, Tawi - Tawi of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, there are reported 181 houses almost raked by the typhoon,  thousands of families affected including their livelihood, fishing boats, bancas and even speedboat was damaged said Atty Pershing Taiyab, municipal official of Languyan Municipality.(By: Becky D. de Asis)