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Gusty Kristine forces storm signals, boat suspensions in Negros Island Region

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BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines – State forecaster PAGASA has hoisted Public Storm Warning Singal No 1 over 21 of 32 localities in Negros Occidental province and in two cities and a town in the Oriental side as Tropical Storm Kristine continues to move inside Philippine territory at a relatively slow speed of 25, kilometers per hour but packing center winds of 85 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 105 kph.

Meanwhile, the Coast Guard’s Northern Negros Occidental Command has issued an order suspending boat trips from the province going to Iloilo localities.

PAGASA placed 14 towns in Negros Occidental province under Storm Signal No 1 – Pontevedra, La Castellana, Moises Padilla, Valladolid Pulupandan, San Enrique, Murcia, EB Magalona and Manapla – and this city and Bago, La Carlota, Talisay, Silay, Victorias and Cadiz.

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Also placed under the same storm signal in the Oriental are Vallehermoso town and the cities of Guihulngan and Canlaon.

Classes here and other localities have been suspended from pre-elementary to senior high school since Kristine became a weather disturbance.

Today, the Coast Guard suspended boat trips from the province coming from those under Storm Signal No. 1.

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Those with roll on, roll off ports with trips to various destinations in Iloilo province are this city, and Cadiz, Pulupandan and EB Magalona towns.

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Julius D. Mariveles
Julius D. Mariveles
An amateur cook who has a mean version of humba, the author has recently tried to make mole negra, the Mexican sauce he learned by watching shows of master chef Rick Bayless. A journalist since 19, he has worked in the newsrooms of radio, local papers, and Manila-based news organizations. A stroke survivor, he now serves as executive editor of DNX.
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