LUBAO, Pampanga – On Sept. 26, as part of precautionary measure for oncoming super tropical storm Opong, Lt. Col. Dederick M. Relativo, acting chief of police, personally inspected the water level of Sto. Cristo Dam, inadvertently named Sta. Rita Dam due to its location in Barangay Sta. Rita. Posted in the police’s FB page is a photograph of the cop chief and an aide at the dike by the dam.
Last July 24, mainstream media carried this photograph of the dike damaged at the onslaught of storms Dante and Emong and the southwest monsoon, which looks like a reproduction of the first photo sans the persons.
ON July 25, then-DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan did an on-site inspection, with equipment and material, principally sheet piles, for the dike repair on hand.
On July 28, heavy equipment were reported to be at work at the site as shown in this CLTV-36 photograb.
Sheet piles embedded into the bank not even halfway the dike level show work accomplished for two months.
Straight reportage. No comment. No judgment. The Editor
