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OCD-Davao: Enough aid for quake-hit areas

Published Jun 11, 2026 02:36 pm
RESCUERS and relief aid are prepared for airlift to Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental. (DSWD-11 photo)
RESCUERS and relief aid are prepared for airlift to Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental. (DSWD-11 photo)
DAVAO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense in Davao region assured enough relief aid for earthquake-affected areas as the agency is expediting means to deliver aid in isolated areas.
The OCD has dispatched augmentation teams to assist in ongoing search and rescue operations as 13 persons are still missing in landslide-hit villages in the mountainous town of Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental. An additional rescue team will be deployed Thursday to help in the rescue efforts.
OCD-Davao region chief Ednar Dayanghirang said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has enough relief aid for at least 52,000 individuals affected by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck on June 8.
Dayanghirang said the most affected areas in Davao region are the towns of Jose Abad Santos (JAS) and Sarangani Island or more popularly known as Balut Island in Davao Occidental.
A situation report from the OCD said 12 persons were killed and 41 were injured mostly due to earthquake-induced landslides as of 9 a.m. on June 11. It added that 1,021 houses were damaged, 55 of which totally, in the Davao region. About 500 houses were damaged in Sarangani Island, said Dayanghirang.
He added that the provincial government of Davao Occidental and the DSWD have sent relief aid to JAS and Sarangani Island since June 9.
But access to remote areas of JAS, particularly in the southern portion of the municipality, is still difficult due to landslides, the OCD official said. Thus, relief aid and augmentation rescue workers had to be transported using Philippine Air Force helicopters, he said. Some are being ferried using vessels of the Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy.
“We have moved the stockpile of relief aid, modular tents, and other essential supplies to the port of Malalag in Davao del Sur since it’s more strategic compared to Davao,” Dayanghirang said.
Moving stocks of relief aid to Malalag saves time to transport them since the town is about 150 kilometers from JAS compared to this city from JAS which is over 220 kilometers or about a five- to six-hour land trip in normal conditions.
Dayanghirang said some of the relief aid will be transported using trucks since the road from Malita to JAS is already accessible after it was immediately cleared of landslides.
He said that there is enough aid for affected communities and private individuals or organizations could still extend help to earthquake-hit areas.
Dayanghirang urged kind-hearted groups and individuals to coordinate with concerned government agencies in transporting relief goods.
The Philippine Navy BRP Tausug transported an additional 1,700 food packs, 2,000 bottles of drinking water, 100 hygiene kits, and 100 sleeping kits to Sarangani Island on June 10.
The DSWD-11 said that 3,320 family food packs (FFPs) have been delivered to three isolated barangays – Molmol, Quiapo, and San Isidro – in JAS using PAF’s Blackhawk helicopters.
JAS Mayor Jason John Joyce said these three remote barangays are among the areas of the municipality that are difficult to reach even before the earthquake struck.
“It’s even hard to reach now, it’s even worse due to the earthquake,” Joyce said in a Facebook Live message on Thursday.
He said that the only means to hasten the delivery of aid and transport of additional rescuers is through helicopters.
Joyce instructed barangay officials in remote areas to obtain bags of rice or any essential needs in stores and vowed o pay for them.
He said that barangay officials must secure food from local stores while awaiting relief aid from the local government and the provincial government.
“Out of 26 barangays of JAS, only 11 barangays are so far accessible due to landslides and damaged roads. So, there are 15 barangays that are not yet accessible,” the mayor added.
Joyce said that villages in the southern part of JAS were severely affected by the earthquake. The road linking his town to Glan, Sarangani is still not passable due to landslides, the mayor said.
Joyce borrowed a motorized boat from a local resort owner to transport at least 1,000 food boxes to isolated villages in southern areas of the municipality.
JAS shares its boundary with the town of Glan, the most affected town in Sarangani, due to its proximity to the offshore epicenter of the earthquake 33 kilometers west of Maasim.

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