A 13-year-old boy was buried alive in a landslide Saturday in Santo Domingo town, Albay province, triggered by torrential rains from tropical depression “Wilma.” Santo Domingo Vice Mayor Mark Aguas said the boy was reportedly waiting with a group of children for fallen coconuts being washed...
TUBA, Benguet – A mining company production department supervisor was killed in landslide in a mining site here on Dec. 1. The victim, whose name was not disclosed by the police, is a 48-year-old native of Pangasinan and resident of Philex Mines, Camp 3, Tuba. According to the Tuba Municipal...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Two maintenance section personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were buried alive in a landslide in Barangay San Juan, Santa Praxedes town, Cagayan province, on Friday morning, Nov. 28. Wilzon Valdez, DPWH-Ilocos information officer, identified the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has opened a temporary access road and stairway in the landslide-hit section of Bukidnon-Davao Road in Quezon, Bukidnon, to provide motorists and residents limited passage as full restoration work continues. DPWH said its engineers are completing...
KABUGAO, Apayao – Two persons were killed and one is missing in a landslide in Sitio Purag, Barangay Badduat, this town, on Thursday morning, Nov. 20. Mayor Bensmar Ligwang and Vice Mayor Frederick Amid led the search, rescue, and retrieval operations with the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A landslide buried a passenger bus on a treacherous mountain pass in Vietnam, killing six people and injuring 19 others, as more heavy rain was forecast into the week. The earth and rocks collapsed onto the bus late Sunday as it was traveling through the Khanh Le pass in...
LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – The bodies of three landslide victims in Barangay Western Uma here were recovered on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The body of a fourth victim – barangay kagawad Redento Tinio – is yet to be found. Search and retrieval operations for Tinio resumed Wednesday, Nov. 12. Municipal...
BAGUIO CITY – Sixteen people were killed and two are missing in landslides triggered by super typhoon “Uwan” in the Cordillera region. The Barlig, Mountain Province Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office reported that a father and son died while another son was injured in...
Two children were killed in landslide at the height of typhoon ‘’Uwan’’ in Barangay Balangabang, Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya, before dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Police Major Len Gomultin, Kayapa police chief, said the victims – two five-year-old twin boys – were sleeping with their family when...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Saturday, November 8, reported that more than 12,000 schools in at least 10 regions nationwide are at risk of flooding and landslides as Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) threatens large parts of Luzon and the Visayas. DepEd said it has activated...
CEBU CITY – The body of a woman buried alive during a landslide in Barangay Sapangdaku was recovered on Thursday, Nov. 6, as the death toll from typhoon ‘’Tino’’ continued to increase. The body of Alicia Llevado, 46, was recovered at 1:38 p.m. Two family members were earlier found. The...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Army K9 units won public admiration for their role in locating the bodies of two landslide victims in Quezon, Bukidnon, after a five-day search. The bodies of the couple, Ely and Thelma Ubatay, were recovered Thursday by joint search and rescue teams with the help of the...
