BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.7 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental on Tuesday morning, February 13. EARTHQUAKE epicenter The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 4:45 a.m. and its epicenter was 284 kilometers (kms) southeast of...
DAVAO CITY – The deadly landslide in the mining village of Masara in Maco, Davao Oriental was the worst natural disaster that hit the province in the last 10 years. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office spokesperson Edward Macapili said that the landslide last February 6...
The embassies of the United States and Australia have started extending aid to the victims of the Davao de Oro landslide, which has so far killed 54 people and displaced scores of families. Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Hae Kyong Yu shared in a post on X (formerly Twitter) about...
Relief packs from the national government will be ferried by this United States Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft to the landslide victims in Maco, Davao de Oro on Feb. 12, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) The death toll from the tragic landslide that struck Barangay Masara in...
Vice President Sara Duterte recalled the story of a survivor, who was hoping to find her missing husband, she met while visiting the landslide victims in Davao de Oro last week. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to landslide survivor, Merafe, during her visit to Nueva Visayas Gymnasium in Davao de...
Rescue personnel from the 1001st Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army search for survivors near a mining site in Brgy. Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro on Feb. 7, 2024. (Photo courtesy of 1011st Infantry Brigade) The search, rescue and retrieval (SRR) operation at the landslide-hit Barangay Masara in...
DAVAO CITY – Gov. Dorothy Gonzaga has vowed to implement the no-build zone policy in the identified geohazard areas not just in Barangay Masara in Maco town but also other parts of Davao de Oro. BARANGAY Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro, is a no-build zone since 2008. (OCD) Gonzaga admitted that...
Vice President Sara Duterte visited the landslide victims in Davao de Oro and brought her Kalusugan Foodtruck to provide nutritious meals to the evacuees at the Nueva Visayas Gymnasium in Mawab, Davao de Oro. Vice President Sara Duterte visits landslide victims staying in an evacuation...
What a good 'boi' -- Coast Guard Working Dog "Appa" searches for landslide survivors with responders in Brgy. Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) A dog is not only a man's best friend, at times it is also its savior. Such is the case for "Appa", a Philippine Coast Guard...
Brig. Gen. Felix Ronnie Babac, commander of the 1001st Infantry "Pag-asa" Brigade, speaks at an online press conference on Feb. 10, 2024 to give updates on the search and rescue efforts in the landslide-hit Brgy. Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro. (Screenshot) High-tech military equipment were dispatched...
DAVAO CITY – The massive landslide that hit Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro was not the first and may not be the last. A SMALL-scale mining community in Pantukan, Davao de Oro. (Keith Bacongco) The lure of gold has drawn not just giant mining firms in the mineral-rich province of Davao de Oro...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform has granted more than 90,000 Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) in the Davao region since President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assumed office in 2022. DAR-Davao chief Eugene P. Follante said they have issued 91,775 e-titles or CLOA to Agrarian...
