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...
DAVAO CITY – Responders on Thursday retrieved the bodies of a couple from the landslide site in Sitio Kipolot, Barangay Palacapao, Quezon town, Bukidnon province. The couple was identified as Ely and Thelma Ubatay, both 60-year-old vegetable vendors. They were swept down the ravine when their...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities are on the fourth day of search and retrieval operations for the couple who went missing after a section of the Bukidnon-Davao highway collapsed due to a landslide on Saturday, Oct. 18. The landslide in Sitio Kipoloto, Barangay Palapacao, Quezon town, Bukidnon province,...
CEBU CITY – Fifteen individuals were displaced when a landslide struck a mountain barangay in Danao City, northern Cebu province on Thursday, Oct. 2. Danao Mayor Nito Durano, accompanied by Vice Mayor Ivy Durano, immediately inspected the area after the incident. Mayor Durano reported that no one...
