DAVAO CITY – The Provincial Veterinary Office of Davao de Oro has rescued 23 dogs and 27 cats from landslide-hit Barangays Masara and Mainit in Maco, Davao de Oro. RESCUED pets onboard a military truck in Maco, Davao de Oro. (PVO Davao de Oro) They were unintentionally left behind by their owners...
DAVAO CITY – Apex Mining Co. Inc. welcomes the proposed congressional inquiry into the massive landslide in Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro. “If this inquiry will help Maco then we welcome it,” Teresa Pacis, AMCI assistant vice president for corporate affairs and communication,...
DAVAO CITY – Davao de Oro Vice Gov. Jayvee Tyron Uy has denied allowing the return of residents in no-build zones in the province, particularly in the landslide-hit Barangay Masara in the town of Maco. UY Uy, governor from 2016 to 2022, issued the clarification following the statement...
DAVAO CITY – With the current policy framework of the mining industry, policy-advocacy group Legal Rights and Natural Resource Center (LRC) believes that the promise of gold is not worth the risk. SEARCH and retrieval operations continue in the landslide site in Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is seeking a House investigation on the deadly Davao de Oro landslide, which according to him is a tragedy that could have been avoided. ...
(Courtesy of 1001st Infantry Brigade) A new landslide struck Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 13, forcing the temporary stoppage of search, rescue and retrieval operations. The landslide occurred around 2 p.m. and responders scampered to a safer ground, according to...
DAVAO CITY – As casualties mount in the landslide in Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro, an environmental group believes that local government officials and Apex Mining Co. may be held liable for allowing the construction of structures in identified no-build zones that led to the loss of lives....
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has directed social workers known as “angels in red vests” to provide grief counseling to the families of survivors of the landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro, on Feb. 6. Social workers have paid special attention to the...
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...
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...
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...
