By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
According to Jerome Barranco, Assistant Director of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-Office of the Civil Defense in Region XII, 60 houses were destroyed in Kimadsil village alone.
This little island across Sitio Lawis of Kinablangan village in Baganga town Davao Oriental is home to about 1,500 residents who used to call the island a paradise. That was…
In San Rafael Elementary School, Cateel town, Davao Oriental, voters cast their vote inside the Pablo-damaged classrooms covered only with tarpaulins. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
"We hope you would still care for us because we are just fisherfolks. To those of you who would win, please don’t stop considering us," said Aning Lagbas, a village functionary in Isla Poo, part of Kinablangan village.
In Lambajon Central Elem School, the largest polling center in Baganga town, Davao Oriental, a generator for huge lamps is on standby. Along with four other generator sets, this will…