The city goverment will allocate P4.2 million as donation for the earthquake affected residents of Davao del Sur and Cotabato provinces.
Despite heavy dust due to unfinished road construction, children affected by earthquake wait for passers-by to give them donations in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur. The residents choose to build shanties outside their homes for fear of another strong quake after several strong ones jolted the area for several times this month. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
It was nine in the morning when people felt the strong tremors. In a split second, houses collapsed, and the trees were uprooted. The national disaster agency said that it was a 6.6 magnitude tremor in Mindanao that killed at least eight people on October 29.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is mulling requiring building proposals to have earthquake resistance mechanisms.
A member of Davao City rescue unit climbs the concrete fence of Ecoland 4000 condominium after the building collapsed morning of October 31, 2019, after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Mindanao.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)