By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Ordinary folks say deteriorating incomes and high prices of basic commodities overshadow the bright prospects for the New Year.
SEARCHING. Small-scale miners try to remove debris and mound of soil that swallowed 50 bunkhouses, hoping to retrieve more bodies. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)
AFTERMATH. Sitio Diat after the January 5 Pantukan landslide. About 3 AM that day, when most of the residents were sleeping, landslide took place burying about 50 bunkhouses and killing…
BODY BAG. A bag carrying a dead body was opened for documentation by a police officer. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)
HELP ME TROUGH. Men in the area help the habal-habal driver pass through the difficult terrain. The association of small-scale miners advised the people in Sitio Diat Uno, Barangay Napnapan, Pantukan to vacate the…