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Read more about the article As TS Dante hit Davao region, 1 dead in Davao Sur; families in Davao City evacuated
FLOOD WATCH. Concerned residents monitor the water level of the Matina River along Matina Crossing in Davao CIty on Wednesday evening, May 3. Water levels reached critical level around 9 pm, resulting to assisted evacuations, but subsided around 11 pm, according to the Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

As TS Dante hit Davao region, 1 dead in Davao Sur; families in Davao City evacuated

One person died in Davao del Sur while scores of families in the city evacuated as Tropical Storm Dante continues to pour heavy rains in Davao Region as it intensifies placing some areas in Eastern Samar to Signal 2 as of Tuesday morning, June 1.

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Read more about the article Oil spill in Misamis Oriental coast near extraction
Barangay volunteers of Lower Jasaan, Jasaan town, Misamis Oriental, clean up the oil spilled when a cargo ship sank Saturday morning, April 3. (Photo by Sabas Tagarda Jr.)

Oil spill in Misamis Oriental coast near extraction

The coastal areas affected by an oil spill from a sunken cargo ship is now slowly returning to normal, a village official said on April 19.

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Read more about the article Oil spill in Jasaan town in MisOr worries fishing community
Barangay volunteers of Lower Jasaan, Jasaan town, Misamis Oriental, clean up the oil spilled when a cargo ship sank Saturday morning, April 3. (Photo by Sabas Tagarda Jr.)

Oil spill in Jasaan town in MisOr worries fishing community

An old cargo ship docked five years ago in a shipyard in Barangay Lower Jasaan town in Misamis Oriental sank early morning on April 3 which resulted to oil spill affecting the fishing community there.

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Read more about the article Davao City orgs, institutions mobilize relief drives for typhoon victims in Luzon

Davao City orgs, institutions mobilize relief drives for typhoon victims in Luzon

With nearly a millions Filipinos in Luzon affected in the aftermath of three successive typhoons (Quinta, Rolly and Ulysses), organizations and institutions in Davao City are organizing relief drives and calling out Davawenyos to help.

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