The city government is mulling to acquire an equipment that provides immediate relief to affected residents, including cooking equipment.
Local disaster units in the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley provinces are closely monitoring the intermittent rains brought upon by the low pressure area.
Continuous heavy rains hit Davao city starting at around middle of the afternoon on Monday, caused water levels of the river to rise at two populated barangays of the city’s first district, Matina Crossing and Matina Pangi.
Jesuit priest Fr. Joel Tabora called the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 treasonous and said that it is time for the government to replace the mining policy.
Environmental Secretary Regina Lopez announced that the DENR has suspended on Thursday, August 4 the Claver Mineral Development Corporation in Claver, Surigao del Norte.
The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council is prepared to respond to disasters, including the threat from the incoming La Niña wet season disasters.
It goes with the name Oplan Andam (Advocacy on Natural Disaster Awareness and Management), this is Davao del Norte’s community-based disaster awareness campaign which aims to build a calamity and disaster resilient communities.
The provincial government is set to declare Davao del Norte under a state of calamity due to the havoc caused by the intense dry spell.
An Army official reported on Monday, March 28 that the large portion of the fire in the country’s highest peak is located within the side of North Cotabato.
A non-government organization said they received reports that at least 40 people were killed during the mining tragedy in Barangay Mt. Diwata, Monkayo town Compostela Valley on Sunday, February 28.