By MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today TAGUM CITY – Davao Oriental and four towns in Davao del Norte have been…
By MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today TAGUM CITY — Floods have also hit towns in Davao Oriental, adding more to…
by MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today TAGUM CITY – Floods worsened in Davao del Norte Sunday even as rains have…
by MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today TAGUM CITY – Heavy rains brought by the low pressure area affecting Mindanao has…
So when foreign aid now pours into our country, we are effusively thankful for their help was badly needed. But while others fear of ulterior motive, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alfredo del Rosario seemed to validate the doubt when he called for an increased US military presence in the country.
By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today DAVA0 CITY — Fire from an office building along a commercial block in Bolton…
Farmers and activists from Socsksargen areas held a ‘Lakbayan’ or ‘People’s March’ in Digos City Sunday in commemoration of the 65th Human Rights Day as they slam a mining company for encroaching on tribal ancestral lands and indigenous peoples’ rights. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)
Like Normelinda, thousands of other families in Cateel, Boston and Baganga towns have been living in temporary shelters such as ‘bunkhouses’ built by the government or in ‘shelter tents’ donated by aid groups.
Local and international aid poured in for the victims, yet Panalipdan Southern Mindanao spokesperson Juland Suazo said 90% of survivors are still homeless despite aid from local and international donors. Government’s disaster agency reported that 161,000 families were affected in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.
A year after Typhoon Pablo struck Davao Oriental, residents in Baganga still line up for water at this well in Poblacion at 10 pesos per container. Residents said that wells in their relocation center are unsafe and smelled of rust. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
