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GRIDLOCK. A landslide causes a gridlock in Davao City on October 6. (Photo by Malaya Genotiva / davaotoday.com)

Thousands in gridlock as landslide hits Davao

Post author:ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Post published:October 7, 2017
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Commuters and motorists found themselves trapped in heavy traffic this weekend as a portion of the Diversion Road was closed due to landslide. Dioni?sio Abude, head…

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40 families to be evacuated for fear of landslide

Post author:ROBBY JOY D. SALVERON
Post published:October 5, 2017
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About 40 families here are ordered on Friday, October 6 by the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council to move out from their residences where the area has been ?considered “highly dangerous zones”.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath of office for the newly-apppointed Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu prior to the start of the 15th Cabinet Meeting at the State Dining Room of Malacañan Palace on May 7, 2017. Also in the photo is Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence Go. (Richard Madelo/Presidential Photo)

DENR’s Cimatu the right man ‘for polluters’, says group

Post author:MART D. SAMBALUD
Post published:October 5, 2017
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The speedy confirmation of Roy Cimatu as the secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) only confirms that he is “the right man for big business plunderers and polluters,” an environmental group said.