(Last of Two Parts)
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“We ran towards the mountains,” said Jocelyn Bocaron, who carried their four children including their youngest a one-year old infant to their safety amidst the wind. “The young coconut trees were not affected by the wind. We hid there until the strong winds subsided,” she said.
(First of Two Parts)
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“We have no food because there are no jobs here (because of Pablo). The government has only given three kilos, what saved us is our stored NFA rice. On our own we look for food,” Lorna Dolosa, a resident said.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
In a statement emailed on Wednesday and dated December 5, Ka Oris, spokesperson of NDFP-Mindanao said the ceasefire order given to the New People’s Army in the typhoon-hit areas is meant to “pave the way for a safe, unhampered and speedy rescue of victims, and to conduct a speedy and unhampered relief operations in the affected communities.”
By CHARISSE LISONDRA & MARIETA BASTE-HERNANI/Correspondents
Davao Today
Bernadita Guay said her husband now has almost lost the will to start back to square one. “Nadiscourage na gyud akong bana kung mag-uma pa ba kuno siya o dili na (My husband is at a loss whether he would go back to farming or not),” Guay said. Right now, she said, they are thinking of scraping gold dust from the riverside just to find money.
By AIDA TIZON/Correspondent
Davao Today
Julieta Nalam, a resident of sitio Haylo Highlander, said “Wala gyud mi naabtan og hinabang. Nag-linya mi dinhi sukad pa gahapon pero wala mi kadawat (No help has come our way. We’ve been waiting here since yesterday but we received nothing).”
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“It cannot be avoided. When the wind was blowing hard, we have to vacate and secure ourselves several times, running over the slabs and felled structures,” said Inday Ledesma, a resident of Purok Maglupay, Poblacion village.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“When flashfloods hit Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon, it usually overflows Pulangi River,” Gov. Taliño-Mendoza said, adding that the towns are amongst the low-lying areas of the province.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
The delegates also displayed at the front gate of the DENR effigies representing the dead bodies of the victims of Tampakan massacre and black crosses bearing the names of leaders and environment defenders who were killed since the former Arroyo administration to present.
By ALFRED S. DEPALA/Correspondent
Davao Today
“We need assistance for the reconstruction of houses. We also need sacks of rice, clothes and medicines. As of today, we only mustered 300 sacks of rice which we divided in the 11 villages. We were only able to distribute foods good for one day. We’re still awaiting help from the provincial government,” Sta. Josefa Vice Mayor Simon Caguiat said.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“This typhoon would not have been this tragic if not for the logging and foreign mining companies ravaging our mineral resources,” Sr. Stella Matutina, convener of Manilakbayan said.
