Environment

Searching

Searching

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Jan 16, 2012

    SEARCHING. Small-scale miners try to remove debris and mound of soil that swallowed 50 bunkhouses, hoping to retrieve…

Waiting

Waiting

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Jan 16, 2012

WAITING. Small-scale miners wait for the advice to continue the retrieval operation. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)

More Bodies

More Bodies

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Jan 16, 2012

MORE BODIES. In the morning of January 7, three dead bodies were found, right before the retrieval operation was stopped…

Volunteer

Volunteer

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Jan 16, 2012

VOLUNTEER. A member of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) rests and takes fresh air at a higher and safer…

Aftermath

Aftermath

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Jan 16, 2012

AFTERMATH. Sitio Diat after the January 5 Pantukan landslide. About 3 AM that day, when most of the residents were…

Body Bag

Body Bag

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Jan 16, 2012

BODY BAG.  A bag carrying a dead body was opened for documentation by a police officer.  (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)

Help Me Through

Help Me Through

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Jan 16, 2012

HELP ME TROUGH.  Men in the area help the habal-habal driver pass through the difficult terrain.   The association of small-scale miners advised the people…

Recovered

Recovered

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Jan 16, 2012

  RECOVERED.  Three dead bodies — recovered from the landslide area in Barangay Napnapan, Pantukan, Compostela Valley– are loaded in a…