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STOPS AND STARTS. The government’s distribution of food packs to flood victims in Davao City’s 15 villages has been stopped Thursday for the latter to go back to their normal lives, says Maria Luisa Bermudo (left) of the Social Service and Development Office during the January 24 I-Speak. As of January 23 5PM, she added, the city has served 14,222 families or 40,968 dependents. Her office will start conducting psycho-social interventions in the affected communities. Meanwhile, Chief of Public Safety and Command Center Magno Adalin (right) said they will set up Telemetric Monitoring System at the Davao River for a faster detection of water level to alert and prepare the people from impending floods. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Davao plans to get P8-M mobile relief equipment

The city government is mulling to acquire an equipment that provides immediate relief to affected residents, including cooking equipment.

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Read more about the article More than 300 Davao residents evacuate due to flooding
SAFE PLACE. Residents from the Arroyo Compound in Barangay Matina Pangi spend the night sharing hot cupfuls of instant noodles inside the Matina Crossing barangay hall on Monday evening, January 2. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

More than 300 Davao residents evacuate due to flooding

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.

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Read more about the article Climate change: Advocate warns of risks on using hydroflourocarbons
ENVIRONMENTALISTS. Renewable energy advocates Engr. Melvin Purzuelo, National Coordinator of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas (left) and Jessica Dator-Bercilla, Senior Advocacy and Policy Officer for Asia and the Middle East of Christian Aid (right) call for more public awareness regarding the dangers of Hydroflourocarbons, a type of greenhouse gas that was used as an alternative to Chloroflourocarbons, but causes bigger problem in the environment. Their groups held a forum at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City on Wednesday, Dec. 28. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Climate change: Advocate warns of risks on using hydroflourocarbons

A climate change advocate warned the public Wednesday of the dangers of hydroflourocarbons or HFCs over its recently discovered contribution to worsening conditions of global warming.

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Read more about the article Group says Central Mindanao vulnerable to climate change
Central Mindanao has been renamed as the SOCCSKSARGEN, which comprise the provinces of South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City. (google maps)

Group says Central Mindanao vulnerable to climate change

A climate advocate group said Wednesday that several areas in Central Mindanao are vulnerable to climate change because these areas were far away from large bodies of water.

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