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LIFE GOES ON. Despite the destruction, a tent resident sells basic commodities such as coffee and milk to warm early mornings. Survivors of the magnitude 7.8 quake in Glan, Sarangani have been taking refuge in temporary shelters set up by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Barangay Poblacion. (Photo by Lucelle Bonzo)davaotoday.com

‘We’d rather stay here’: Glan quake survivors in shelters amid safety fears 

GLAN, Sarangani — Twenty one days after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck this tourism town in southern Philippines, government-issued tents line the public square as affected families grapple with the…

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Karen Tidalgo, 23, dresses her one-month-old daughter at an evacuation center in Matina, Davao City. Her family evacuated from their home in Matina Gravahan on the night of December 22, 2017 when a nearby river bursted its banks, affecting thousands of households. (Kenneth Senarillos / davaotoday.com)

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Karen Tidalgo, 23, dresses her one-month-old daughter at an evacuation center in Matina, Davao City. Her family evacuated from their home in Matina Gravahan on the night of December 22, 2017 when a nearby river bursted its banks, affecting thousands of households.

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Some of the 500 Agusanon Manobos staying in Bankerohan Gym, Davao City

Agusanon Manobo evacuees now in Davao City

“Unsaon namo pag-uli nga naa pa may gyera didto sa amoa?(How are we going home when there’s still a war going on there?)” said Jocely Andaliki “At least diri, safety among paminaw, di pareha didto sa amoa nga giabog mi mismo sa among gobernor, (Here, we feel safe, not like there where our governor drove us out).”

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