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Ragged holes spell negligence. This damaged section of the flood control dike alonng the river of Matina Gravahan collapsed in February 2024, just two months after it was completed. It stands unrepaired for 18 months now, as residents are forced to make makeshift barriers to prevent the river to overflow during heavy rains./Wendyl A. Geronimo(davaotoday.com)

Matina Gravahan residents frustrated over unrepaired dike

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Post published:September 15, 2025
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines - The dike lasted only two months. It was in February 2024, when the flood-control dike constructed along the community of Matina Gravahan partially collapsed when logs…

FLOODED STREET – Heavy rains that poured in Davao City on the evening of August 30, 2012 caused flooding in some areas including this portion of Palma Gil Street. (Davao Today Photo by Alex D. Lopez)

When a barangay becomes a river in Bankerohan

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Post published:July 15, 2025
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines -Addie Alfeche has grown accustomed to the ebb and tide of Davao River. At 73, living in the community in Bankerohan along the river banks all his…

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Shear line rains result to 9 deaths, millions of damages in Northern Mindanao

Post author:JIGGER J. JERUSALEM
Post published:December 29, 2022
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Incessant rains brought by a shear line have killed several residents and have damaged millions worth of properties, infrastructures, and agriculture in Northern Mindanao in the last four days.