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Read more about the article 12 dead as monsoon rains trigger landslides, flood across Mindanao
FLOOD RESPONSE. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) personnel assist residents transporting belongings across floodwaters from southwest monsoon rains enhanced by Tropical Storm Inday. Response teams continue evacuation and rescue operations in affected areas. (PDRRMO Photo/Maguindanao del Norte)

12 dead as monsoon rains trigger landslides, flood across Mindanao

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Just barely recovering a month after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sarangani province in Mindanao, the death toll from a landslide that hit Sitio Pandao, Barangay Poblacion,…

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Read more about the article Masara rescue ends, 32 survivors, 92 dead and 36 missing
Philippine Army rescuers and government responders during a search and rescue operation in Barangay Masara, Davao de Oro, on February 10, 2024. (Photo by Philippine Army)

Masara rescue ends, 32 survivors, 92 dead and 36 missing

The rescue operation for survivors of the Masara landslide was ended on Tuesday, February 13, one week after the incident.

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Read more about the article 110 missing, 31 rescued from Masara landslide
The landslide in Brgy. Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro province, as seen during an aerial inspection on February 7, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Presidential Communications Office)

110 missing, 31 rescued from Masara landslide

One hundred ten people remain missing, seven dead and 31 injured after a landslide swept a mining area in Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro Tuesday evening February 6.

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Read more about the article Family of 7 perish in Diwalwal landslide
Search, rescue, and retrieval operations for the landslide victims in Brgy. Mt. Diwata. (Photo from Municipality of Monkayo's Facebook page)

Family of 7 perish in Diwalwal landslide

A family of seven was among those killed in a landslide in the mining village of Barangay Mount Diwata (known as Diwalwal) in Monkayo municipality in Davao de Oro Thursday as heavy rain and winds hit Davao Region since January 16.

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Read more about the article Lowly miners leave tunnels to camp out vs. US mining firm
UP IN ARMS. Small-scale miners and peasants in Pantukan town unite against the destructive large-scale mining operations by US and Canada-owned Russel Mines. They scored the Aquino government for ignoring their interests and welfare in favor of big and foreign mining companies. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Lowly miners leave tunnels to camp out vs. US mining firm

Small-scale miners and peasants in this town have been up in arms against the no-habitation policy, saying it displaced and deprived them of their livelihood.  They reckoned, the move is in favor of big and foreign mining capitalists.      

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