�Egay� kill 10, affects thousands in Cordillera
Ten died, six were injured, and six are still missing when Typhoon Egay battered Northern Luzon on July 26 to 27. Reports from various sources also stated close to 50,000 households representing close to 190,000 individuals in the Cordillera were affected by the typhoon that caused flooding and landslides in the region. Benguet recorded six deaths and four injured.
Banaue-Bontoc Road sa Ifugao, hindi madaanan dahil sa landslide
Hindi madaanan ang isang bahagi ng Banaue-Bontoc Road nitong Lunes, Enero 16, matapos gumuho ang lupa dahil umano sa patuloy na pag-ulan sa Banaue, Ifugao. Sa video na ibinahagi ng Ifugao Police Provincial Office-Police Community Affairs and Development Unit (PCAD Unit), kuha ang aktuwal na pagkatibag ng lupa sa bahagi ng bundok sa Sumigar Section, Banaue.
15 bahay, barangay hall sa Bakun, Benguet apektado ng landslide
Nasa 17 pamilya ang nawalan ng bahay sa pagguho ng lupa sa Barangay Poblacion sa bayan ng Bakun, Benguet bunsod ng masamang panahong dala ng Bagyong Maring. Tinatayang nasa 15 bahay ang nadamay sa pagguho, na nagdulot din ng pinsala sa bahagi ng barangay hall. Kasalukuyang nakikitira sa bahay ng mga kaanak at kapitbahay ang mga apektadong pamilya. Mayroon ding mga gaya ng pamilya Aguyos na nakikituloy muna sa dapat sana'y isolation area para sa mga pasyenteng may COVID-19. Sa ngayon, may 3 COVID-19 cases sa Barangay Poblacion na pina-isolate muna sa ibang barangay. "Noong gabi ng Lunes, maaga kami nakatulog kasi walang ilaw... Naramdaman ko nahulog ako sa kama, umiiyak anak ko, naipit paa. Umiyak ako [at] tinulungan ko siya," kuwento ni Flordeliza Aguyos. Aabot sa 100 square meters ang nabawas sa orihinal na 300 square meters na gusali ng Barangay Poblacion malapit sa mga bahay.
3 kids die as landslide buries home in Benguet town
Three children were killed Monday evening after a landslide buried their home in La Trinidad town, Benguet province at the height of Severe Tropical Storm �Maring� (Kompasu), authorities said. Rescue personnel said the victims were siblings 2-, 6-, and 8-year-old residents of Barangay Ambiong
2 workers die in Banaue landslide
BANAUE, Ifugao � Two workers died when a landslide buried their house Monday morning, March 22 at Sitio Talop, Kinakin, Banaue, Ifugao. The remains of two workers were retrieved from what was once a house which was decimated by a landslide that happened Monday morning, March 22 in Banaue, Ifugao. (Zaldy Comanda) Maj. Michael Dangilan, chief of police of the municipality, said the victims, Emiliano H. Lupais and Ernesto Cirais, were sleeping when the landslide occurred at Sitio Talop, Kinakin, Banaue, Ifugao. The incident was reported to the Banaue Municipal Police Station at about at 1:45 a.m. Residents immediately conducted a search-and-rescue operation. They retrieved the bodies of the victims at 2:15 a.m. �Panay ang ulan dito noong mga nakaraang araw kaya maaring bumigay �yong lupa at alam naman natin ang Banaue ay isang landslide prone area,� Dangilan said.
5 dead in Banaue slide, 6 missing; roads closed
BANAUE, Ifugao -- Five persons were confirmed dead due to Typhoon Ulysses Thursday in Cordillera as the regional Dept. of Public Works and Highways reported five roads in three provinces were closed to traffic as of press time even as crewmen were working to clear and open these to traffic. In Banaue, five persons were found dead while six were missing when landslide hit and wiped out a concrete bunkhouse in Sumigar, Viewpoint in the tourist town on Thursday, Nov. 12. Among those missing were two engineers of the Ifugao 2nd District Engineering Office and their crew One survivor was in stable condition. Among those missing were two engineers of the Ifugao 2nd District Engineering Office � John Limmo and Julius Gulayan � and their maintenance crew. The others were either residents or passersby who sought shelter inside the concrete bunkhouse hit by the landslide. Albert Mogol, Office of Civil Defense Cordillera regional director, said on Friday, Nov. 13, the Dept. of Public Works and Highways was conducting clearing operation of a minor landslide in Sitio Nabito, Barangay Viewpoint in Banaue when it started to rain. They sought shelter in the concrete bunkhouse of a contractor in the area. Six other people also took refuge in the bunkhouse to wait out the rain. Mogol said at about 5 p.m. Thursday, a bigger landslide occurred and wiped out the bunkhouse. The survivor said six others were missing. The bodies were retrieved Friday by rescuers composed of town police, 54thInfantry Battalion personnel and local folks. Other reports said 12 persons were in the bunkhouse it got hit by landslide. They included a father and his child, six workers of the DPWH, three others and a driver of a heavy equipment firm. The names of other casualties were not known at press time except for one named Jose Piog, 71 of Barangay Bocos. According to his relative, he also sought shelter in the house. Rescuers were still
5 dead as landslide sends house crashing into Banaue ravine
Five person were killed, while six others were missing, after a two-storey house built on the shoulder of the road in SItio Nabitu, Viewpoint in Banaue, Ifugao collapsed into a ravine on Thursday, November 12. Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PRO-Cordillera) Director Brig. Gen. R�win Pagkalinawan said a landslide apparently hit the house, sending it crashing into the 100-meter ravine Thursday night. He said rescuers and volunteers were able to retrieve five bodies Friday morning. Pagkalinawan said the Banaue Municipal Police Station identified the bodies they recovered as Joel Chur-ig, a driver of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); Lance Bruce Guinyang, 3; Dante Boqueng, Johnny Cabigat Duccog, and Jose P. Piog, 71. Pagkalinawan said James Harold Guinyang, who was the first to be rescued after the incident, suffered injuries, and was brought to the Good News Clinic and Hospital for treatment. Guinyang said there were about 12 persons inside the house owned by a Bresler Tucdaan when the incident happened at around 11:30 p.m. He added that he was having coffee with 11 others when the landslide occurred. He named those who were with him when tragedy struck as Lance Bruce Guinyang, Jacob Guinyang, Johnny Duccog, Joshua Culhi, John Pigoh, Jose Piog, Laber Piog, a certain Dante, two or three engineers from the DPWH and an unidentified woman. Pagkalinawan said rescuers were still conducting search and retrieval operations to find the other missing persons.
Apayao Board Member, cop die in landslide
KABUGAO, Apayao � A provincial boardmember and a personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) died after they were hit by a landslide triggered by the continuous rains at barangay Dibagat, here, Thursday evening. Police authorities identified the victims as Board Member Tolentino Mangalao and Cpl. Rommel Gumidam, both residents of Dibagat, Kabugao, Apayao. Initial police investigation showed that because of the series of landslides leading to their respective homes as a result of the continuous rains that prevailed in the province over the past several days, the victims opted to take a temporary shelter inside a house in the place of incident.
Itogon remembers TD 'Ompong'
The mining community here commemorated the massive landslide that killed around a hundred people during the onslaught of typhoon "Ompong" (Mangkhut) on September 15, 2018 with a simple program and a traditional ritual to "silence" the spirits. "We are conducting the ritual in observance of our cultural heritage in the Cordillera," Mayor Victor Palangdan told attendees here on Sunday. "This is in respect to those who went before us and for the souls who still hunt the place and the lives of their relatives. Through this we ask for peace and tranquility of our souls and mind that we may live peacefully," Palangdan said. The local government of Itogon organized t
1 dead, 1 hurt after landslide in Benguet
A senior citizen was killed and her 10-year-old grandchild was hurt after a landslide in Buguias, Benguet on Sunday, according to a report of Mark Makalalad on Dobol B sa News TV on Monday. Benguet Provincial Police Office head Police Colonel Lyndon Mencio identified the victim as Gloria Rolando Langawan, 72. Heavy rains on Sunday night softened the soil leading to the landslide in Barangay Bangao around 11 p.m, Mencio said. The child was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Clearing operation in the landslide-stricken area is ongoing as of posting time. �Joviland Rita/KG, GMA News
Lacwasan bares support to Natonin landslide incident
Gov. Bonifacio C. Lacwasan, Jr. underscored that the provincial government was at the forefront in the conduct of search, rescue and retrieval operations on the tragic landslide incident that buried a 4-storey building of the Department of Public works and Highways (DPWH) at Banaue, Natonin during the height of Tropical Cyclone Rosita. Lacwasan, who presided over the emergency meeting of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) a day prior to the weather disturbance, said that had it not for the timely issuance of the advisory that classes and work will be suspended on October 30 and 31, 2018, there would have been more lives lost because employees would have re
Natonin landslide: 18 bodies recovered, 10 still missing � mayor
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 5) � Authorities reported that 18 bodies have been retrieved from Natonin, Mountain Province where a landslide hit a Department of Public Works and Highways building in Barangay Banawel last week. Natonin Mayor Mateo Chiyawan confirmed another body was retrieved during rescue operations, bringing the total number to 18. Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Cordillera Regional Director Ruben Carandang said retrieval operations will continue until Friday, upon the agency's recommendation. Mayor Chiyawan initially instructed operations to end on Monday. "Based on my assessment and the support that [is] coming from Region 2 particularly, we extended it until Friday so that we will be able to use the different groups that are coming in here and with their other special equipment being used [for] retrieval," Carandang said. The search, rescue and retrieval operations now go as far as Sifu River in the neighboring town, Paracelis.
Natonin hit by worst landslide in decades
NATONIN, Mountain Province Government and private rescuers and volunteers are still searching for more than 20 missing persons buried alive when a huge mountain slide that totally destroyed four structures of the Department of Public Works and Highways at Barangay Banawel during Typhoon Rosita at around 4 pm of Oct. 30
83 dead, 45 missing in Ompong�s wrath
Typhoon brief Ompong's unwelcome stay brought about huge damage in the agricultural sector reaching to P4.1 billion, 83 individuals dead, 45 missing, and 75 injured as of 6 p.m. of Sept. 21. In update released by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, of the 83 deaths, bulk is in Benguet with 64 deaths (59 in Itogon, one in Tuba, one in Kabayan, and three in La Trinidad); Baguio City with 12; Kalinga with one; and Mountain Province with six.
Benguet landslides kill 3
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet � A married couple and a bill collector were killed while four others were injured following separate landslide incidents brought by heavy rains in Kibungan and Buguias in Benguet, according to a belated report from Benguet Provincial Police Office. The Kibungan Municipal Police Station identified the couple as Florentino Ligaten and his wife Cristina, of Tagpaya, Madaymen, Kibungan, Benguet who died after their house was buried following a landslide at 6 a.m. Saturday. Clifford Ligaten, the couple�s son, was rescued by neighbors and was rushed to Atok District Hospital. He is now in stable condition. The other fatality in Buguias was identified as Christian Asiong Babsa-ay, a 27-year-old telecom bill collector, and resident of Purok 3 Irisan, Baguio City. According to reports, Babsa-ay was travelling to Baguio on board his motorcycle when he was hit and thrown off the highway by a huge mudslide that came down from the mountain along Halsema Highway, Km 73, Amgalueygey, Buguias, Benguet at 5 p.m. Saturday. Babsa-ay died from severe head injuries while being brought to Louis Hora Regional Memorial Hospital in Abatan, Bauko, Mt. Province. The mudslide also Sanidad Bacquian Alawas, a 57-year-old storekeeper, Erkin Galino Onio, 31, a resident of Payeo, Besao, Mountain Province, and Winnie Joy Lad-Ey Onio, 29, social worker, and resident of Pusel, Amgaleyguey, Bugiuas, Benguet. The three were rushed to the Northern Benguet District Hospital, Bekes, Buyacaon, Buguias, Benguet.
Monsoon leaves 3 dead in Cordillera
Incessant rains brought about by Typhoon Karding and southwest monsoon rains battered Cordillera for almost two weeks and left three persons dead, one missing, and caused millions worth of damage on infrastructure and agriculture products
Rains pound Cordillera: 2 killed, 46 flee homes
Two individuals perished and two others were injured as non-stop rains battered Northern Luzon forcing 46 other individuals in the Cordillera to flee their homes during the height of the weather disturbances last week. collated reported from the Office of the Civil Defense-Cordillera stated the bodies of the two casualties identified as Patrick Lachica, 23, and Hannah Aragon, 22, were retrieved by rescuers after they were buried alive by a mudslide at a construction site at Sandico
2 buried by landslide in Apayao
CALANASAN, Apayao � A 27-yeard old mother and her 15-year old son died after their house was buried by a huge landslide triggered by continuous heavy rains at Salagunting, Eva, here, Saturday. Police authorities identified the fatalities as Mecel Domingo, 27, married; and her 15-year old son MJ Domingo, both residents of Salagunting, Eva, Calanasan, Apayao. Combined rescuers and police operatives responded to an information that the residence of the victims were buried by a landslide that was triggered by the continuous heavy rains in the area.
2 more bodies retrieved from Benguet landslides
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet�The remains of two miners were recovered by a team of volunteers digging through mud and rocks in a landslide-hit area in Mankayan, Benguet province, on Monday, police said. The bodies of Rocky Mangrubang, 19, a native of Aurora province, and Ronald Paul Angel, 19, a resident of Mankayan, were recovered at 10 a.m. in Barangay Taneg, said Insp. Joyce Ann Dayag, information officer of the Benguet police office. She said volunteers composed of miners, residents, soldiers and policemen were still looking for six people out of 16 miners and their family members who took shelter in a mining camp in Sitio Elizabeth. The camp was buried by a landslide triggered by heavy rain dumped by Typhoon �Ineng� on Aug. 22. Benguet Gov. Nestor Fongwan said the landslide hit a nearby mountain slope, and not the slope where the camp had been put up. �The loose rocks and mud fell toward the slopes of the camp. It was so sudden. The eroded area was heavily vegetated so our experts tell us it was triggered by oversaturation from the rains,�� Fongwan said during a meeting last week of the Benguet Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The bodies recovered on Monday raised to 19 the typhoon�s death toll in Benguet, 15 of whom died in Mankayan town. Landslides also killed two persons in Bakun town and a person each in Atok and Buguias towns.
Storm leaves 9 dead; 531 families roofless
Typhoon Ineng has left the Cordillera with nine persons dead and 531 families evacuated from their homes due to landslides, mostly in Benguet and swelling rivers in other parts of the region. Benguet Provincial Police Office reported on Aug. 22, the bodies of Nole Lubante Jr. and his partner Nova Mae Tuazon were re- covered at Sitio Cotcot, Bulalacao, Mankayan. The victims' house was destroyed by a landslide
Mine site collapses due to slide; bodies of two miners retrieved
Two miners did not make it out alive when the tunnel they were working in collapsed after a huge landslide occured at Antamok, Ucab, Itogon, Benguet, trapping them inside. The casualties were identified as Eddie Latigo, 50 years old, married, and Jonas Isang, 24, a native of Cabiten,Mankayan, Benguet. Both are residents of Tram, Ucab
Three killed in landslides; rains drench city, Benguet
Monsoon rains triggered two landslides in Benguet last week killing three people and injured several others, as inclement weather continues to prevail over the Cordillera for two weeks. The first landslide occurred at 4 p.m. of July 12 in a small-scale mining site in Ampucao, Itogon resulting to the death of a miner and serious injury to another
Landslide hurts travel, commerce in Mt. Province
Economic activities and travel to the capital town of Bontoc in Mountain Province and its environs are affected by a huge mountainside along the stretch of the Halsema Highway in Barangay Gonogon, Sabangan town. The mountain slide which is more than 100 meters in height damaged 80 to 90 meter of the high- way during incessant rains last Aug. 7
One dead, 3 hurt in landslide in Banue
A landslide buried a residential house at Sitio Patilong, Barangay Viewpoint here, killing one person and injuring three others last Wednesday afternoon. Mayor Jerry Dalipog said the landslide was triggered by the strong rain causing the slope of the mountain just above the house to erode and bury the structure
Mt. Province Village buried
BAGUIO CITY � As typhoon Pepeng pounded Northern Luzon, the whole sitio of Bulala, Kayan east, Tadian Mountain Province was buried by a landslide on Thursday, October 8, where rescuers retrieved 38 victims on Saturday, 10 remain missing, and three injured. mutya2009_1011Another residential area in nearby Bunga village of the same town was covered too by a rampaging landslide on Thursday causing the death of three family members while two survived the said landslide. Sitio Bulala was buried when a mountain above the village collapsed during strong rains at 6 P.M. that fateful day. Twelve corpse were retrieved on Thursday and Friday and another 26 on Saturday. Those retrieved on Thursday were identified as Lydia Daweg, her daughter Cyria, and four children of Cyria, Barangay Officials told Nordis directly from the area. At past noon Friday, October 9, rescuers retrieved the corpses of Betty Trinidad, Reynaldo Trinidad Sr., Kate and Baby Gao-ay, Victorino Albing, and Felix Laging. The 26 retrieved on Saturday were still unidentified, sources said. In a rescue by barangay officials and residents of Kayan East, they evacuated the rest of families in Kayan West after they made a head count from the villages. Sources said that there are 32 households in Sitio Bulala where 18 houses were totally damaged while five houses were partially damaged. Bulala villagers are engaged in rice and vegetable farming. The rescue resumed on the morning of Friday, October 9, after they suspended it midnight of Thursday due to continues rains and mud flow in Sitio Bulala. The injured residents of Sitio Bulala, which were brought to the Luis Hora General Hospital in Bauko, were identified as Ms. Ramos, Enlina and Jonjon Trinidad. Meanwhile, in the nearby village of Bunga, one family house was covered by landslides late afternoon of Thursday, October 8. Reportedly killed were Michael Galad and his children Miko and Michelle, reported Carol Bagyan, a Nordis reporter
Close to 100 buried alive in Benguet landslide
At least 45 bodies have been recovered while dozens more remain missing after a massive landslide buried dozens of houses in La Trinidad, Benguet on Thursday night while tropical depression Pepeng (international codename Parma) was pouring heavy rains over northern Luzon provinces. Rescue teams worked round-the-clock in Sitio Little Kibungan, Buguias after a landslide buried 30 houses at 10:30 p.m. Thursday night. One resident named Viviana Kidapan was rescued from the rubble Friday afternoon and brought to Baguio General Hospital. Several of Kidapan's relatives, however, were not so lucky and were killed in the landslide. A classroom in one of the schools in Buguias was used as a temp
7 killed in landslides in Benguet
Seven persons were killed in separate landslides in a town in Benguet province on Thursday due to heavy and continuous rains from tropical depression �Pepeng.� "We have confirmed 7 casualties... 5 from Sto. Ni�o, 2 sa Caponga," said Vice Mayor Armando Lauro of Tublay town in Benguet. Two brothers who were small-scale gold miners were killed in a landslide in Barangay Caponga in Tublay town in Benguet. The two were identified as 14 year-old Gilbert and his 16-year-old brother Hector Carpio.
A Familiar Disaster: In Benguet Town, the Ground Shakes and Houses Disappear
The sinking of portions of Mankayan town, in which at least five houses were destroyed, occurred despite warning signs. And many residents point to the decades-old mining in the area as the culprit in the disaster
Philippines: Typhoon Emong kills 9, injures 14 in Ifugao
Kiangan, Ifugao (8 May) -- Nine people were buried alive in two different landslides in Barangay Poblacion here while two others were also killed by a landslide in the municipality of Hingyon as strong rains hit the province in the eve of May 7 at the height of typhoon Emong. The house of Valentin Daang in Sitio Dumanayan, Barangay Poblacion was buried by landslide killing four of his children namely Ayra, 15, Marife, 13, Vency, 10 and Samuel 23. Daang and his wife Daisy, were also wounded during the incident and were rushed to the Rural Health Center here for treatment. Other members of the family, Danny and Cheche were rushed to the Ifugao General Hospital. Johny Guinid, a neighbor said due to heavy downpour and power blackout, it was very hard for them to rescue the victims. Two houses in Sito Lynda, Poblacion were also buried with mud resulting to the death of Olivia Guay,42, Mercy Guay, 10, Isco Guay Jr., 9, Rosita Tinol, 26, a teacher and her baby boy who was barely 6 days old. In the municipality of Hingyon, two unidentified victims were also buried alive. Kiangan Vice Mayor Lito Dulinayan said that the municipal government will assist the families of the victims by providing decent coffins for the dead and other government assistance. We will have a two night vigil for them here in the municipal hall since their houses were totally destroyed, he informed. (PIA-Ifugao)
�Nina� leaves three dead, 19 hurt and 14 others missing
Three persons in Baguio were killed due to landslide while 19 others in the city and nearby Benguet province were injured as typhoon Nina battered the Cordillera region on Sept. 22. Cordillera Office of Civil Defense (OCD) director Olivia Luces named the three cas�alties due to landslide in Guisad Surong in Baguio as Lolita Baroma, 76, and her son Juan Baroma, 40, while the reported casualty in Dominican Ex- tension was named as Lailani Fecha, 39
Typhoons leave 3 dead; landslide isolates village
Three persons in Baguio and Abra were killed while two areas with more than 3,000 population were isolated as continued rains triggered by typhoons Chedeng and Dodong hit the Cordilleras last week. A much updated report released by the regional Office of Civil Defense stated that the first casualty at the height of Typhoon Chedeng was Leonardo Sagudang, 35 years old from Luba, Abra, who was believed to have been swept away by the strong current of the Abra River last August 6. His body was recovered at the Riang-Abra River on Aug. 8. In Baguio, two persons died due to the rains while three houses were reported to have been partially damaged
Landslide buries jeep in Natonin, leaves 8 dead
Non-stop rains triggered a huge landslide that killed eight persons and injured 13 other passengers when tons of mud hit the victims and swept a passenger jeepney in a remote area in Natonin town in Mountain Province on Thursday night.
8 killed, 13 hurt as landslide buries jeepney in Mt. Province
Eight passengers of a jeepney were killed while 13 others were injured after a landslide, caused by heavy rains, buried the vehicle that got stalled on a highway in Natonin, Mountain Province Thursday afternoon. Vicente Tomazar, chief of the Office of Civil Defense for the Cordillera, said the victims were on board the jeepney, with license plate AYC-843, and on their way to Natonin town proper when the accident happened at sitio Manangor, Tonglayan. Tomazar said jeepney driver, Jose Beguiled Jr., parked the vehicle when they spotted boulders lying on the highway. The rocks had earlier fallen from the adjacent mountain.
3 towns isolated: 2 kids buried in Kalinga landslides
BAGUIO CITY � Landslides triggered by continuous rains brought by tropical storm "Inday" buried two children in Kalinga province Monday night. Vicente Tomazar of the Office of Civil Defense-Cordillera said the heavy rains loosened the soil at around 10 p.m. on Monday along the upper slope of the road along sitio Balani, Barangay Locig, Tabuk, Kalinga�s capital town. The landslides also isolated three Kalinga towns � Pasil, Lubuagan and Balbalan. Tomazar named the fatalities as Allen Mark Carpio, 5; and Claudine Carpio, 11. Meanwhile, those injured � Roderick Carpio, 15; their mother Aida, 39; and father Salvador, 41 � were brought to the hospital. At least 17 houses were totally dama
Landslides displace 30 families in Benguet
Huge landslides triggered by a series of typhoons have displaced about 30 families in Kibungan, Benguet, with authorities warning of a bigger catastrophe in view of cracks appearing in the mountainside atop the affected area. No one was hurt or killed but most of the villagers' houses were destroyed. some totally. Several rice- fields were also affected. Oscar Paris, officer-in-charge of the Benguet chapter of the Philippine National Red Cross, said concerned agencies led by Department of Social Welfare and Development under Juana Bannawe rushed relief goods to the area.
Landslide claims four, 5 persons still missing
A huge landslide caused by the heavy rains of typhoons Reming and Senyang in Tuyangan, Kabugao, Apayao at around 4 p.m. last Nov. 8, resulted to the death of four persons, injury of five others. Five others remain missing.
17 die, 1 seriously hurt in Kennon road mishap
Seventeen persons died while only one survived of the worst road accidents along Kennon road when rocks smashed a Toyota Hi-Ace Van at Camp 3. Tuba. Benguet killing 16 of its passengers and a bystander.
Giant slide in Mankayan
Loose soil compounded by heavy rains for the last several days resulted to a slide that wiped out a 14 hectare mountainside in Colalo, Mankayan, Benguet last Monday. Lawyer Agapito Bolislis, LCMC vice president for interview, denied earlier reports that the tailings pond of the mining company below Colalo has developed leaks with the claim that the pond is firm and stable.
BAKUN TRAGEDY
BAKUN TRAGEDY-Philippine Air Force helicopters and another from Luzon Hydroelectric Company airlift the bodies of the victims of the landslide that killed 10 workers in Bakun at the height of Typhoon Iliang as evacuated in above photo-- BCBC
Two die as Ampucao mountain collapses
ITOGON, Benguet Two persons died and two wounded when a mountain in sitio Dontog, Ampucao, this town, collapsed a day before typhoon Maring set in last week. With this incident, Rodrigo Fuentes, Director of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Cordillera Administrative region (DENR CAR), was requested by a non-government organization through a press release statement to "immediately suspend the operations of the Benguet Corporation in the area until such time that a thorough investigation is made on its mining operations.
Typhoon �Goring� leaves 41 dead, hundreds homeless
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet Forty one persons died while eight others were reported missing following the two-day wrath of killer typhoon Goring before it exited to the south China sea. More than 1,600 families were reported rendered homeless as their houses were buried under or swept down by big landslides, 68 of them at the Loo Valley in Buguias. Benguet.
7 children die in landslide
BANAUE, Ifugao - At least seven children were killed and two others injured when the house they were renting was swept down by a landslide last September 29. The incident occurred in Ilogue, Poblacion during an intermittent rain.
Typhoon death toll now 34; 364 families are evacuated
The death toll in the wake of typhoon "Gading" in Baguio and Bengaet rose to 34 as of yesterday afternoon with eight reported casualties in the city and 26 in the province. The victims were either buried by landslides or swept by rampaging flood waters. The fatalities in Baguio were identified as Reynaldo Rosaldo, 13; Ronaldo Rosaldo, 10; Flaviana Santos, 70; Lourdes Panela, 40; Melanie Panela, 5; Winford Arellano, 7; Dominic Arellano, 5; and Rebecca Puntawe, 16. Identities of the victims in Benguet were given as Adriano Teofilo, 20; wife Peregrina Teofilo, 24; children Jerry, 5; Germay 3; and Vivian, ten months old; Rosenia Oyaden, 20; Jennylyn Oyaden, 14; Tickson Oyaden, 3; Tanson
Mayor raps city eng�r, contractor on fatal landslide
BAGUIO CITY - Mayor Ernesto H. Bueno last week charged that personnel from the city engineer's office and the contractors concerned should have noticed the danger signs preceding the collapse of a newly built rip rap stonewall on Bonifacio street which killed three people the other week.
Three kids die in cave-in.
TOGON, Benguet - They did not know it, but last Thursday was the last day of school and life - for three sixth-grade students of the Pacalso Elementary school in Bua, Itogon, Benguet. Divina Ponce 13, June Andres 15 and Laconsay Ba- lanang, age unknown, were buried alive in a cave-in where they were reportedly digging for lime stone reportedly at the direction of a school teacher.
Landslide Victims
LANDSLIDE VICTIMS - They came in droves, lugging their shovels and picks, not to take part in another gold rush, but to help recover the bodies of seven people buried alive in a landslide brought on by typhoon "Aring". The last of the seven bodies was recovered only after four days of intensive digging by the townsfolk. The landslide victims of Teng-ab, Bontoc, Mt. Province added to the big damages inflicted by the typhoon in Region 1 and neighboring provinces. At press time, several roads remained unusable, rendering the whole provinces isolated. Photo by Lee Afidchao.
Typhoon leaves two dead, millions in damages
BAGUIO CITY - Typhoon Miding claimed two persons and damaged property, crops and infrastructure projects worth millions of pesos after battering the city, Benguet and nearby provinces for two days. The two victims, Mila de Castro and her younger sister, Renee Wee, were buried alive together with Mila's husband, Philip de Castro, when their house was crushed by a landslide along Military Cut-off Wednesday night.
Typhoon leaves three dead
BAGUIO CITY - Typhoon Openg unleashed its fury on the city and Benguet Thursday night leaving three persons dead, one injured and hundreds of thousands of pesos in damages to property and crops. The fatalities died in landslides at San Vicente below the Benguet General Hospital and at Bineng, La Trinidad.
Five dead; big losses reported in Mankayan
MANKAYAN, Benguet - Five lives were lost in landslides and a total of P2,336,760 in property was destroyed here at the height of typhoons Huaning and Isang according a report of mayor Agosto Santos to the provincial disaster council.
Benguet typhoon death count up to 17; property losses heavy
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - Landslides triggered by typhoon Didang claimed 17 lives in three municipalities in Benguet. This was confirmed last week by the Benguet Disaster Control Center headed by governor Ben Palispis and Col. Carlos F Malana, provincial PC commander, Baguio City police station command. er and concurrent In- tegrated National Police superintendent.
Landslides Bury Houses in Various City Sectors
Fifteen persons were confirmed dead while 31 were injured in separate landslides that hit the city last Friday and yesterday morning. Out of the fatalities, 12 are victims of a big landslide at Aurora Hill where 50 persons are believed still under a mass of soil and wrecked houses. One fatality was reported at a landslide at the Hilltop Market pros near the Hangar Building and two more persons were killed in another slide at the entrance of P. Burgos street.
Storm Approaching; Rosing Leaves 3 Dead
Typhoon "Sisang" was reported yesterday to be barreling its way toward northern Luzon, including the mountain province and the city of Baguio. The Weather Bureau has requested all to take necessary precaution. A young couple with their four-year-old child perished Wednesday when a landslide caused by Typhoon "Rosing" covered their quarters at Hydro No. 1, Baguio City.
�Trining� Leaves 48 Dead, Heavy Property Damages In City, Province
Typhoon "Trining" with 275 miles-per-hour center winds compounded by continuous heavy rains for more than 24 hours battered Baguio City and the mountain provinces Tuesday leaving 42 persons dead and six others missing and property and public works damages amounting to millions of pesos.
Rains Cause Heavy Damage; Landslides Block Various Roads
Continuous rains capped by Typhoon "Rosing" which cut through the neighboring province of Isabela Monday caused damage to public works projects, crops and property amounting to millions of pesos.