Residents of Malungon, Sarangani Province evacuated on June 1, 2012 at around 12:00 noon after an encounter between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the composite team of the 57th, 58th and 73rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army. The conflict first occurred in the mountainous areas of Brgy. Banate, but quickly spread to...
Category: Disaster Alerts
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Fire leaves 1,520 families homeless in Isla Puting Bato
A fire hits a densely populated urban poor community in Isla Puting Bato, Brgy. 20, Tondo, Manila, last May 11, 2012 that lasted for two hours from 4:00 in the afternoon until 6:00 in the evening. The fire left around one thousand two hundred ninety four (1,520) or five thousand four hundred thirty six (5,536)...
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Lumad and peasant communities in Agusan and Surigao del Norte displaced
In 2011, Caraga region has suffered from heightened militarization, continuing and ever increasing in intensity since February this year. Combat operations are accompanied by bombings and aerial strikes targeting mountain areas where lumad communities live. The Lumad-Mamanwa communites in Zapanta Valley, Brgy. Bangayan, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte and Ferlda, Alegria, Surigao del Norte, Lusong, Brgy....
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Heavy rainfall in SOCSKSARGEN causes flooding and landslides
The heavy rainfall that started last February 12 has resulted to the evacuation of 675 families in General Santos City and 87 families in Alabel. It also affected 275 families in Alabel and 758 families in Malapatan and Glan in Sarangani Province. Many houses and highways in some portions of Sarangani and General Santos communities...