Naga City landslide survivors welcome 2019 with high hopes

Rosalie Abatayo 01/01/2019

CEBU CITY – The September 20 landslide in Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan in Naga City that claimed 78 lives was perhaps the biggest challenge faced by Jimmy and Shirley Tapao in their 40 years of marriage. Shirley…

CHR to take custody of Malubog shooting survivors

Morexette Erram 10/06/2018

  The Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) will take custody of the two survivors of the shooting incident in Barangay Malubog, Cebu City last Thursday. CHR – 7 chief investigator Leo Villarino told Cebu…

Trapped quake survivors rescued after days in rubble

Asia News Network, Inquirer.net, Jakarta Post 10/02/2018

Jakarta — A woman in Sigi regency, Central Sulawesi, has been rescued after being trapped for more than 48-hours in the ruins of her house, which crumbled when a 7.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the province last Friday.…

Quake survivors deal with hunger, thirst

10/01/2018

PALU — In the wake of mass destruction caused by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami, survivors in Palu and Donggala in Central Sulawesi have been scrambling to salvage food supplies and other items, as aid…

RAFI calls for help for landslide survivors

PR 09/27/2018

THE Humanitarian Disaster Preparedness and Response program and the Surge Team of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) went to Naga City in southern Cebu two days after the September 20 massive landslide to evaluate the situation…

Donations, continue to arrive for survivors

09/24/2018

DONATIONS continue to pour into the City of Naga, five days after a killer landslide buried an entire community, killing 55 residents as of 8pm on Monday. Food packs, water, and clothing make up the bulk of…

Health issues add woes to Naga slide survivors

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/24/2018

Aside from the pain of having lost their homes and loved ones, landslide survivors massed in various evacuation centers in Naga City, south Cebu, also need to deal with various health problems. Diarrhea, cough, colds and fever…

NO GIVING UP: 46 bodies recovered, 47 still missing

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/24/2018

The chances may be low but the incident management team of the Sitio Sindulan landslide is not losing hope in finding lives under the rubble. Baltazar Tribunalo Jr., the incident post ground commander and chief of the…

No survivors found, death toll rises to 29 Rains continue to hamper rescue operations

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/21/2018

  Over thirty-six hours of search, rescue and recovery operations in the landslide area in Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan in Naga City have already yielded 29 dead bodies, saved 8 persons and left 41 individuals unaccounted. On…

Survivor’s tale: A birthday gift of life

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/21/2018

Lucia Rollon was supposed to have a simple birthday celebration with her family on Thursday. But things didn’t turn out well as expected. “Mao na lang ang akong namat-an ang kasikas ug pagdinaganay sa mga tawo. (I…

Rescuers dig for survivors as anger mounts over Italy bridge collapse

AFP 08/17/2018

Rescuers used diggers to claw through mountains of rubble, calling out in the hope of finding survivors as a desperate search for victims of the viaduct collapse entered its fourth day Friday with up to 20 people…

Rescuers search for survivors after deadly Italy bridge collapse

AFP 08/15/2018

Genoa, Italy — Italian rescuers have searched through the night for any survivors under the shattered remains of a motorway bridge in Genoa as investigators determine what could have caused such a catastrophic collapse. Some 30 people…

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