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DAVAO CITY—Eight persons killed and 17 others were injured in two
landslides that hit a remote village of Maco, Compostela
Valley, over the weekend.
Ten
others were reported missing.
The
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said five residents were
killed in the first landslide that happened late
afternoon on Saturday in Masara Poblacion, Maco, while
three more were killed in the second landslide at dawn
on Sunday in the same area.
Reports
said that the first landslide happened at about 4:45
p.m. following a downpour in the area.
Killed
in the first landslide were Esteban Mahilit, 59; Maria
Christine Labor, 4, and her sister Maria Teresa, 1,
their mother, Rosemarie Labor, 28 and Harold Sanchez.
Injured
were Pagay Pablo, 9; Eduardo Lazaro, 65; Estrella
Magnanao, 52; Eugene Peraliz, 17; Ynaya Sotero, 37;
Edwin Romeo, 36; Jeremie Aboul, 28; and an unidentified
male patient. They were rushed to the Davao Regional
Hospital in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.
The
second landslide happened nearby at about 3 a.m. Sunday.
The OCD said the second incident killed three persons
and injured nine others.
Ten
persons, including the barangay captain, who earlier led
a search- and-rescue operation for the victims of the
first landslide, are still missing.
The OCD
said more than 70 families were evacuated to the Masara
Elementary School and the barangay hall.
The
search-and-rescue operations are being done by the
residents, Army troops, Apex Mining rescue group and the
Compostela Valley Provincial Disaster Coordinating
Council (PDCC) Response Team.
After
the OCD and the Davao Regional Disaster Coordinating
Council asked the Air Force to provide air transport,
the 503rd Rescue Squadron sent helicopters early Sunday
to ferry injured victims to the nearest hospital.
Medical
and relief teams from PDCC were also sent to the area
and an incident command system was established.
The OCD
has already requested 100 sacks of rice from NDCC. |
