Rains trigger mudslide in Muntinlupa lot

MANILA, Philippines—A strong downpour on Sunday afternoon triggered a mudslide at a government housing lot inside the New Bilibid Prisons compound in Muntinlupa City but authorities on Monday morning reported no casualties

In a phone interview, city information officer Omar Acosta said the landslide occurred around 6 p.m. Sunday at the National Housing Authority Base 4.

“There were no houses in the area contrary to initial reports,” he told the INQUIRER.

Acosta described the area as a hilly expanse of land, where the national penitentiary is situated. Portions of the land have been designated as housing locations for the government’s low-cost shelter program.