Sandwiches and volcanoes
By Queena N. Lee-ChuaMy student, Shela Bacuño, who teaches science to sixth graders at Uno High School, uses hands-on activities to help her students learn geology.
My student, Shela Bacuño, who teaches science to sixth graders at Uno High School, uses hands-on activities to help her students learn geology.
A couple died Tuesday evening when rocks from a landslide fell on their house on the slope of a hill in Barangay Cantao-an, Naga City.
Another sinkhole, which might have been triggered by a strong earthquake that struck Central and Western Visayas on February, was reported in Dalaguete town, 85 kilometers south of this city.
Thursday’s landslide that struck a mining community in Pantukan, Compostela Valley and killed dozens of people was a disaster waiting to happen, said the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
Manuel “Nonoy” Gamboa was only 56 years old when he decided to retire from his job as senior executive assistant to the president of San Miguel Packaging Products.
Elizabeth Cochran was sitting in her office when her computer suddenly sounded an alarm.
DAVAO CITY—A study released by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) blamed the unregulated influx of small-scale miners in gold rush towns for high casualties in landslides that occur in these mining areas. “Although these landslides were not so extensive as compared to what happened in Ginsaugon (in Leyte) in 2006, they claim more lives [...]
A study released by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau blamed the uncontrolled influx of miners in gold rush towns for the high casualties in the landslides that occurred in these mining towns.
