1 miner killed, 5 others hurt in Compostela Valley landslide
By v
A miner was killed and five others were injured following a landslide that hit the mining village of Mt. Diwalwal in Monkayo, Compostela Valley, police said Saturday.
A miner was killed and five others were injured following a landslide that hit the mining village of Mt. Diwalwal in Monkayo, Compostela Valley, police said Saturday.
Hundreds of families have fled anew as flooding swamped two southern Mindanao provinces, still reeling from last month’s devastating typhoon, due to days of torrential rains.
The parish priest of a community of 50,000 people in Mt. Diwalwal in Monkayo, Compostela Valley, is appealing for help for his flock, saying hunger is stalking the people after roads that are used to transport food and other supplies to them have been destroyed by Typhoon “Pablo.”
Local officials and those in the mining sector in gold-rich Compostela Valley have joined in the calls of some lawmakers to reduce the tax on gold, saying the levy imposed on the metal has hit hard even on small-scale miners.
Dozens of pupils at the gold-rich village of Mt. Diwalwal in Monkayo, Compostela Valley, had their class on Monday in the barangay (village) covered court, using dilapidated chairs and tattered blackboard.
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) has dismissed claims its members were destroying the environment and put the blame squarely on unregulated small-scale mining and slash-and-burn farming methods. Since the Mining Act of 1995, the government has strictly enforced adherence to responsible mining and clearly delineated mining areas to preserve the environment, the [...]
