Landslide in Davao de Oro mining village affects 300 families

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MANILA, Philippines — Some 300 families or 2,000 individuals were affected by the landslide in a mining village in Davao de Oro’s Maco town, Civil Defense Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno said on Wednesday.

Nepomuceno said the government already provided P190-million worth of assistance to the affected families.

“We, at the national level, are always ready to extend additional support to the affected areas,” Nepomuceno said in a statement.

As of 2:00 p.m., six miners were killed while 46 people remain missing after several buses carrying 86 workers of Apex Mines were buried in a landslide at around 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday at Barangay Masara, according to the Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom).

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The landslide in the mining village was caused by multiple weather disturbances which has caused widespread flooding, landslide incidents, and damage to infrastructures in the region, according to Nepomuceno.