Category 5 typhoon Odette (Rai) made two landfalls in Mindanao (of nine in the Philippines) — in Siargao, Surigao del Norte at 1:30 p.m. and Cagdianao in Dinagat Islands province at 3:10 — pm but it took 24 hours before
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 December) – Police authorities reported no untoward incidents at the churches in Davao City on the first day of the traditional Misa de Gallo on December 16. Capt. Hazel Tuazon, Davao City Police Office (DCPO)
“Like a tsunami in reverse-from coast to sea, a tsunami from the uplands” was how Neric Acosta, Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection, described the devastation in Iligan City in the aftermath of tropical storm ‘Sendong’ (Washi) after joining President Benigno
