Aid or no aid, life goes on

Aid or no aid, life goes on

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 27 July 2026) — While many residents of Lower Puting Bato in Barangay Calumpang were still washing off mud from their homes after flood waters swept through the community, 70-year-old Benvenido Diana was doing something else –earning a living at Barangay Calumpang Gymnasium. In front of him were roasted peanuts sold for ₱10 a pack, alongside cellophanes of pineapple juice worth ₱5 and ₱10. “It’s a waste to let th…