Couple Missing in Bukidnon - BusinessWorld Online

Couple missing in Bukidnon - BusinessWorld Online

COTABATO CITY — Rescuers are searching for a couple in a tricycle that fell from a stretch of a highway on a high ground in Manuel Quezon, Bukidnon late on Saturday after a heavy downpour in the area. Officials of the Manuel Quezon Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and the Bukidnon Provincial Police Office separately told reporters at noon on Sunday, that Ely S. Ubatay and his wife, Thelma B. Ubatay, were in their green tri…

Landslide cuts off portion of Bukidnon–Davao road in Quezon town

QUEZON, BUKIDNON, Philippines — A major portion of the four-lane Bukidnon–Davao road in Sitio Kipolot of Barangay Palacapao here collapsed following a landslide around 9:40 p.m. on Friday, October 18, rendering the area impassable to all types of vehicles. The Municipal Public Safety Office (MPSO) of Quezon has advised motorists to avoid the affected section, which has been declared “not passable” for safety reasons. Teams from the MPSO, Municip…

Landslide cuts Bukidnon-Davao highway; Couple missing

A section of the four-lane highway connecting this city to Davao City collapsed Saturday night after heavy rains triggered a landslide in Sitio Kipolot, Barangay Palacapao, leaving the road impassable to all vehicles.The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-10) and local authorities in Quezon town are assessing damage and identifying possible alternate routes while clearing operations continue. “This landslide will surely affect the flo…

Davao-Buda road temporarily closed; motorists told to use alternate routes

The collapsed portion of the national highway in Overview, Palacapao, Quezon, Bukidnon. Photo from the DPWH-Region 10 Facebook page MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 19 October) – Vehicles going to Davao from Cagayan de Oro City and other parts of Northern Mindanao will have to take alternative routes after a portion of the national highway in Barangay Palacapao, Quezon, Bukidnon collapsed Saturday night due to a landslide and was temporarily closed.…