Remote town in Davao de Oro kick-starts construction of Pagcor-funded evacuation facility

by The Manila Times

Aug 26, 2022 12:27 am

EVEN before typhoons and heavy rainfall would ravage their community, 73-year-old cacao pruner Estrella Alonzo had already prepared her family's go-bags in case they need to move to safer ground.

Having lost their family's tiny shack to Typhoon 'Agaton' in 2012 and Tropical Storm 'Agaton' in April 2022, Alonzo now lives with one of her children, whose house is also easily submerged in flood whenever the nearby dam and river swell due to incessant rains.

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