CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Malitbog Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office is still conducting rescue and retrieval operations in the landslide that occurred in Sitio Mabuhay, Barangay San Luis in Malitbog, Bukidnon.
The MMDRRMO, in a report, said that only one of five landslide victims remains missing as two more bodies were retrieved on Saturday, five days after the incident. The agency identified the missing individual as Raffy Simprota.
Meantime, the bodies which were discovered on Saturday were identified as Lucresio Lauronal and Nerio Talines.
The first body found on 18 October was of Jordan Achas, followed by 52-year-old Angelita, wife of Lauronal, the following day.
They were buried when a portion of the mountain slope in Barangay San Luis eroded on Monday after a heavy downpour.
Except for the couple, all three were workers of the municipal engineering office, which was conducting clearing operations at the time of the incident.
“As instructed by the Mayor (Gary Casiño), we will not stop the search and retrieval operations until the remaining victim is found,” MMDRRMO said.
Northern Mindanao’s Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said 14,471 individuals, or 4,166 families, were affected by the inclement weather here and in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.