Infra damage from Sarangani quake tops P1.2 billion

MANILA, Philippines – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Wednesday reported that infrastructure damage from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that rocked Maasim, Sarangani on June 8 has climbed to P1.29 billion.

OCD information officer Diego Mariano, in a message to reporters, said that the number of damaged infrastructures now totaled 774. He did not provide further details.

READ: Mindanao earthquake death toll rises to 68; 33 still missing

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Meanwhile, damage to agriculture amounted to PHP29.8 million for Davao del Norte and Davao del Sur, Mariano said.

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The number of fatalities undergoing verification remained at 68, with missing persons at 33, and injured at 1,339.

Earlier updates from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said the casualties are all concentrated in the Davao Region and Soccsksargen.

Likewise, Mariano said the affected population now totaled 339,254 families, equivalent to 1,417, 078 persons, with 4,464 families, or 19,791 individuals, being sheltered inside 45 evacuation centers.

Houses damaged by the quake numbered 60,281, while those destroyed numbered 13, 652.

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PA quake relief efforts ongoing

As this developed, the Philippine Army (PA) said Wednesday its humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) units distributed aid to isolated communities and conducted search, rescue, and retrieval efforts in quake-hit areas in Davao Occidental and Sarangani.

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“Around 600 families received around 190 gallons of potable water from the Army’s Mobile Water Purification Station in Sitio Linao, Barangay Tinoto Maasim, Sarangani. Soldiers and responders also helped distribute relief goods donated by civilian volunteers to displaced families in Barangay Butulan, Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental,” PA spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala said in a statement.

He added that Army responders, in close coordination with the Philippine Air Force, airlifted and distributed food packs, rice, bottled water, and other essential relief supplies to affected residents in Barangays Molmol, Quiapo, San Isidro, and Sitio Makina of Barangay Kalbay in Jose Abad Santos, as well as Barangay E. Alegado in Glan, Sarangani.

“From June 11 to 15, the airlift operations facilitated the delivery of approximately 4,925 food packs, 800 five-kilogram rice packs, 3,400 bottles of water, 400 boxes of relief goods, 100 containers of 20-liter potable water, and 40 cases of six-liter bottled water to affected communities,” Dema-ala said.

He added that Army troopers facilitated the transport of about 400 boxes of relief goods from General Santos City to affected communities, assisted in the loading and unloading of relief supplies at key distribution points, and supported the handling of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office assistance delivered through the General Santos City International Airport.

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“The PA’s HADR teams are working closely with national government agencies and local government units to sustain the delivery of essential aid and assistance to quake-hit communities,” he added. /jpv