Over 125 people dead in Compostela Valley landslides since 2003

Several days of heavy rain triggered a landslide at a mining area in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley before dawn on Thursday.  Aside from the 25 who have died, 15 others were injured and over 150 are still missing, a report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.  According to GMA News Research, the landslide victims in Compostela Valley include:

• May 16, 2003: 4 dead in Pantukan, Compostela Valley;

• December 19, 2003: 1 child died in Mount Diwata, Moncayo, Compostela Valley;

• June 19, 2006: at least 6 dead in Barangay Napnapan, Pantukan, Compostela Valley;

• May 9, 2007: 5 dead in Mount Diwata, Monkayo, Compostela Valley;

• August 6, 2007: At least 7 dead in Maco, Compostela Valley; 

• September 6-7, 2008: 25 dead, one missing near Apex Mining Corporation;

• November 21, 2008: 6 dead in Brgy. Upper Ulip, Monkayo, Compostela Valley;

• November 21, 2008: 7 dead in Purok 17 near Brgy. Upper Ulip;

• May 18, 2009: 24 dead in Barangay Napnapan, Pantukan, Compostela Valley;  
• April 22, 2011: 14 dead, 14 injured in Panganason-B, Brgy. Kingking, Pantukan, Compostela Valley;

• January 5, 2012: At least 25 dead, 15 injured, 150 others still missing.

Majority of miners not from Compostela On Thursday, in an interview over radio dwIZ, Governor Arturo Uy estimated that as many as 90 percent of the miners in the area were not from the province. Compostela Valley According to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), majority of the population of Compostela Valley are Visayan migrants whose spoken language is Cebuano.