THE death toll as a result of the landslide that buried dozens of houses in Naga City in Cebu last Thursday rose to 59 yesterday as joint Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory and National Bureau of Investigation personnel continued their Disaster Victim Identification process in the area, Police Regional Office 7 director, Chief Superintendent Debold M. Sinas said.

Let me start with “Ompong,” the super typhoon that recently raised havoc in our country, causing numerous loss of people’s lives and destruction to property.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte underscored his “dream” to one day close mining operations in “most parts of the country” following the landslide that buried dozens of houses and killed at least 33 in Cebu.

THE death toll from powerful typhoon “Ompong” yesterday rose to 95, official Philippine National Police reports said.

Typhoon “Ompong” turned out to be a very destructive typhoon that caused loss of lives where it struck. In Itogon, Benguet, so many were buried alive leaving so many widows and orphans behind; and so in Naga, Cebu.

The death toll from landslides in Northern Luzon provinces that suffered the wrath of Typhoon Ompong has put into focus what could have been a potential lifesaver: Geo-hazard mapping.

THE fingerpointing should stop now before we add more misery to the tragedy which befell our people in the aftermath of that super howler “Ompong”.

The purpose is apparently a more focused and well-coordinated effort to provide emergency assistance to typhoon victims.

MORE than 10 municipal mayors in Cagayan Valley Region (CVR) and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) may face show-cause orders for being physically absent during the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

A HUGE volume of trash littered some parts of the stretch of Roxas Boulevard in Manila due to floods brought about by typhoon ‘Ompong’.

AN unidentified body of a girl was found floating along the Pasig City river at the height of Typhoon “Ompong” yesterday morning.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing a trip to the storm-stricken areas even as he monitored yesterday the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) in Manila, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.

TUGUEGARAO, Philippines -- Super Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong) — the biggest storm of the year — smashed through the Philippines on Saturday, and claimed its first death as a woman was swept out to sea off Taiwan.

AS predicted, strong winds and heavy rains brought about by typhoon Ompong pummeled Luzon early yesterday morning toppling trees and power lines, tearing off roofs and destroying lightly-built houses, but miraculously it started to leave the country with very minimal casualties.