MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) reported on Monday that no Filip ino was injured during the severe flooding and mudslides in western Indonesia over the weekend.
“The Philippine Embassy in Jakarta (PE-Jakarta) has yet to receive reports that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) or Filipino nationals were har med or injured,” DMW said in an advisory.
The department said its Migrant Workers Office (MWO-SG) is coordinating closely with PE-Jakarta to monitor the situation.
The death toll from flash floods and cold lava flow from Marapi Volcano in Western Sumatra reached 43, with 15 people missing.
Hours of heavy rain caused large volcanic rocks to roll down one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes into two districts on Sumatra island Saturday evening , while flooding inundated roads, homes and mosques. — Gaea Katreena Cabico with report from Agence France-Presse
BAGUIO CITY— Benguet policemen seized and torched P620,000 worth of marijuana plants in Kibungan and neighboring Bakun town on Monday.
In Kibungan, local policemen, Benguet Provincial Intelligence Unit (PIU), Benguet Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, Cordillera Regional Intelligence Division, Philippine Drug Enforceme nt Agency-Cordillera Administrative Region, and barangay officials discovered a total of 2,500 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants, worth P500,000, from a single plantation site in Sitio Ubod, Barangay Tacadang.
In Bakun, local policemen, also joined by operatives from the Provincial Intelligence Unit, Cordillera Regional Intelligence Unit-14; and PDEA-CAR found a total of 600 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants, worth P120,000.00, from a plantation site in sitio Sayangan, Brgy Kayapa.
After properly documenting the haul, all the marijuana were torched to the ground.