Bridge planned to link Surigao and Leyte
A bridge has been planned for construction that would link Surigao City, Nonoc Island, Dinagat Island to Leyte.
The CARAGA Regional Development Council has endorsed the P167-billion project and would present it to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for approval in April this year.
Gemima Olam, director of the National Economic and Development Authority in the Caraga Region, said the bridge project will provide a resilient, seamless and inclusive transportation system in the region.
Olam said it would also reduce the inflation rate and decrease the travel time for goods and services.
“With an average of 20 typhoons per year and limited access to transportation, the delivery of goods and services are always affected during extreme weather events,” she said.
Olam said once approved, the project would be implemented in 2025 to 2040.
Dabawenyos advised to take precautions against extreme heat
Davao residents and tourists are warned to take precautions against extreme heat when participating the Araw ng Dabaw activities.
City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office chief Alfredo Baloran advised residents and tourists to limit their exposure to the sun and hydrate themselves to prevent heat strokes.
Citing a PAGASA report, Baloran said heat from El Niño could hike the heat over the city to 35 to 37 degrees Celsius from March 8 to 12.
Baloran has deployed medical responders and medics along areas of convergence for the activities of Araw ng Dabaw.
Bodies of 2 more Yamashita treasure hunters retrieved
Rescuers on Tuesday retrieved two more bodies of trapped Yamashita treasure hunters from the cave in Kadingilan town, Bukidnon, bringing the total number of confirmed dead to three.
Maj. Joan Navarro, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-10, said rescuers are still continuing to look for the fourth miner who is presumed dead inside a cave they were exploring in Sitio Tinago, Barangay Cabadiangan in Kadingilan.
Navarro said police would be investigating whether the victims have treasure hunting permits when they entered the cave last Sunday.
The Kadingilan Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office said the victims were part of a bigger group of eight who entered the cave last Sunday looking for the fabled Yamashita treasure.
