By Artemio A. Dumlao (philstar.com), November 23, 2016
ITOGON, Philippines – Three small scale miners choked to death inside a mine tunnel in Itogon, Benguet Monday afternoon.
Rosalino Api-it Narciza, 54; Santiago Falikao Banganan, 32; and Barry Rimando Api-it, 36, all residents of Ucab, were retrieved dead from a mine portal at Fatima, Ucab.
Reports said that Narciza entered the mine portal to retrieve mining equipment but his colleagues never saw him out, prompting his nephew Api-it to check on him but he too never came out.
Alarmed too, Banganan also tried to check on the duo, but also did not emerge from the portal after several hours.
Colleagues and authorities launched a retrieval operation and found the three already dead inside the tunnel.
The death of the three is yet the latest among the long list of deaths inside mine tunnels in Itogon.
Mayor Victorio Palangdan called on small scale miners, mostly unaided by breathing apparatuses, to exercise extra care in their work.
January – ZERO WASTE MONTH
“Stop wasting our money.
Stop corruption!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
January
24 Jan – International Day of Education
26 Jan – International Day of Clean Energy
Monthly Observances:
National Microinsurance Month
Zero Waste Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: National Time Consciousness Week
Week 3: National Mental Health Week
Last Week: Children’s Week
Daily Observances:
January 6: Community Development Day
Third Sunday: Children’s Day
Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life
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