Brothers found dead inside Surigao del Norte Tunnel
by Richmond Hinayon, ABS-CBN News, May 29, 2019
TAGANAAN, Surigao Del Norte – The bodies of two miners were recovered inside a tunnel at a private mining site in Sitio Duyungan, Barangay Laurel on Tuesday afternoon.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Christian Rafols, information officer of Police Regional Office 13 identified the miners as Mark Anthony Diaz, 30, and his brother Eman, 20, residents of Barangay Aurora.
Initial investigation showed that the brothers, along with three others, were inside the tunnel to mine gold when they began to smell foul odor on Tuesday morning.
Their companions came out safe. However, the brothers did not make it.
The siblings were already dead when authorities responded to the site.
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
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 #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against
Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
