ITOGON, Benguet — The country’s northern highlands, home to many major mining operations, are no stranger to landslides.
So when residents of Virac in Itogon town, Benguet found themselves locked in by a massive landslide that buried the mining road leading out of their community following heavy monsoon rains, it was not long before they found a way out of their predicament.
As work crews toiled to reopen the road, the villagers also went about their business, crossing the expanse of muddy water and boulders, in the bucket of a backhoe.
