(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Sept. 17, met with the victims of those killed in a landslide in Itogon, Benguet.
The meeting, which was shown in pictures posted by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go in his social media account, took place before he led a briefing on the effects of “Ompong” on the Cordillera Administrative Region at the Benguet Provincial Capitol.
At least 30 people were killed after a landslide at the height of “Ompong” buried a chapel where the victims had been holed up.
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ordered a suspension of all small-scale mining operations in the CAR as a result of the incident.
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="800px" width="1200px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
