Three people were killed in a major failure at a privately owned garbage dump on Friday. Earlier reports of 50 deaths are now believed to have been erroneous. On 20 February 2026, the Philippines suffered another major garbage landslide, following the tragic events that occurred at Binaliw in Cebu on 8 January 2026, which killed […]
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Binaliw: the massive garbage landslide in Cebu City, the Philippines
Recovery operations continue for the 36 victims of the 8 January 2026 garbage landslide in the Philippines. Recovery operations are continuing at the site of the 8 January 2026 landslide at Binaliw in Cebu, the Philippines. At the time of writing, it is reported that the bodies of eight victims have been recovered, whilst 28 […]
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A Cryobank Network Grows in the Coral Triangle
As the ocean becomes increasingly inhospitable for corals, researchers in the Coral Triangle are turning to cryopreservation to freeze, thaw, and save the region’s hundreds of coral species.
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Seismotectonic Update of the Philippines-Taiwan Region
Using more than two decades of data, scientists find that the Philippine and Taiwan subduction region is controlled mainly by shallow seismicity and low magnitude earthquakes.
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New satellite imagery of the 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Just under a month ago, I wrote about the tailings failure at the Siana gold mine in Surigao del Norte, Philippines. Capella Space captured good radar imagery of the site. We now […]
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Satellite images of the 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Satellite imagery has now become available of the tailings landslide that affected the Siana gold mine in the Philippines on 11 May 2024. An interesting image has been captured by Capella Space, […]
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The 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At about 5 a.m. local time on 11 May 2024, a significant tailings landslide occurred at a facility operated by Greenstone Resources Corporation (GRC) at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines. Fortunately […]
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Manila Confronts Its Plastic Problem
The Philippine capital is the latest city to address rampant plastic pollution through a community-guided protocol.
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The 6 February 2024 landslide at Masara in the Philippines
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 6 February 2024, a large landslide struck the mining village of Masara in in Maco town, Davao de Oro in the Philippines. As of the time of writing, it had been […]
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A Philippine Island Detective Story
Researchers snorkeled, drilled, profiled, mapped, and interviewed to unlock clues to how an island was born.