A LANDSLIDE took place in hinterland sitio Balikbayan, below the Mt. Matunog gorge, barangay Mayana, Jagna town on Nov. 4, 2025, believed to be a repeat of the same sometime in July 2025.
But no one was hurt nor casualty when the landslide ensued on past 8 in the evening as rumblings of it were heard by the surrounding houses, barangay chieftain Servando Acas, told media interview. This he received from residents nearby the area of this barangay of over 2,500 people, or over 700 households, he said.
“Fortunately, no families or households were affected by the incident,” according to the facebook post of Mayor Mark Louie Monungolh.
Acas said that the landslide that emanates from the highest peak of Bohol may have been caused by heavy downpour that resulted the softening of the limestone soil when typhoon Tino partially hit Bohol.
He said that plan has been considered to make the area for 300m-diameter affected cordoned off from residents and tourists alike. He also wanted to let the experts as Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to assess the situation.
The post of the mayor said that two households were evacuated on the night of the incident “due to hearing the continuous falling of rocks but eventually came back home on the next morning.”
The mayor and the barangay captain along with Engr. Derrick Virtudazo, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), PNP headed by PNP Chief Winston Magdadaro and a representative from the DENR, immediately conducted ocular site inspection “to assess the situation and determine appropriate actions to ensure public safety.”
The barangay captain said this is somehow a repeat when the same struck the said place sometime in July 2005. The 2005 landslide approximately 80 meters wide was moving that affected properties, widespread damage and forced evacuation and it lasted for three months, he said.
Experts said that the cause of the landslide was believed to have been triggered by a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that occurred on March 31, 2005, which fractured the limestone formations. Continuous heavy rains then seeped into the ground, further softening the underlying deposits and causing the movement.
Geological experts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) warned that the situation could worsen during heavy rains.
Meanwhile, a tiny landslide triggered by a big boulder blocking the national highway along barrio Malinao, Garcia-Hernandez town but it was later on cleared by local and national highway men. Ric Obedencio)
