CEBU CITY, Philippines — A city disaster official has defended the pace of search and rescue operations at the collapsed Binaliw landfill, saying what families perceive as “slow retrieval” is a necessary trade-off to protect rescuers working under extremely dangerous conditions. Councilor Dave Tumulak, chair of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CCDRRMC), said rescue teams were operating cautiously because personnel would be entering unstable voids beneath massive piles of garbage, soil, and metal debris, where any misstep could trigger another collapse. “Yes, tinood gyud nga hinay ang retrieval, pero tungod gyud na sa peligro,” Tumulak said […]... Keep on reading: ‘Slow’ Binaliw rescue pace defended by CCDRMC, danger to rescuers cited