2 teens killed in Taytay landslide

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minors were killed in a landslide in Taytay, Rizal as heavy rains brought by Tropical Depression Maring continue to flood several areas in Luzon, including Metro Manila, a disaster official said Tuesday.

Jude Pundal, 17, and his younger brother Justil, 14, were killed in Barangay Dolores when a landslide occurred around 4:00 a.m., said municipal civil defense officer Elmer Espiritu.

The minors were declared dead on arrival at the hospital, while their mother, Judith, sustained injuries due to the incident.

Espiritu said the landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall.

He said the people living area have been warned about possible landslides last Monday, but most of they refused to evacuate.

Espiritu said they will implement a forced evacuation when necessar y.

The weather bureau said Tropical Depression Maring made landfall in the Quezon province around 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

It said it will continue to bring rains in the affected areas, including Calabarzon, Metro Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga and other provinces in the Northern Luzon.

The weather bureau warned of possible landslides in mountainous areas and flooding in low lying areas.

The second quarter survey, conducted from June 23 to 26, which was first published by newspapers Business World, found that 3.1 percent or an estimated 706,000 families have been victimized by street robbery, burglary (breakins), or car theft in the past six months.

SWS said the latest figure was a new recordlow, beating the previous 4.5 percent or estimated one million recorded in December 2016.

The poll result was also 3.2-percentage points lower than the 6.3 percent or an estimated 1.4 million registered in March 2017.

The survey saw 0.6 percent or an estimated 149,000 families hurt by physical violence in the past six months, similar to the 0.7 percent posted in September 2016 (estimated 162,000 families) and December 2016 (estimated 155,000 families).

The Filipinos who fell victims to common crimes was also at record-low of 3.7 percent or an estimated 840,000 families, lower by 1.2percentage points from the previous record-low of 4.9 percent or 1.1 million families in December 2016 and 3.1percentage points down by the 6.8 percent or 1.6 million families in March 2017.

SWSnoted that crime victimization was at single-digit levels from March 2012 to June 2017.

Victims of street robbery during the past six months fell to a new record-low of 2.3 percent or 525,000 in June, three percentage points below than the 5.3 percent in March.

Around 1.1 percent or 260,000 families were victimized by burglars, a 0.8-percentage point drop from March's 1.9 percent or 435,000 families

The survey showed 0.2 percent or 21,000 families owning any type of motor were robbed, down by 0.8-percentage point from one percent or 83,000 in March.

Despite the drop on crime victimization, public's fear of burglary