Tree buries house, but ‘bayanihan’ rises in Ilocos Sur

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — Residents and barangay officials in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Sinait town, in this province joined forces to help a family whose house was partially buried by a fallen tree following days of continuous rain. Barangay officials, led by village chairperson Edwin Santos Yago, immediately responded to the incident on Sunday, Aug.