St. Bernard is a 4th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 23,089 people in 4,746 households. On February 17, 2006, a tragic series of mudslides killed up to 200 residents with a thousand people still missing. It's one of the greatest tragedies the Philippines has ever experienced but some critics have observed that the romantic life of a former President's daughter have more staying power in the Filipino people's mind.Now , the areas affected by mudslide created a new vegetation covering the a thousand of people missing underneath. Affected families were treated by the government and other non-government organizations all over the world building new houses creating the New Guinsaugon as the name of their village located near the town proper.
Barangays
St. Bernard is politically subdivided into 30 barangays.
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External links
- St. Bernard, Southern Leyte current Photos
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- St. Bernard, Leyte from Google Maps
- Bloomberg "Philippine landslide buries village, 200 may be dead" 17 February 2006
City and Municipalities of Southern Leyte |
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| Anahawan • Bontoc • Hinunangan • Hinundayan • Libagon • Liloan • Limasawa • Maasin City • Macrohon • Malitbog • Padre Burgos • Pintuyan • Saint Bernard • San Francisco • San Juan • San Ricardo • Silago • Sogod • Tomas Oppus |
