More than a thousand people were left dead by Pablo, while 844 were missing and six million people adversely affected. Most of them resided in the towns of Monkayo, Nabunturan, Compostela and Montevista in Compostela Valley province and the towns Baganga, Cateel and Trento in Davao Oriental.
“Sa kasaysayan, ibinunga ng masikhay na pakikibaka ng kilusang paggawa ang 8-oras na trabaho, at dahil dito’y nananatili itong mahalagang hangarin ng uring manggagawa,” sabi ni Ferdinand Gaite, pambansang pangulo ng Courage, na may 1.4 milyong miyembro na kawani ng gobyerno.