A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the northern Philippines late Tuesday, the US Geological Service said, sending panicked residents out into the streets and causing substantial damage to a hospital. The quake, caused by a movement of the earth’s crust, struck around 10:59 pm (1459 GMT) near the upland town of Dolores. Staff said they evacuated patients […]
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Breaking: Super typhoon Noru kills 5 in Philippines
Super Typhoon Noru slammed into the Philippines Sunday, battering the heavily populated main island of Luzon with strong winds and heavy rain that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes. The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometres (121 miles) an hour as it charged towards the archipelago nation after an […]
Powerful Typhoon Rai kills over 208 in Philippines
MANILA: The death toll in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Rai has risen to 208, after the storm carved a trail of destruction in central and southern provinces late last week, the national police spokesperson said on Monday.There were 52 people still missing, according to police data, as relief efforts continued following one of the […]
Death toll in Philippines military plane crash rises to 50
Philippine security forces searched among coconut trees on a remote southern island Monday for the flight data boxes of an aircraft that crashed and killed 50 people in one of the country’s worst military air disasters. The C-130 Hercules transport plane was carrying 96 people, most of them recent army graduates, when it overshot the […]
45 killed in Philippine military plane crash
At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country’s south, officials said. Nearly a hundred people, most of them recent army graduates, were on the C-130 Hercules transport plane which was trying to land on […]
Philippines bans international crew change for vessels arriving from seven countries
Philippines have banned vessels coming from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, United Arab Emirates and Oman from disembarking their international seafarers as stated by ship agents GAC. “Filipino and foreign seafarers with no immigration admission in the above countries within the last 14 days preceding arrival in the Philippines shall be allowed to disembark […]
At least 9 children dead, 16 hurt in Philippines truck crash
MANILA: A truck carrying more than two dozen villagers, mostly ecstatic grade schoolers on their way to a school festival, lost control Friday on a downhill road and flipped on its side, leaving eight students and an adult companion dead in the central Philippines, police said. Police investigator Nelson Saquibal said 16 others, including the […]
Philippines ships dumped trash back to Canada
Tonnes of garbage sent to the Philippines years ago was shipped back to Canada on Friday after a festering diplomatic row, as Asian nations increasingly reject serving as dumping grounds for international trash. After a long campaign to urge Canada to take back the rotting waste, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at Ottawa last […]
‘Bring it on,’ Philippines’ drug war commander invites probes into killings
The top enforcer of a brutal war on drugs in the Philippines on Friday dared prosecutors to go after him for the deaths of thousands of people, after activists warned that his election to the Senate could insulate him from legal action. Ronald dela Rosa, President Rodrigo Duterte’s top lieutenant in a crackdown that alarmed […]
New earthquake hits Philippines a day after deadly tremor
A new powerful earthquake hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, a day after 6.1 quake hit the country’s north and killed at least 11 people. The US Geological Survey put the magnitude of Tuesday’s quake at 6.3, while the local seismology agency said it was a 6.2. The quake was centered near Eastern Samar province […]