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(Eagle News) — Mabilis na dinala at ipinarating sa lalawigan ng Benguet ang agarang tulong ng Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo para sa mga mamamayan at mga kaanib sa INC na naapektuhan ng bagyong Ompong nitong nakalipas na Sabado, Setyembre 15. Nasa halos 2,500 goody bags ang natanggap ng mga nasalanta ng bagyo na isinagawa sa lokal ng La Trinidad, Benguet nito lamang Lunes ng hapon, Setyembre 17. Ayon kay kapatid na Homer Tiomico, […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Monday, Sept. 17. said it respects the decision of a Bulacan court to convict retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan and his co-accused for the disappearance of two University of the Philippines students in 2006. “As it has been and always will be, the position of the AFP is submission to the majesty of the courts and respect for the rule of law,” Col Edgard […]
(Eagle News) — Matinding pinsala ang naranasan ng mga mamamayan lalo na ng mga magsasaka sa bayan ng Baggao sa lalawigan ng Cagayan. Matatandaang sa Baggao ang sentro kung saan tumama ang mata ng bagyong Ompong. Inararo ng malakas na hangin ang hekta-hektaryang pananim na mga mais. Hindi na ito gaanong pakikinabangan ng mga magsasaka dahil sa naging pinsala. Nasira din ang maraming kabahayan sa bayang ito. Nagliparan ang mga bubong ng ilang mga bahay […]
(Eagle News) – Matapos ang pananalasa ng bagyong Ompong sa probinsya ng Abra ay agad nagpaabot ng lingap ang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa pangunguna ng Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan ang kapatid na Eduardo V. Manalo sa pamamagitan ng FYM Foundation sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo. Umabot sa limang libong goody bags ang naipamahagi sa Linasin, Bangued, Abra. Pinangunahan ni kapatid na Henil Aswigue, Tagapangasiwa ng Distrito kasama ang mga ministro at manggagawa ang pamamahagi ng goody bags. […]
(Eagle News)—-Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has ordered a suspension of all small-scale mining operations in the entire Cordillera Administrative Region. He said the suspension will apply until applications for Minahang Bayan are approved. Cimatu gave the order after a landslide initially blamed on mining operations at the height of “Ompong” buried a chapel and claimed at least 33 lives in Itogon, Benguet. “Ompong” has claimed at least 59 lives, the Philippine National Police said. It […]
(Eagle News) — Photos of the aftermath of typhoon Ompong in the province of Pangasinan on Monday, September 17. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Correspondent Nora Dominguez)
Ni Freddie Rulloda Eagle News Correspondent BAGUIO CITY, Benguet (Eagle News) – Aabot na sa 54 katao ang kumpirmadong namatay sa pananalasa ng bagyong Ompong sa rehiyon ng Cordillera. Ayon sa City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) at Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) Command Office, karamihan sa mga namatay ay natabunan ng gumuhong lupa at putik. Ang ilan naman ay naanod ng rumaragasang tubig, at natamaan ng mga tumumbang mga punong-kahoy. Narecover […]
(Eagle News) — Aftermath of typhoon “Ompong” in Batac and Uguis Nueva Era in Ilocos Norte province. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Correspondents Norbert Asuncion, Mark Peterson Adir)
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday, Sept. 17, welcomed the conviction of retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan and two others over the 2006 disappearance of University of the Philippines students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan. “Justice may come a bit late, but it does come. Let’s believe in that,” Guevarra said. Palparan, Lieutenant Colonel Felipe Anotado and Staff Sergeant Edgardo Osorio were sentenced to reclusion perpetua, and were ordered to pay P100,000 to the […]
(Eagle News)—A Bulacan court has found retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan and two others guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention. Apart from Palparan, Judge Alexander Tamayo of Malolos Regional Trial Court Branch 15 sentenced Lt. Col. Felipe Anotado and Staff Sgt. Edgardo Osorio to reclusion perpetua over the disappearance of University of the Philippines students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, a radio report said. A third co-accused, Rizal Hilario, is at large. The […]
(Eagle News) — The town of Oras, a fourth class municipality in Eastern Samar, may have been spared by typhoon Ompong, but it did not escape a fire that engulfed a large portion of the town on Sunday, Sept. 16. The fire also razed the town’s public market where people buy most of their food. The fire lasted for four hours, starting at 1 a.m. when most of the townspeople are asleep, and ended […]
(Eagle News)–At least 33 people were confirmed dead after a landslide buried a makeshift chapel and evacuation center in Itogon, Benguet due to “Ompong” on Saturday, Sept. 15. In a radio interview, Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan said of those killed after a portion of the national highway — the Baguio-Itogon-San Manuel National Highway — fell on the structures, 28 have already been identified. Another 29 have been declared missing, while seven others were reported injured. He […]
