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(Eagle News)—A 3.5-magnitude quake hit Negros Occidental on Thursday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS said the quake struck 108 kilometers southwest of Sipalay at 10:28 p.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was 46 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–The police are looking at the possibility the killing of a retired police official in Albay was politically motivated. Philippine National Police spokesperson Col. Bernard Banac said authorities were also looking at the possibility Communist rebels were behind the killing of former Camarines Sur provincial director Col. Ramiro Bausa. Bausa, who was running for councilor, was shot dead on Wednesday, April 10, in Barangay Cagbacong. “Sa ngayon patuloy pa rin ang imbestigasyon na isinasagawa […]
(Eagle News) — The newly rehabilitated passenger terminal building and extended runway of the Marinduque airport were inaugurated today, April 11. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said the inaugural ceremony of the airport, which had been “left in a dismal state for years” and has halted commercial operations since 2013, was led by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade. The DOTr had allocated P9 million for the rehabilitation of the PTB. This includes the installation […]
(Eagle News)– The man behind the killing of Christine Silawan has surrendered. Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde said the 43-year-old man identified as Renato Bayuban Llenes alias “Renren” went to the Cebu police on April 9 and confessed to the killing of the Cebu student on March 11. The police chief said the suspect admitted to murdering the girl with a scissor. Silawan’s body was found in a vacant lot in Lapu-Lapu City. Authorities […]
(Eagle News)–A 2.3-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Norte on Thursday, April 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 11 kilometers northeast of General Luna at 5:30 a.m. The quake, of tectonic origin, has a depth of focus of 23 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–A 2.0-magnitude earthquake hit Sorsogon on Wednesday, April 10. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 9 kilometers northeast of Bulan at 5:16 a.m. The quake, which was of tectonic origin, had a depth of focus of 16 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas on Tuesday, April 9. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 18 kilometers southwest of Nasugbu at 5:47 p.m. The depth of focus was 113 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)—Another suspect in the killing of Christine Silawan has been arrested. Authorities, however, refused to divulge any information about the identity of the suspect, who is in police custody. The police had tagged a 17-year-old boy as the main suspect in the killing of the Cebuana student in March. The boy, police said, was charged as an adult. Silawan’s body was found in an empty lot in Lapu Lapu on March 11. Her head […]
(Eagle News)—A 2.5-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Tuesday, April 9. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 40 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos at 6:35 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was 192 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershovks were expected.
(Eagle News)—Forty bricks of suspected cocaine were found floating off the waters of Burgos, Surigao del Norte on Sunday, April 7. Police said the suspected illegal drugs were found in floating boxes by fishermen at 4:30 p.m. The suspected cocaine has been turned over to the Burgos municipal police station. President Rodrigo Duterte has said international crime syndicates were behind the illegal drugs found off Philippine waters recently. Authorities have said they would intensify their […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.4-magnitude earthquake hit Batanes on Monday, April 8. The quake struck 3 kilometers south of Basco at 10:59 a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was 16 kilometers. An Intensity IV was felt in Basco, PHIVOLCS said. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Human Rights on Sunday, April 7, denounced the kidnapping of four people, including a barangay chairman, in Oriental Mindoro allegedly by members of the New People’s Army. “We stress that any form of arbitrary, unlawful taking and confinement is punishable by law, much more so if eventually treated inhumanely and with cruelty,” CHR spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said in a statement. According to De Guia, the Philippine Constitution, “alongside other laws,” […]
