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(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,” […]
(Eagle News)–A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Eastern Samar on Sunday, April 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 43 kilometers northeast of Maydolong at 5:58 a.m. The depth of focus of the earthquake, which was of tectonic origin, was 10 kilometers. The following intensities were reported: Intensity IV- Maydolong & Balangkayan, Eastern Samar Intensity III – Tacloban City, Palo, MacArthur, Babatngon, Leyte; San Julian, Eastern Samar; Mapanas, Palapag, Gamay and Laoang, […]
(Eagle News)—A 2.0-magnitude earthquake struck Northern Samar on Sunday, April 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 12 kilometers northwest of Maydolong at 7:33 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which is of tectonic origin, was 19 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–A 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck Quezon on Saturday, April 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 62 kilometers northeast of Patnanungan at 9:01 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 11 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan has found former Laguna Governor ER Ejercito guilty of graft for approving an insurance deal without public bidding when he was mayor of Pagsanjan. Apart from convicting him for one count of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, the Sandiganbayan’s fourth division sentenced Ejercito to six to eight years in prison, and sanctioned him with perpetual disqualification from public office. Several councilors at that time […]
