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(Eagle News)—–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Tuesday, April 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 63 kilometers southeast of Caraga at 6:48 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 21 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)—A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Norte on Monday, April 1. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 36 kilometers northeast of General Luna at 5:55 p.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 10 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police on Monday, April 1, stressed the police operations in Negros Oriental that led to the killings of 14 people killed were legitimate. According to PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde, the operations were covered by search warrants. “They have 36 search warrants in different parts of Negros Oriental..Ito ay nangyari sa iba’t ibang lugar,” he said. He belied claims by leftists the killings were a massacre, saying 12 suspects were arrested because […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Monday, April 1. The quake struck 45 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 6:59 a.m. The depth of focus of the earthquake was 176 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–Leftist lawmakers on Sunday, March 31, slammed the killing of 14 people in Negros Oriental in separate police operations on Saturday, March 30. “The state-sanctioned terror act should be condemned by all sectors as [President Rodrigo] Duterte and his warmonger minions are hell bent to impose martial rule in a nationwide scale,” Anakpawis partlyist Rep. Ariel Casilao said, saying the President’s Memorandum Circular 32 which sought to increase troops in provinces where there is […]
(Eagle News)–A 2.6-magnitude earthquake struck Ilocos Norte on Sunday, March 31. The quake struck 11 kilometers northwest of Pagudpud at 11:22 a.m. The quake, which was of tectonic origin, had a depth of focus of 30 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
Kabataan slams killings; says many killed were farmers (Eagle News)–Fourteen people were killed in separate police operations in Negros Oriental on Saturday, March 30. A report from the Philippine National Police said eight were killed in Canlaon, four in Manjuyod and two in Sta. Catalina. The report identified the fatalities as Gene Palmares, Eric Acabal, Ano Enojo Rapada, Gonzalo Rosales, Steve Arapoc, Manolo Martin, Sunny Palagtiw, Franklin Lariosa, Melchor Panared, Mario Pañares, Edgardo Avelino and […]
(Eagle News) — These luminous vests of two members of the Philippine National Police on patrol during a program in front of the provincial capitol in Iba, Zambales stood out in this surreal shot as the place switched off their lights to participate in the 2019 Earth Hour. Before the Earth Hour which was from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., various municipalities participated in a program at the People’s Park in front of the […]
(Eagle News)–A 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck Eastern Samar on Saturday, March 30. The earthquake hit 39 kilometers northeast of San Policarpo at 5:12 a.m. The depth of focus of the earthquake, which was of tectonic origin, was 32 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)—A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Southern Leyte on Friday, March 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 1 kilometer northwest of Hinunangan at 3:27 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was 9 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News) — The 17-year-old suspect in the killing of Christine Silawan is back in Department of Social Welfare and Development custody. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the boy’s “re-arrest” following his release by a prosecutor who had ruled the police failed to justify a warrantless arrest. Under the Rules of Court, a warrantless arrest is valid under three circumstances: when, in the presence of the policeman, the person to be arrested has […]
(Eagle News)—Two successive earthquakes rocked Eastern Samar on Thursday, March 28, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. According to PHIVOLCS, the first quake, a 2.4-magnitude one, struck 78 kilometers southeast of Guiuan at 8:56 a.m. The second quake, a 2.3-magnitude one, hit 69 kilometers northeast of Guiuan 32 minutes later. The depth of focus of the first quake was 22 kilometers, while that of the second was 26 kilometers. Both were of tectonic […]
