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(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 […]
(Eagle News)—Eight people were hurt after an improvised explosive device exploded in General Santos on Sunday, Sept. 16. The victims in the blast at a pharmacy near Hadano Park in the National Highway, were identified as Marlon Orabia, 30; Jerry Guyos, 19; Felipa Regidor, 64; Lally Jean Alipio, 34; John Calang, 22; Claire Uozolam, 24; Joana Alipio,3; and Jeslly Yvonne Guyos. The police said based on witnesses, two men were behind the incident, which Philippine National […]
Abu Sayyaf sub-leader among those hurt (Eagle News)–Seven members of the Abu Sayyaf were killed and several others were hurt in an encounter with government troops in Sulu on Friday, Sept. 14. ASG sub-leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan was among the six ASG members injured in the encounter between members of the bandit group and the military in Patikul. Seventeen soldiers were also hurt. The military is pursuing the other bandits who fled from the scene, […]
(Eagle News)–In this picture provided by the Philippine Red Cross, floods brought about by “Ompong” are seen engulfing agricultural crops in Salingao Loo Buguias in Buyacaon, Benguet.
Ni Emeldinand Motas Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Naka-full alert na ang mga kapulisan sa pagdating ng bagyong “Ompong” sa Cordillera. Nakahanda na rin ang mga rescue equipment na gagamitin kung sakaling magkaroon ng sakuna. Samantala, itinaas na sa typhoon signal # 3 ang ibang lalawigan sa Region 2 at Cordillera, ngunit nananatili sa typhoon signal # 2 ang lalawigan ng Benguet kasama ang siyudad ng Baguio. Patuloy naman ang isinasagawang pagpapaalaala ng mga […]
