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Five dead, several injured after powerful quake rocks Indonesia

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) – Five people died and several were injured after a powerful undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia’s heavily populated Java island, triggering a brief tsunami warning, the national disaster agency said Saturday. The 6.9 magnitude quake on Friday evening sent residents fleeing to higher ground, while many in the capital Jakarta ran into the streets. An official from Indonesia’s national disaster agency warned the quake could generate a tsunami as high as three […]

5 dead, 11 injured in Kawit, Cavite road crash

  (Eagle News) — Five people were killed while 11 more were injured in a road crash along Centennial Highway in Kawit, Cavite on Wednesday morning, September 6. The public utility vehicle with a plate number DVK-713 was traveling from Zapote, Las Piñas to Tanza, Cavite when the driver hit a concrete electrical post. According to Kawit Police Station C/Insp. Jeffrey Punzalaan, the jeepney which was loaded with 16 passengers was heavily damaged with its windshield […]