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(Eagle News) — Mahigit 64. 7 milyong piso na halaga ng ayuda ang naipagkakaloob na sa mga biktima ng Bagyong Usman. Ayon sa National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), ang nasabing ayuda ay naibigay sa Mimaropa at sa Regions 5 at 8 ng Office of Civil Defense, Department of Social Welfare and Development, local government units at non-government organizations. Sa pinakahuling tala ng ahensya, isandaang at dalawampu’t anim (126) na katao ang nasawi […]
(Eagle News) — After lashing Northern Luzon, typhoon Ompong has so far claimed three lives, including two in the Cordilera region and one in Marikina City. During a briefing of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) which was presided by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the Palace spokesperson confirmed that there were three casualties reported after typhoon Ompong battered Northern Luzon. “Bad news, there were reports of initial casualties reported na,” he […]
(Eagle News) — No Filipino was hurt in the onslaught of Typhoon Jebi in Japan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, Sept. 5. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo and the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka have not received any reports of Filipinos being among the 10 fatalities and 300 injured after Japan’s most powerful typhoon in 25 years struck the Asian country. Nevertheless, the DFA said the embassy […]
CHAMPASAK, Laos (AFP) — The bodies of 17 people have been recovered after flash floods caused by a dam breach in southern Laos, a Thai consular official at the scene told AFP Wednesday. A wall of water was unleashed Monday after parts of the dam were washed away, sending floods surging downstream, sweeping away homes and leaving an unknown number of people missing. “There are 17 bodies recovered so far, but we can not estimate […]
(Eagle News) — Umakyat na sa 73 ang naitala ng Department of Health (DOH) na nasawi sa sakit na leptospirosis ngayong taon. Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, 561 naman ang nadala sa ospital dahil sa nasabing sakit. Payo ni Duque sa publiko, agad na magpatingin sa ospital kapag nakaranas ng sintomas ng leptospirosis. Sinabi ng kalihim na ang naitalang kaso ng leptospirosis ngayon ay mas mataas ng 275 percent kumpara noong nakaraang taon. […]
by Elizabeth Law Agence France-Presse PHUKET, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand’s navy pulled seven bodies from waters off the coast of the holiday island of Phuket on Friday after a tourist boat went down in heavy seas with dozens of Chinese passengers on board. The grim find takes the death toll so far to eight, with 49 other passengers unaccounted for but believed to have been trapped on the Phoenix as it sank in the Andaman […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A heat wave in Quebec has killed at least 17 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, health officials said Wednesday. Twelve of the dead were reported in the eastern province’s capital Montreal, said regional public health director Mylene Drouin. The Tribune newspaper said five of the deaths occurred in the past 48 hours in the Eastern Townships, a rural area just east of the city. […]
by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Japan’s second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring more than 300, according to an official tally. Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which struck at the height of rush hour in the city of around two million. However, there was no large-scale destruction and no tsunami warning issued […]
By Edgar Calderon and Henry Morales Arana Agence France-Presse GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) — Explosions boomed from Guatemala’s fearsome Fuego volcano Wednesday, unleashing fresh torrents of mud and ash down slopes, as the death toll from a previous eruption rose to at least 99. Fears of a new blowup of the 3,763-meter (12,346-foot) volcano have stalked rescue workers since Sunday’s eruption buried entire villages on its southern flank. The National Forensic Sciences Agency said in a […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Rescuers pulled 23 workers out of a mine in northeast China on Wednesday, hours after they were trapped underground by an explosion that killed 11 and left two others missing, state media reported. Nine other workers were injured in Tuesday’s blast at the iron ore mine owned by Huamei Group, a subsidiary of China National Coal Group Co, in Benxi, Liaoning province. The blast took place when miners were dropping explosives […]
Ni Orlando Encinares Eagle News Service VIRAC, Catanduanes (Eagle News) – Ilang landslide ang naitala sa lalawigan ng Catanduanes kamakailan. Ilan dito ay nangyari sa Brgy. Paniquihan at Brgy. Benticayan sa bayan ng Baras. May naitala rin sa mga bayan ng Viga at Gigmoto. Hanggang ngayon ay inaalam pa kung may mga naapektuhan sa pangyayari. Ayon sa Provincial Disaster RIsk Reduction Management Office, sanhi ito ng bagyong “Agaton” at ang nararanasang mga pag-ulan dahil naman […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least two people were killed and two more seriously injured in a massive blast in China’s eastern port city of Ningbo on Sunday, local official said. The city government said on an official social media account that the explosion had occurred in a “vacant lot” but it did not provide more details. It added that an unidentified number of people were being treated.
