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COTABATO, Philippines (AFP) — A child was killed and six others wounded after a bomb exploded on a public bus in the insurgency-plagued southern Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said, but no group has claimed responsibility. Police said the explosion happened as the bus was travelling along a highway near Cotabato City on Mindanao island, a haven for multiple armed groups ranging from communist insurgents to Islamist militants. The bomb was “inside the bus, at the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular office in Cotabato City is temporarily suspending operations. In an advisory, the DFA said the suspension “until further notice” was due to “issues concerning the Cotabato Consular Office building.” The department did not elaborate. It said affected applicants with confirmed appointments who are unable to avail of consular services must secure another appointment by emailing the consular office at [email protected]. The email should contain the following […]
(Eagle News)-President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Dec. 23, visited the soldiers wounded in the explosion in Cotabato City on Sunday, and in an encounter with terror groups on Nov. 28. The visits in Camp Siongco Station Hospital in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao and Cotabato Regional and Medical Center took place after the President led the ceremonial distribution of land titles to beneficiaries of the agrarian reform program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao […]
(Eagle News) — A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Cotabato on Friday, Nov. 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 12 kilometers southeast of Makilala at 2:27 p.m. Depth of focus was one kilometer. An instrumental intensity I was felt in Malungon, Sarangani. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — A mild 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck Cotabato early Wednesday, Nov. 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 11 kilometers southwest of Makilala at 3:58 a.m. Depth of focus was 25 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded. Under the Richter scale, earthquakes ranging from magnitudes 3.0 to 3.9 are felt but rarely cause damage.
(Eagle News) — A 3.9-magnitude earthquake hit Cotabato on Sunday, Nov. 3. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 22 kilometers southwest of Makilala at 8:19 a.m. Depth of focus was four kilometers. Intensity II was felt in Kidapawan City. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A mild 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Cotabato on Sunday, Nov. 3. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 15 kilometers southwest of Makilala at 4:12 a.m. Depth of focus was 16 kilometers. No aftershocks were recorded. Earthquakes measuring from a 3.0 to 3.9 magnitude under the Richter scale are often felt by people who observe some shaking. They, however rarely cause damage. PHIVOLCS said no damage was recorded. […]
(Eagle News)–An earthquake struck Tulunan, Cotabato anew on Saturday, Nov. 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, a 3.2 magnitude one and of tectonic origin, hit 24 kilometers northeast of the town at 9:48 a.m. Depth of focus was 26 kilometers. An intensity III was reported in Kidapawan, which felt the tremor at an instrumental intensity II. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected. The quake came two days after […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Cotabato on Saturday, Nov. 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 23 kilometers southeast of Tulunan at 2:38 a.m. Depth of focus was six kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were recorded: Intensity: Intensity V – Kidapawan City Instrumental Intensities: Intensity IV – Kidapawan City Intensity I – Tupi, South Cotabato; Alabel, Sarangani No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) – The number of people killed in the combined 6.6 magnitude quake of Oct. 29 and the 6.5 magnitude quake of Oct. 31 has risen to at least 21, according to the latest report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) issued on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 The NDRRMC also said that there are at least 331 reported injured in the successive quakes (down from the previous NDRRMC report […]
(Eagle News) — These photos show just how the Eva Hotel in Kidapawan City, Cotabato is reduced to near rubble as it partially collapses, with its facade appearing more like an accordion, because of the severe damage after the 6.5 magnitude quake that hit Cotabato on Thursday morning, Oct. 31. This was just two days after the magnitude 6.6 quake that also hit Cotabato, followed by hundreds of aftershocks. But authorities clarified that […]
(Eagle News)–At least five people died in Cotabato after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Mindanao on Thursday, Oct. 31. The Cotabato provincial disaster risk reduction and management office identified the victims as Juve Gabriel Jauod, 7; Tessie Alcaide; Cesar Bangot; Romel Galicia, 20; and Precilla Verona, 70. All five were from Makilala, the provincial office said. Jauod, it said, died due to fallen debris, while Alcaide and Galicia perished in a landslide. It was unclear what […]
