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(Eagle News) — One person was reported injured after a fire hit a house in Quezon City on Tuesday, Dec. 11. A report from the Bureau of Fire Protection said Merrian Vargas, 55, sustained burns in her right arm in the blaze in a bungalow in Green Meadows Subdivision in Barangay Ugong Norte. The fire, which destroyed P500,000 worth of properties, started at 4:07 a.m. A fire-out was declared at 5:30 a.m.
Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Tinatayang umabot na sa Php 1.4 bilyon ang pinsala ng bagyong Ompong sa lalawigan ng Pangasinan sa imprastraktura at agrikultura. Sa partial damages report ng Pangasinan Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) as of September 19, ang pinsala sa agrikulta ay umabot na sa Php 1,043,361,280. Habang ang estimated cost of damages sa mga palay na napinsala ng baha ay umabot na sa Php 986,163,835 […]
(Eagle News) — Xiamen Airlines will pay the Manila International Airport Authority the amount representing damages resulting from the closure of a Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway last week after one of its planes overshot the runway. MIAA general manager Ed Monreal said the exact amount has yet to be determined. “Pinarating ko na po sa kanila ‘yun,” Monreal said. On Monday, Aug. 20, the airline’s chairman, Che Shanglun, apologized for Thursday’s incident, which led […]
(Eagle News) — Umabot na sa halos P3 milyong ang halaga ng napinsala sa sektor ng agrikultura dahil sa mga nararanasang pag-ulan. Ayon sa National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council o NDRRMC Nasa P2.9 milyong na ang naitalang halaga ng pinsala sa agrikultura dahil sa mga pag-ulan na dulot ng nagdaang bagyong Henry at habagat. Posible pa anilang magpatuloy ang maitatalang pinsala dahil paparating pa lamang ang iba pang impormasyon o ulat mula sa […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A strong quake hit western Japan early Monday, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or risk of tsunami waves, officials said. The 5.3-magnitude quake struck at a depth of 15.4 kilometres (10 miles) at 7:58 am (2258 GMT Sunday) near Osaka, according to the United States Geological Survey. There was no risk of tsunami from the tremor, the Japanese meteorological agency said, putting its magnitude at 5.9, and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A sharp increase in forest fires stoked record losses in global forest cover equivalent to the area of New Zealand in 2016, a Global Forest Watch report said Monday. The alarming pace of destruction — 51 percent higher than the prior year with a loss of 73.4 million acres (29.7 million hectares), according to data from the University of Maryland — was partially due to climate change that has increased […]
