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(Eagle News) — The number of fatalities in the Feb. 24 misencounter between members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has risen to four. Aside from the two Quezon City police officers earlier reported, two more had passed away — one PDEA agent, and another PDEA informant. This was confirmed by PDEA director general Wilkins VIllanueva. The policemen who died were identified as PCpl Lauro de Guzman and […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Ulysses” (international name Vamco) left at least 14 dead, eight injured and 14 missing in the country, according to the Philippines’ top disaster and risk reduction official. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad said that the list of 14 dead does not include fatalities coming from Metro Manila yet. Jalad said the number of dead from the Philippine capital was still undergoing validation. So […]
by Raziye AKKOC with Hélène COLLIOPOULOU in Athens Agence France Presse Rescuers dug through heavy blocks of concrete with their bare hands Saturday in a desperate search for survivors from a powerful earthquake that levelled buildings across Greece and Turkey, killing at least 26 people. The quake struck late Friday afternoon, causing a mini-tsunami on the Aegean island of Samos and a sea surge that turned streets into rushing rivers in a town on […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon Quinta has left at least 16 people dead in the country, with four more reported missing, according to the latest data from the national disaster officials. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said that the 16 deaths, 22 injured and four missing came from CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol region, and Western and Central Visayas due to Typhoon Quinta, the 17th tropical cyclone in the Philippines for this year which […]
Three people died and a dozen others are missing after typhoon Quinta (international name Molave) triggered flooding across the central Philippines, officials said Tuesday, with thousands still sheltering in evacuation centers. Typhoon Quinta struck Sunday, inundating low-lying villages and farmlands, knocking down power lines and destroying hundreds of houses as it crossed the archipelago. The typhoon is now sweeping across the South China Sea towards Vietnam, the national weather forecaster said. The National Disaster […]
HERZLIYA, Israel (AFP) — China’s ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, died at his home in Tel Aviv on Sunday, apparently from natural causes, a statement from Beijing said. The 57-year-old envoy, who had arrived in Israel in mid-February, was found dead in his home in Herzliya, north of the city, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP. A statement from China’s foreign ministry said: “The preliminary verdict is that Ambassador Du Wei died unexpectedly of health […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — An Ecuadoran woman who was pronounced dead of COVID-19 suddenly woke up in the hospital, to the delight and relief of relatives who had identified someone else’s body as hers and had it cremated. Alba Maruri, 74, was hospitalized in March in Guayaquil, the Ecuadoran city hardest hit by the pandemic, with fever and trouble breathing. She lost consciousness for three weeks and was declared dead on March 27, relatives […]
by Xavier LETAMENDI Agence France Presse GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) — Darwin Castillo’s father died in Guayaquil during the coronavirus pandemic that has caused the Ecuadoran city’s health system to collapse. But when Castillo went to the overwhelmed morgue to recover him, he opened a body bag to find the person inside wasn’t his father. Two weeks have passed and he still hasn’t found the body. Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, is the capital of Guayas […]
Ni Ghadzs Rodelas Eagle News Service Batangas correspondent SAN NICOLAS, Batangas (Eagle News) — Natagpuan na ngayong Sabado, Pebrero 15, ang isa sa dalawang lalaki na napaulat na nawawala sa kasagsagan ng pagputok ng Taal Volcano sa mismong Volcano Island na sakop ng Brgy. Alas-as, San Nicolas, Batangas. Nakadapa sa bangka nang matagpuang wala nang buhay si Marlon Deteral, 26 anyos at residente ng nasabing lugar. Ayon sa ina ng biktima, si Marilyn Deteral, […]
by Amir Havasi Agence France Presse KERMAN, Iran (AFP) — A stampede broke out Tuesday at the funeral of a top Iranian general killed in a US drone strike, leaving more than 30 people dead as huge crowds of mourners packed his hometown. The crush in the southeastern city of Kerman came as Iran prepared to bury Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, a hugely popular figure in the Islamic republic. “Unfortunately because of overcrowding […]
(Eagle News) — At least nine people died after “Ursula” pummeled the country in recent days, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said. According to the DILG, of the nine, three were from Balasan, Iloilo; two from Batad, Iloilo; two from Pontevedra, Capiz; and one from Abuyog, Leyte. “Ursula’s” strong winds and heavy rains brought destruction in parts of Visayas, Mindanao and Luzon. In Ormoc, Leyte, videos showed fallen trees and damaged vehicles […]
SAN MIGUEL, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) — At least six people, including a two-year-old girl, died and several others were injured after a forward truck slammed into a fence in Zamboanga del Sur on Saturday, Oct. 26. Authorities identified the fatalities in the incident in Barangay Limonan as John Bryant Albaño, 19; Boboy Magallanes Cuesta, 34; Gerelyn Chavez, 2; Liza Albaño Berano, 40; Elizabeth Montañez Magallanes, 48; and Reyan Gabotero Salba, 20. The injured […]
