(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte will visit areas devastated by Typhoon “Ompong” on Sunday, Sept. 16.Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said the President would particularly conduct an aerial inspection of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, and Tuguegarao, Cagayan around noon. “Ompong” made landfall over northern Luzon early Saturday. It exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Saturday night.
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Rescuers in grim search for survivors of Mexico quake; death toll over 230
by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias and Yussel Gonzalez Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – Rescuers dug Wednesday for survivors of a 7.1- magnitude earthquake that killed at least 230 people in Mexico, as the nation watched anxiously for signs of life at a collapsed school in the capital. Firefighters, police, soldiers, and volunteers worked frantically to remove rubble in scenes repeated across a swath of central states in Mexico’s second killer earthquake this month. The […]





