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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Tuesday, Jan. 29, said the recent blasts in Sulu and North Cotabato were so far not related. “It is still too early to say that the recovered items are connected to Jolo bombing incident considering the distance,” Senior Supt. Bernard Batac, PNP spokesperson, said in a message to reporters. The two blasts in Sulu took place at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo town […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte will visit the site of the twin blasts in Sulu that killed at least 20 and injured 81 on Monday, Jan. 28. According to the Palace’s schedule released on the same day, the President would inspect the damage on the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo. The schedule did not say, however, if President Duterte would visit the relatives of those who were killed in the blasts, which took […]
(Eagle News)–The European Union delegation to the Philippines on Sunday, Jan. 27, expressed their condolences to the kin of those killed in the twin blasts that rocked Jolo, Sulu earlier. “I express my solidarity with the Filipino people during these trying times,” Ambassador Franz Jessen said in a statement. He said Filipinos “have always been resilient, steadfast, and collaborative..” “..And I am certain that these values will see them through in this sad situation,” he […]
81 others injured (Eagle News)–The death toll in the twin blasts at a Sulu cathedral on Sunday, Jan. 27, has reached 20, the police said, with 81 injured. Earlier, the police said the death toll in the explosions at the Mount Carmel cathedral in Jolo town had reached 27. The Police Regional Office 9 clarified the fatalities were five military personnel and 15 civilians, while two police officers, 65 civilians and 14 military personnel were […]
(Eagle News) — One person was killed after a fire hit a building in Manila on Thursday, Jan. 17. Authorities have yet to identify the victim, who was found in a bathroom in the residential-commercial building in Sta. Cruz, Manila that caught fire at 9:52 a.m. The blaze reached the second alarm. A fire-out was declared at 10:50 a.m. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
(Eagle News)—Three people were killed after a fire hit a residential area in Manila on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The charred bodies of Lynrose Balot Valentin, 50; her son Jordan Valentin, 26; and a 17-year-old relative were found on the second floor of the house on Doña Maria Street in Sampaloc after the fire, which began past 6 a.m., was put out at 6:47 a.m. The blaze did not reach he first alarm. Authorities are investigating the incident. […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs is still checking whether Filipinos were among the people reported killed and injured in a recent train crash in Denmark. In a statement, the DFA said based on a report from Ambassador to Denmark Jocelyn Batoon-Garcia, Consul General Poul Krogh was checking with Danish authorities if any of the 12,000 members of the Filipino community was among the six killed or 16 injured in the incident that involved a commuter […]
(Eagle News) — Three people, including two teenagers, were killed in two highway accidents, involving motorcycles, on December 24 in Zamboanga peninsula region, according to police. The Police Regional Office 9 (PRO-9) identified the fatalities as Jonathan Timbawas, 17; Marvin Gandamon, 16; and Robert Reyes, 45. Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, PRO-9 information officer, said Timbawas, 17, was driving a motorcycle with the 16-year old Gandamon as his back-passenger, when they collided head on with a […]
(Eagle News) –Typhoon Rosita (international name Yutu) has left at least 15 persons dead, even as officials expect this number to rise as more bodies are found in Northern Luzon which was badly hit by the tropical cyclone. The fatalities were from Region 3 or Central Luzon, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Southern Tagalog or CALABARZON. The number of injured at three are also expected to rise. The number of missing was also listed […]
(Eagle News)–The Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 7 never said the area where a landslide occurred and killed over 40 people was landslide-prone in the first place. In a radio interview, Naga City, Cebu Mayor Kristine Vanessa Chiong said the MGB office even issued a “clearance na the company can proceed with quarry activities because okay lang ‘yung area.” “In the history of Naga, ‘yung area in Sindulan, ‘yung ground zero, wala namang landslide,” Chiong […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Sept. 21, visited the victims of a landslide in Naga City, Cebu. The President was accompanied by Department of the Interior and Local Government officer in charge Eduardo Año, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Office of the Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Nicanor Faeldon, among others. Operations to rescue possible survivors continue.
(Eagle News) — The police have placed in their custody several suspects in the Lamitan blast in Basilan that killed several people. A report said the suspects were members of the Abu Sayyaf Group. The police have yet to release the identities of the suspects. On July 31, a bomb went off near an Army detachment along the Magwakit intersection of Barangays Bulanting and Colonia, killing at least ten people. The bomb was allegedly intended to […]
