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A farmer and seven other people were killed in Zamboanga del Norte after a mortar shell he had found at work exploded, police said Thursday. The incident that took place on Wednesday at a rubber plantation in the fourth-class municipality of Sirawai also saw five others wounded. Those killed and injured were relatives and neighbors of rubber tapper Marcelo Antogan, 21, who was also killed himself. It was Antogan who brought home the shell without […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The number of fatalities because of “Urduja” has risen to 41. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, of the 41, 28 were from Biliran, three from Masbate, one from Camarines Norte, five from Leyte and one was from Eastern Samar. Two of the fatalities were from Eastern Samar, and one was from Surigao del Norte. The NDRRMC said 67 were also injured in Samar and […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A fire tore through a house in Beijing Saturday killing 19 people and injuring eight, Chinese state media said. The inferno broke out in Beijing’s southern Daxing district, Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. The report did not specify the cause but said an unspecified number of suspects were in police custody. Xinhua said the fire was brought under control some three hours after it erupted and that the injured […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Saturday extended its sympathies to the families of those who died and whose properties were lost in the Northern California wildfires. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the wildfires, which began in California’s Wine Country on Oct. 8, have left more than 30 dead and thousands of people homeless. While none of the “almost 18,000 Filipinos in the Wine Country and surrounding counties have been reported as among the casualties,” […]
At least three people died and now over 40 were injured after a water tank in Barangay Muzon, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan burst due to pressure on Friday, October 6, 2017. The raging waters that escaped from the tank that was operated by the San Jose del Monte Water District also destroyed property in the barangay.
(Eagle News) — The death toll in the water tank explosion in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan on Friday rose to three, while the number of those injured reached over 40, as authorities looked for answers to the question who could be held liable. In a radio interview, Supt. Fritz Macariola, San Jose Del Monte police chief, said the recent fatalities in the incident that saw raging waters escape from the steel container in Barangay Muzon […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Tuesday expressed condolences to the families of the victims in the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday night. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella made the pronouncement, as he reported that there was no Filipino casualty in the incident that is now dubbed as the worst mass shooting in modern United States history. “We join the peace-loving people of the international community in denouncing this latest act of violence,” […]
(Eagle News) — There are no reports of Filipino casualties after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit central Mexico on Tuesday. This was according to Philippine Ambassador to Mexico Jose Eduardo de Vega in a radio interview on Wednesday. According to De Vega, there are less than 100 Filipinos in the area. “Napakalakas talaga…Up and down talaga,” he said of the quake that hit the state of Puebla, near Mexico City, hours after an earthquake drill. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte assured residents of quake-hit Ormoc, Leyte the government was there to help them get back on their feet, as he expressed satisfaction over government relief efforts there. “Narito kami kasi tutulong kami sa inyo. Meron nang programa ang gobyerno kung paano ang gagawin sa mga tulong na dumating,” he said in a brief interview with Palace communications office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson. According to the President, the government would […]
At least two were reported killed and several others injured after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Leyte and was felt in nearby provinces on Thursday. The first fatality was a man who died following the collapse of a 10-year-old commercial building when the quake struck at 4:03 p.m., Kananga Mayor Rowena Codilla said in a radio interview. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake–with its epicenter in Jaro–was felt at varying intensities in nearby provinces […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)–Manslaughter charges could be filed over London’s deadly tower blaze, police said Friday after they found that outside cladding had failed safety tests and that the fire started with a faulty fridge. “We are looking at every criminal offense from manslaughter onwards,” Fiona McCormack from London’s Metropolitan Police said at a briefing on the June 14 blaze in west London, which left 79 people presumed dead. Referring to the tiles and insulation […]
by Sefatullah Zahidi Agence France Presse LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — At least 34 people were killed Thursday when a Taliban car bomb struck a bank in Afghanistan’s Lashkar Gah city as people were queueing to withdraw salaries, the latest bloody attack during the month of Ramadan. Dozens of wounded people were rushed to hospital on makeshift stretchers after the bombing at New Kabul Bank, which upturned vehicles, left the area littered with charred debris, and sent a […]
