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(Eagle News)– A security escort of Mulanay, Quezon Mayor Joselito Ojeda was gunned down early Saturday, May 26. Ruben Subia was shot dead by two men who were on board a motorcycle in Mulanay around 5 a.m., the police said. A manhunt operation is ongoing against the suspects. Police are still investigating the incident.
By Ronald Pujeda Eagle News Correspondent PANUKULAN, Quezon (Eagle News) – A wounded dolphin was recently found by residents in Sitio Buslit, Brgy. Milawid, Panukulan, Quezon. According to the residents, the dolphin was weak and had wounds in its body. They immediately informed the authorities who immediately brought the 2.7 meter long dolphin to the Panukulan Port. The authorities are now taking care of the dolphin until it can be restored to health and sent […]
(Eagle News) — The death toll in Thursday’s incident that saw a ferry with hundreds on board capsizing in stormy weather off Quezon has increased to five, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Friday. According to Romina Marasigan, NDRRMC spokesperson, of the five fatalities, four have been identified. She said over 200 passengers and crew–252 to be exact—were plucked to safety after the Mercraft 3 keeled over in heavy seas en […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit Quezon on Thursday. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said the quake took place three kilometers west of Calauag at 8:02 p.m. Depth of focus was at 21 kilometers. An Intensity V was felt in Calauag and Guinayangan. No aftershocks were expected.
LUCENA CITY, Quezon (Eagle News) – Pormal nang nanumpa sa Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) ang 18 alkalde sa lalawigan ng Quezon nitong Huwebes ng umaga, ika-12 ng Oktubre. Kasama ng mga alkalde— o 40 porsyento ng mga alkalde sa probinsiya—ang mga lokal na opisyal ng mga barangay sa kanilang panunumpa sa lungsod ng Lucena. Pinangunahan ni Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez ang nasabing panunumpa. Ang PDP-Laban na ruling party ngayon ay pinamumunuan sa Quezon […]
PANUKULAN, Quezon (Eagle News) – Nailigtas ang mahigit 20 pasahero matapos lumubog ang sinasakyan nilang bangka na M/B Recto 3 noong Martes, October 10. Pabalik na sana ang bangka sa Barangay Calasumanga, Panukulan, Quezon mula sa pier ng Barangay Dinahican, Infanta, nang mangyari ang insidente. Ayon sa Philippine National Police (PNP)-Panukulan, umalis sa pier ang bangka pasado 2:00 ng hapon at makalipas ang mahigit kalahating oras ng paglalakbay patungo sa Panukulan, Quezon sa Polillo Island napansin […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Quezon Province suffered severe damages because of the heavy rains brought by tropical storm “Maring,” with many ricefields and vegetables affected by the floods. Governor David “Jay-jay” Suarez said this was because heavy rains for the past two days in the province were equivalent to a month’s rainfall in the area. “Yung mga palayan natin, nalubog na naman sa tubig. Yung mga low-lying vegetables natin are also affected. Apektado din […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Maring” has left land and is now over the sea of Zambales, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its 8 p.m. weather bulletin, Pagasa said “Maring” was last seen 10 kilometers west-northwest of Iba, moving in a west-northwest direction at 15 kilometers per hour. It said if the speed and track of “Maring” do not change, the tropical depression could leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility […]
LUCENA, Quezon (Eagle News) — A two-month old baby boy died in a landslide here in Lucena City in Quezon province. Two-month old Renzo Abas was killed when their house gave in because of a landslide around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 12 here in Purok, Munting Paraiso, Bgy 1. Their house was near the Mount Carmel Diocesan Hospital. Residents said that they noticed the ground was getting unstable, and that the […]
LOPEZ, QUEZON (Eagle News) – Bagaman passable pa ang mga sasakyan patungong Lopez, Quezon pagdating sa bungad nito sa may bahaging Diversion road unti unti nang tumataas ang tubig hanggang sa umapaw na ito. Pinapayuhan ang mga dumadaang sasakyan na mag-ingat sa pagmamaneho at maging mapagmatiyag. Kung sakaling tuloy-tuloy ang paglaki ng tubig ay huwag nang tumuloy sa pagtawid upang maiwasang mamatayan ng makina. (Jaime García at Allan Alinio – Eagle News Correspondents, Lopez, Quezon)
