Tag: southern Philippines

Laguna reports 18 Delta variant cases

(Eagle News) — The government of Laguna on Tuesday, July 27, confirmed 18 Delta variant cases had been detected in the province. Governor Ramil Hernandez said it takes two to three weeks to know the type of variant a patient has so it was possible the patients would recover  or would be cleared before the results are released. “Subalit hindi pa rin nawawala ang posibilidad na sila ay maaaring nakahawa bago na-test at na-clear, lalo […]

Philippines storm death toll rises to 74, dozens missing

MANILA, Philippines ( AFP) – The death toll from a tropical storm in the southern Philippines has risen to 74, officials said Saturday, with concerns the figure could rise as dozens remained missing. Tropical Storm Tembin struck Mindanao, the archipelago nation’s second-largest island on Friday, triggering flash floods and mudslides that have since erased a remote village from the map. The Philippines is pummelled by 20 major storms each year on average, many of them deadly. But Mindanao, […]

Timeline of Abu Sayyaf militant group in Philippines

MANILA,Philippines (AFP) — The Abu Sayyaf Islamic militant group has terrorized the southern Philippines and nearby areas with a trail of bombings, kidnappings and beheading since the 1990s. Filipino and Canadian officials said Tuesday the group had murdered Canadian retiree John Ridsdel, seven months after abducting him along with two other Westerners and a Filipina at a southern resort. The following is a timeline of the Abu Sayyaf’s rise and rampage: — Early 1990s: Libya-trained […]

Moderate quake shakes southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of southern Philippines early Thursday, seismologists said, with no damage or casualties immediately reported and no tsunami warning issued. The quake occurred at 2:21 am (1821 GMT Wednesday) off Mindanao island with its epicenter about 28 kilometers (17 miles) northwest of the mountainous town of Siocon at a depth of about 12 kilometers, the US Geological Survey said. It struck more than 750 kilometres […]