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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The death toll from a storm that unleashed landslides and floods across the southern Philippines has climbed to 240 with scores of others still missing, officials said Monday. Tropical Storm Tembin (Vinta) on Friday struck the country’s main southern island of Mindanao, which often escapes the 20 or so storms that batter the rest of the archipelago nation each year. Civil defence officials said the number of confirmed deaths from Tembin […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakahanda ang United Nations (UN) na tumulong sa mga biktima ng bagyong “Vinta” sa Mindanao. Ipinarating ni UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres ang kanyang pakikiramay sa libu-libong naapektuhan ng kalamidad. Ayon kay Guterres, hiling niya ang mabilis na pagbangon ng mga biktima mula sa trahedya. Sinaluduhan din ng Secretary General ang mga pagkilos na isinasagawa ng rescue and recovery teams at maging ng mga volunteers sa kabila ng mga […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte knew beforehand that his son, Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, would resign from his post. But Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, the President’s daughter, said that the chief executive has yet to accept the vice mayor’s decision. “Once the resignation is accepted, it is deemed effective,” she said. She said while awaiting the President’s decision, her brother would be “on leave” from the Office of the Vice Mayor. “I can […]
(Eagle News) — Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte resigned from his post today, December 25, 2017, citing “unfortunate events” linked to his first failed marriage, his public squabble with his daughter, and the maligning of his reputation due to the reported shabu smuggling incident at the Bureau of Customs. Vice-Mayor Duterte also announced his resignation even as the city council was meeting over a deadly mall fire in Davao City where dozens had […]
At least 200 people have been killed and scores are missing in the southern Philippines after “Vinta” triggered severe flooding and landslides that also wrecked the holidays for tens of thousands of survivors. The tropical storm lashed Mindanao island, home to 20 million people, on Friday with strong gusts and torrential rain, wiping out at least one mountain village and prompting a massive rescue operation. Police said 144 people remained missing while more than 40,000 had fled […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has released a list of missing persons who are feared to have perished in the Davao City mall fire Saturday, December 23. “Our thoughts and prayers to the families and friends of the 37 missing persons of the New City Commercial Center (NCCC) fire in Davao City (on Saturday, December 23),” a Palace statement said. The list of missing persons below was released “as per the City Government of Davao” […]
(Eagle News)– “Vinta” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 9:30 a.m., the eye of “Vinta” was located at 290 kilometers south of Pagasa Island, Palawan. “Vinta” is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 145 kilometers per hour. All storm signals have been lifted, but scatteredto widespread moderate to occasionally heavy rains will […]
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse Thirty-seven people were believed killed in a fire that engulfed a shopping mall in Davao, local authorities said on Sunday. A Bureau of Fire Protection commander at the scene said the chances of the 37 surviving were “zero,” Paolo Duterte, Davao’s vice mayor, who is also the president’s son, wrote in a Facebook post. The blaze started at the four-storey NCCC Mall on Saturday morning and people were trapped […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the kin of the victims of a Davao mall fire that broke out on Saturday. The President reportedly stayed with the relatives who were anxiously waiting for any development. The President left around 4 a.m. on Sunday. More than 30 people are believed to ave died after a blaze hit the New City Commercial Corporation Mall Davao at the corner of Mac Arthur Highway and MAA road.
(Eagle News) — “Vinta” has intensified into a typhoon as it approaches the western boundary of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the eye of “Vinta” was seen 355 kilometers south southeast of Pagasa Island in Palawan. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 145 kilometers per hour. It is forecast to move west at 25 […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Saturday expressed “serious concern” over the series of ballistic missile attacks against Saudi Arabia, including the recent launches that it said targeted populated areas of Riyadh. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said “this puts innocent civilians, including many of our kababayans there, at serious risk.” Cayetano was referring to a ballistic missile fired by a Yemeni group and which was intercepted by Saudi Arabia on […]
