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by Ola Gondronk Agence France Presse PALU, Indonesia (AFP) — Nearly 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. The national disaster agency put the official death toll so far at 384, all of them in the tsunami-struck city of Palu, but warned […]
https://youtu.be/H4_m5yZxxKc (Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) held an Aid for Humanity in Toronto, Canada on Sept. 21, 2018 where it gave thousands of “care packages” including food items and winter articles to residents who came to the event. At least 4,000 care packages were distributed to those in need in Toronto who came to the event’s venue at the Queen Eizabeth Building, Canada National Exhibition Place. Under the directive of […]
(Eagle News) — Police arrived at the Senate on Tuesday, Sept. 25, after a Makati court, where he was charged with rebellion, ordered Senator Antonio Trillanes IV arrested. This was after Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda granted the Department of Justice’s motion that also sought for a hold departure order against the senator. The motion was filed on Sept. 7, after Proclamation No. 572 declaring void ab initio the amnesty granted to Trillanes for the […]
(Eagle News) — The search and retrieval operations for the missing victims of the landslide at the height of Typhoon “Ompong” in Itogon, Benguet continued on Friday, September 21. .(Photos by Eagle News Service reporter Jerold Tagbo)
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo is currently conducting its relief distribution program, Lingap sa Mamamayan, to help those affected by typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) in Itogon, Benguet which was hit by massive landslides that killed at least 19 people, and buried about 40 others which are still missing. The INC volunteers are currently giving out relief bags at the Loacan Elementary School.
(Eagle News) — Typhoon Ompong destroyed houses and other structures in Gonzaga in the province of Cagayan. Many classrooms were also destroyed by Typhoon Ompong in Gonzaga National High School. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Correspondent Rhodalyn Sumer) (Photos courtesy of Gonzaga National High School Principal) (Photos sent by the Principal of Gonzaga National High School)
by Park Chan-kyong Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s president and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un drove together through the streets of Pyongyang Tuesday past thousands of cheering citizens before opening a summit where Moon Jae-in will seek to reboot stalled denuclearisation talks between his hosts and the United States. Kim and Moon embraced at Pyongyang’s international airport — where the North Korean leader had supervised missile launches last year as […]
(Eagle News) — The search and retrieval operations of authorities for the missing victims of landslide caused by Typhoon Ompong in Itogon, Benguet continued. Presidential Political Adviser Francis Tolentino and Assistant Secretary Nicanor Faeldon of Civil Defense visited the area of the landslide on Tuesday, September 18. (Photos courtesy of PNP-RPIO)
(Eagle News) — Vast rice and cornfields are damaged by typhoon Ompong’s powerful winds and rainds that slammed into Ilagan City in Isabela. Initial estimated pegged the damage to agriculture at more than P370 million. In the Philippines, the over-all damage to agriculture was estimated at more than P14 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture. (Ricky Laggui, Eagle News Service correspondent in Ilagan, Isabela)
(Eagle News) — Authorities on Monday, September 17 resumed its search and rescue operation for dozens who were buried by landslide caused by Typhoon Ompong in the mountain town of Itogon, Benguet. (Photos courtesy of BJMP Regional CAR)
(Eagle News) — Photos of the aftermath of typhoon Ompong in the province of Pangasinan on Monday, September 17. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Correspondent Nora Dominguez)
