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(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P3 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Bacolod City over the weekend. According to the Philippine National Police, the more or less 450 grams of illegal drugs were confiscated from Joey Pasiolan Piestaño at 10:40 p.m. on March 12. The PNP did not provide additional details about the police operation. It said Piestaño and the illegal drugs were brought to PS8-Bacolod City Police Office “for […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Sunday, March 13. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 6:10 a.m. The epicenter was 202 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. The depth of focus was 34 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Forty-nine earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. This is according to a bulletin issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Saturday, March 12, a day after it said the degassing at the volcano “noticeably” became “more active.” PHIVOLCS said in an advisory on Friday, March 11, that volcanic SO2 gas emission was on an increased trend at the volcano since March 6 and peaked at 15,900 […]
(Eagle News) — Iloilo City has been placed under Alert Level 1 to “take effect immediately and until March 15, 2022,” Malacanang said. In a statement, the Palace said that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday, March 10, “approved the de-escalation of Iloilo City to Alert Level 1 after meeting the prescribed criteria for de-escalation to Alert Level 1 of the sub-Technical Working Group on Data Analytics.” Because of this, Iloilo City joins Metro […]
(Eagle News) — A village councilor was killed while seven others were injured after an unidentified gunman went on a shooting spree in Isabela, the Philippine National Police said on Thursday, March 10. According to the PNP, killed in the incident in Dalena on March 8 was barangay kagawad Gerly Telan. The PNP identified the wounded as Barangay Captain Briscio Lumabi Gammaru, Isidro Dayag Mamauag, Michael Curibang Mansibang, Vicenta Curibang Guiquing, Jose Soriano Mamauag, Sofrino […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Tuesday, March 8. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 2:13 a.m. Its epicenter was 278 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 115 kilometers. According to PHIVOLCS, the quake was tectonic in origin. No damage to property was reported but aftershocks were.
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P6.4 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Naga, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested in the operation on C5 Road, Barangay Mabolo, on Friday, March 4, were Hiroji Tesorero, 39; and Froilan Teves, 41. The 900 grams of shabu worth P6,420,000, the PNP said, were contained in a backpack. “Tuloy-tuloy ang matagumpay na operasyon ng ating kapulisan upang wakasan ang iligal na […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Oriental early Monday, March 7. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 3:09 am. It had its epicenter 80 kilometers southeast of Tarragona. The depth of focus was nine kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–Authorities seized P34 million worth of suspected shabu in a recent buy-bust operation in Negros Occidental. According to the Philippine National Police, the 5000 kilograms worth of illegal drugs were seized from Vicente Sepuesca after his arrest following a successful transaction between him and a police poseur buyer. The transaction for five sachets containing shabu worth P63,000 took place in Barangay Escalante on Friday. The PNP said also recovered from Sepuesca was a cellphone […]
(Eagle News) — There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued the advisory after a strong earthquake struck off New Zealand. The earthquake’s magnitude was pegged at 6.6 initially but this was later revised to 6.4. According to PHIVOLCS, the approximate distance of the event from Manila was 8266 kilometers. New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency earlier said it was checking the possibility of a tsunami threat. […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Tuesday, March 1. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 7:21 a.m. The quake struck 327 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 96 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
DA says infected quail and ducks “promptly culled” (Eagle News) – Bird flu or avian influenza has been detected in a duck farm in Baliuag, Bulacan, and quail farms in Candaba and Mexico, Pampanga. The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it had already “acted swiftly” to contain the disease through the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), municipal and veterinary personnel in the said towns, with the help of the farm owners themselves. “We immediately carried […]
