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(Eagle News) — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, Feb. 23. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 9:54 p.m. The epicenter was 39 kilometers northeast of Hinatuan. The depth of focus was 18 kilometers. According to PHIVOLCS, the following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity IV- Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur Intensity III – Bislig City, Surigao Del Sur ntensity II – […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Monday, Feb. 21. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 5:13 a.m. The epicenter was 115 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The depth of focus was 69 kilometers. The following instrumental intensity was reported: Intensity II -General Santos City No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Ilocos Norte on Saturday, Feb. 19. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 8:16 p.m. The epicenter was 18 kilometers northeast of Pagudpud. The depth of focus was 47 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity IV – Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte Intensity III – Pasuquin and Bacarra, Ilocos Norte; Santa Praxedes, Cagayan Intensity II – San […]
Cohort escapes; P6.8 million worth of shabu seized (Eagle News) — A 27-year-old drug suspect was killed after he allegedly engaged policemen out to arrest him in a gunfight in Mandaue City in Cebu over the weekend. According to the Philippine National Police, an unidentified companion of Jomar Espinoza managed to escape authorities in the buy-bust operation in Purok Kiring in Barangay Casili. Seized from the suspects, however, the police said, were P6.8 million worth […]
COTABATO, Philippines (AFP) — Nine people were killed and three injured in the southern Philippines Saturday when a convoy of SUVs was shot at in an ambush linked to a feud between rival Muslim clans, police said. The attack occurred in a region with a long history of violence, and a short drive from where 58 people -– including 32 journalists -– were murdered in the nation’s worst political massacre in 2009. Clan leader […]
(Eagle News)–Authorities seized over P2.6 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Negros Occidental, the Philippine National Police said over the weekend. According to the PNP, also arrested during the buy-bust operation in Barangay 21, Victorias City, were Jesther T. Soquena, 46, and Biboy Dacumos. Apart from the more or less 390 grams of shabu worth P2,652,000, seized from the suspects was a Toyota Vios they used to transact with the police poseur […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Batanes on Saturday, Feb. 12. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 8:41 a.m. It had its epicenter 45 kilometers southwest of Sabtang. The depth of focus was 61 kilometers. No damage to property was reported but aftershocks are expected.
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Friday, Feb. 11. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake struck at 4:16 a.m. Its epicenter was 259 kilometers southwest of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 14 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A police lieutenant was killed in a recent encounter with communist terrorists in Northern Samar, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Police Lieutenant Kenneth Tad-awan, died in the encounter which ensued while on preventive patrol in Barangay Look, Lapinig. Joint police and military pursuit operations are underway against the local terrorist group, the PNP said. PNP Chief Dionardo Carlos extended his condolences to the kin of the fatality. “We […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities arrested a 20-year-old woman after she allegedly sold fake vaccination cards to undercover policemen in Bukidnon. According to the Philippine National Police, nabbed in Manolo Fortich town was Sharlyn Abdul, 20. The PNP said she was nabbed in an entrapment operation where she sold two counterfeit cards worth P700 to operatives. The operation was conducted after surveillance of Abdul, who, the police said, had been reported to the authorities by a […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Nine people including a baby were killed in the northern Philippines after a speeding van lost control on a corner and smashed into a row of houses on the edge of a highway, police said Monday. The victims were gathered on the porch of a friend’s house after attending a wake in Lal-Lo town in Cagayan province on Saturday night when the accident happened. “They were hanging out when the speeding […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-two more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to Philippine National Police data, the additional cases pushed the total PNP COVID-19 cases to 48567. Of these, 684 are active. Recoveries also rose to 47756 with the additional 119 recoveries. The PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 127, with no additional deaths reported. The PNP has said that as of December last year, less than 1 percent of the entire […]
