2 more Filipino casualties in Hawaii wildfires still being verified — DFA

Charie Abarca 08/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said they are verifying reports of two more Filipino casualties in the Hawaii wildfires. De Vega, in a message to INQUIRER.net, said the DFA uses official sources before confirming…

Road accidents in CV up in 2022; several motorcycle crashes noted in Cebu

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 12/31/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With the easing of restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic starting in March 2022, more businesses opened, more tourists started to arrive, and face-to-face classes were implemented. Amid all these as the economy of…

More than 100,000 Russian military casualties in Ukraine, says top US general

Reuters 11/10/2022

WASHINGTON — America’s top general estimated on Wednesday that Russia’s military had seen more than 100,000 of its soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine, and added Kyiv’s armed forces “probably” suffered a similar level of casualties in…

Ukraine says 1,200 bodies found near Kyiv as east braces for onslaught

Agence France Presse 04/11/2022

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine – Ukraine said Sunday it had found more than 1,200 bodies in the Kyiv region, the scene of atrocities allegedly committed during the Russian occupation last month, as residents in the country’s east braced — or…

Study targets to minimize casualties in operations

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/05/2018

THE top official of the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) believes that by conducting a thorough study of their targets, the police should be able to limit casualties during police operations. “Depende gyod na sa suspect na…

Zero casualties but crop damage

Morexette B. Erram 12/18/2017

The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) announced that there are no casualties or reported injuries due to Tropical Depression Urduja. However, PDRRMO chief Baltazar Tribunalo Jr. recommended for members of the Provincial Board…

Winning the drug war with zero casualties

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/12/2017

BOGO CITY POLICE Raised by parents who taught him that human life is sacred, a police officer assigned in northern Cebu has shunned quick antidotes to the country’s illegal drug problem at a time when killings abound,…

No Pinoy casualties in deadly Mexico quake — DFA

Inquirer.net 09/20/2017

No Filipino casualties have been reported so far in the earthquake that rocked Mexico on Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. In a statement, the DFA said the 7.1-magnitude tremor that hit central Mexico…

OCD-7 to release additional cash aid for casualties

Intern 04/25/2017

  THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD-7) in Central Visayas has announced that it will release financial aid to the families of those who died when Tropical Depression Crising hit northern Cebu last Easter Sunday. OCD-7 will…

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