Ex-Zambo del Norte mayor, current vice mayor guilty

Patricia Denise Chiu - Inquirer.net 12/29/2019

The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has found former Labason, Zamboanga del Norte, Mayor Wilfredo Balais and incumbent Vice Mayor Virgilio Go guilty of graft in connection with the anomalous purchase of a secondhand vehicle in 2011. Both were…

Floods, landslides hamper work to restore power after typhoon Ursula

the Inquirer staff 12/29/2019

Floods and landslides caused by Typhoon “Ursula” (international name: Phanfone) are hampering work to restore power in the Visayas where only 10 out of 29 affected areas now have electricity. National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP)…

Victims of supertyphoon Yolanda in Capiz suffer again from typhoon Ursula

Nestor Burgos Jr. - Inquirer Visayas 12/29/2019

PANAY, CAPIZ—“We are back in our ‘condominium’ but we hope we will not stay here long,” Jasmin Bansale said. She was referring to a classroom at Felix Balgos National High School in Barangay Agbalo in Panay town,…

Ursula leaves a changed landscape in Boracay

Nestor Burgos Jr. - Inquirer Visayas 12/25/2019

ILOILO CITY—Typhoon Ursula changed the landscape of the popular destination Boracay Island in Aklan province, damaging houses and resorts, blowing trees onto roads and cutting off electricity and communications. The 1,032-hectare island was still without electricity as…

Ursula’s winds throw barge into house in Ormoc coastal village

Robert Dejon - Philippine Daily Inquirer 12/25/2019

ORMOC CITY – Strong winds stirred by Typhoon Ursula sent three barges and a tug boat slamming into the shore of a coastal village here, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). One of the barges, owned…

As reports trickle in, Ursula’s devastation unfolds: 8 dead, 6 missing in Iloilo, Capiz

Nestor Burgos Jr. - Inquirer Visayas 12/25/2019

ILOILO CITY—Typhoon Ursula left at least eight persons dead, including a 3-year-old boy, and six others missing in Iloilo and Capiz provinces as reports from areas cut off from communication started coming in. The fatalities included three…

Dinagat-bound boat runs aground, 20 passengers rescued in Surigao City

Erwin Mascariñas - Inquirer Mindanao 12/24/2019

SURIGAO CITY – A boat carrying 20 passengers bound for Dinagat Island for Christmas were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after its engine ran aground, buffeted by strong winds and heavy rains brought about by…

Maguindanao town vice mayor ambushed, critically hurt

Edwin Fernandez - Inquirer Mindanao 12/24/2019

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao –– Unidentified gunmen riding on a motorbike ambushed Tuesday Vice Mayor Akmad M. Ampatuan of Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao, police said. Ampatuan, half brother of the late Maguindanao strongman Andal Ampatuan Sr., was heading home…

Typhoon Ursula makes landfall over Eastern Samar

Daphne Galvez - Inquirer.net 12/24/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Christmas Typhoon Ursula (international name: Phanfone) made landfall over Eastern Samar on Tuesday afternoon. In its latest update, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Ursula hit Salcedo, Eastern Samar, at…

Vice Mayor Ampatuan hurt in Maguindanao ambush

Cathrine Gonzales - INQUIRER.net 12/24/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The vice mayor of Shariff Aguak town in Maguindanao province and his companions were injured in an ambush along the national highway on Tuesday afternoon, a police official said. Vice Mayor Akmad Mitra Ampatuan…

Families of victims eagerly wait for verdict in Ampatuan massacre

Froilan Gallardo 12/18/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – After waiting in anguish for ten years, Cathy Nunez and some of the families of the 32 journalist killed in the Ampatuan massacre in 2009 will be in Manila to hear the…

Iloilo media, church pray for justice to Ampatuan massacre victims

Nestor Burgos Jr. - Inquirer Visayas 12/18/2019

ILOILO CITY –– Iloilo journalists and church leaders on Wednesday held an ecumenical prayer assembly to pray and call for justice for the victims of the Ampatuan massacre on the eve of the promulgation of the 10-year…

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