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Tainan, Taiwan — Rescuers raced to find survivors after a powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn yesterday, collapsing a high-rise residential complex and killing at least 11 people, sending scores to hospital and leaving about…
COTABATO CITY — A 37-year-old farmer, who reportedly got so depressed after his farmland got parched by the dry spell, committed suicide in South Upi town in Maguindanao. Chief Insp. Roel Villarin, South Upi police chief, said…
GABBY Concepcion is a rare breed. In spite of being in his 50s, he feels like he has yet to hit his stride, both in showbiz where he is considered as one of the industry’s most sought-after…
‘Nagmahay gyud kaayo ko’g dako sa nabuhat nako sa akong anak’ Kimberly Tampos, 9, shielded her mother from the deadly knife locally known as “plamingko” wielded by her father and lost her life in the process. Tampos,…
ISABELITO Darnayla, the barangay captain of Basak in Lapu-Lapu City, was shot and wounded in a slay attempt by four suspected assailants past 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Darnayla, 53, who was carrying a firearm, managed to fire…
THE Cebu provincial government has turned over a new 520-meter coastal road to the Cordova municipal government. The P8-million new road links Sitio Camolinas in Barangay Poblacion to Barangay Alegria, the Capitol said in a statement. Construction…
Mandaue City’s business leaders were uneasy over an extended truck ban with the start of the repairs on the Mandaue-Mactan bridge this week. Donato Busa, Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president, said the longer truck…
A WATER firm offered to allocate the excess water produced by its desalination plant at the South Road Properties (SRP) to address Metro Cebu’s water shortage. Antonio Tompar, Pilipinas Water Resources Inc. (PWRI) president, said he wants…
Sixty-year-old street sweeper Thelma Inocencio never met Esperanza Fiel Garcia, but their lives have a common thread: an organization that the Garcia matriarch founded. Inocencio, who works for the Mandaue city government, said she never feared about…
On his 85th birthday yesterday, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu Ricardo Cardinal Vidal only has gratitude to God for the blessings he received throughout his life. “I thank God that I reached this age sound and healthy. I…
Machine operator Wilnar Ochada Paradiang was on graveyard shift at the second floor of Sumika Technology building in Tainan, Taiwan yesterday when the building shook. Paradiang, 29, said his first thought was to get out of the…
PHILIPPINE Embassy officials in Iraq have gone to the Kurdistan region to identify and start repatriation proceedings for the 14 Filipinos who perished in a hotel fire. As of 5 p.m. yesterday, it was not yet known…
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