Earthquake shakes Nepal; 69 dead

Reuters 11/04/2023

KATHMANDU — A strong earthquake struck the western area of Jajarkot in Nepal on Friday, killing at least 69 people and injuring dozens. Witnesses said that the houses in the area collapsed and buildings as far as…

Strong waves sink Bohol-bound motorboat; 69 passengers saved

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/30/2018

Queenie Ann Sueño was excited to return to her hometown in Getafe town in Bohol on Tuesday for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. But fear drowned the 24-year-old mother’s excitement when the motorboat that she and…

Central Visayas GDP is 69 percent from Cebu

Fernando Fajardo 07/19/2018

There were errors in my article last week. This is the corrected version of the article which I overhauled as a whole in view of its importance in helping us gauge the real size of the economy…

Msgr. Pono passes on at 69

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/08/2018

  Msgr. Carlito Pono, team moderator of St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Carcar City, has passed on at the age of 69. He succumbed to a bout of pneumonia on Saturday, April 7. Pono, who was…

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