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FOUR persons died while two others were injured after the boom truck they rode in fell into a cliff in barangay Kaseres in Oslob town late Monday. The fatalities were identified as Jon Rey Sanchez, 36, Roger…
A WIDOW died while six houses got burned down by a fire that hit barangay Nug-as, Alcoy town at past 10 p.m. last Sunday. PO2 Rosendo Benondo of the Alcoy police precinct said their town had no…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The death toll from landslides and floods in Sri Lanka as a result of week-long heavy storms has risen to 92, officials said Sunday. Soldiers searching for victims of landslides that buried three…
Bangkok, Thailand — At least 17 young girls died after a fire swept through the dormitory of a school for children of hill tribes in northern Thailand, officials said yesterday, adding several others were either missing or…
Baghdad — A wave of bombings struck outdoor markets in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 36 people, officials said — the latest in deadly militant attacks far from the front lines in the…
Fire investigators now placed at seven the number of people who perished in an early morning fire in Barangay Pahina Central in Cebu City. Four of the fatalities were children, three were siblings aged two, three and…
AT least five people reportedly died in a fire that hit barangay Pahina Central located beside the former One Citilink terminal in Cebu City at 4:44 a.m. Saturday. The fire which originated at the home of a…
Minamiaso, Japan — Searchers digging in a mountainous area of southern Japan where twin earthquakes triggered landslides found another body yesterday, raising the likely death toll to 45. Some 100,000 evacuees, some sleeping outdoors or in their…
AN eight-year-old girl died after she tried to rescue her dog inside the burning family home in Barangay Don Andres Soriano, Toledo City shortly before Wednesday midnight. Ritchel Jane Laborte was sleeping with her six-year-old brother Reil…
PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador — President Rafael Correa said the death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake has risen to at least 272. He gave the new count early Monday after visiting affected areas and said it would “surely rise,…
A 21-year-old convenience store employee died after being trapped inside a building that was razed by a fire in barangay Tunghaan, Minglanilla town, southern Cebu at past 2pm of Wednesday. The victim identified as Angel Laurito slept…
HIS screams for help were the last thing that his grandson heard from him. Eleuterio Jamiro, 85, died when he got trapped inside his room while fire consumed his house and 23 others in Sitio Kawayan, Barangay…
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