WELLINGTON, New Zealand— New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is traveling to the epicenter of Monday’s powerful earthquake to survey the damage. Key is taking a helicopter to the small South Island coastal town of Kaikoura. The…
Four persons were injured while 17 houses were damaged after a tornado hit Barangay Odlot in Bogo City, northern Cebu late Wednesday afternoon. Odlot barangay chairperson Emily Juanilla said the strong winds turned a house upside down…
13 houses were totally destroyed and 2 partially damaged by fire that broke out at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday at Sitio Luray I, Barangay Poblacion, Toledo City. SFO3 Julius Dagatan, Toledo City fire investigator said the fire…
The vessel which ran aground in Monad Shoal last month has been allowed to set sail to Subic Bay, Zambales for repairs after the Cebu provincial government received without objection the ship owner’s letter of guarantee ensuring…
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…
After completing the actual measurements of the damaged portion in Monad Shoal, experts from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 7 and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 are now conducting a…
A 3-storey residential building was damaged when a fire broke out at Tuesday dawn in Sitio Sta. Ana, Barangay Labangon, Cebu City. FO3 Mariechel Caburnay of Cebu City Fire Station said the alarm was received at 1:55…
WITH the removal of the Panama-registered MV Belle Rose from where it ran aground in Monad Shoal off Malaspascua Island in northern Cebu, a team of divers will now focus on measuring the exact damaged area to…
Being a country composed of more than 7,000 islands occupied by residents that raise children who can swim and earn money diving for fish and pearls, the Philippines surprisingly registers more maritime tragedies than airline accidents. The…
The operation to remove MV Belle Rose from where it ran aground in Monad Shoal off famed Malaspascua Island will begin today amid efforts to protect the massive coral reef on which the 186-meter bulk carrier rests.…
MV Belle Rose hits 3 hectares of corals in Monad Shoal Officials of northern Cebu’s town of Daanbantayan will seek a still unspecified amount of compensation from the owners of the Panama-registered cargo vessel for the damage…
The Panama-registered cargo vessel MV Belle Rose veered off course to avoid hitting fisherfolk, causing them to run aground at the shallow portion of Monad Shoal in Daanbantayan town last Monday dawn. Baltazar Tribunalo Jr., head of…
