Probe expands in truck deaths, all 39 victims are from China

Associated Press 10/25/2019

LONDON – All 39 people found dead in a refrigerated container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens, British police confirmed Thursday as they investigated one of the country’s deadliest cases of human smuggling. The Essex…

EU air quality improving but still deadly: report

AFP 10/29/2018

AIR pollution is slowly easing in EU countries but still causes nearly half a million early deaths each year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in its annual report published Monday. Although pollution levels dropped slightly in…

Cimatu expresses doubts quarry caused deadly Naga landslide

Rosalie O. Abatayo and Melvin Gascon 10/02/2018

WHILE growing up, Procesa Aliganga was accustomed to the quarry operations of a cement firm which was just 50 meters away from her home in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City, Cebu. She added the quarry operations of Apo…

THE PREDATOR MORE LETHAL AND DEADLY

Jeff Ruffolo 09/13/2018

HOLD on to your hats and glasses ladies and gentlemen as “The Predator” has arrived! And boy howdy … is he one upset fellow. Taking place somewhere in the heartland of America’s Midwest, “The Predator” lands on…

Thousands await rescue amid deadly south Indian floods

AP 08/18/2018

NEW DELHI — Thousands of stranded people are waiting for rescue as relentless monsoon floods batter the south Indian state of Kerala, where more than 170 have died in a little over a week and much of…

Rescuers search for survivors after deadly Italy bridge collapse

AFP 08/15/2018

Genoa, Italy — Italian rescuers have searched through the night for any survivors under the shattered remains of a motorway bridge in Genoa as investigators determine what could have caused such a catastrophic collapse. Some 30 people…

Deadly California fires explode again

AP 10/12/2017

SANTA ROSA, California — The wildfires tearing through California wine country flared anew on Wednesday, growing in size and number as authorities issued new evacuation orders and announced that hundreds more homes and businesses had been lost.…

No Pinoy casualties in deadly Mexico quake — DFA

Inquirer.net 09/20/2017

No Filipino casualties have been reported so far in the earthquake that rocked Mexico on Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. In a statement, the DFA said the 7.1-magnitude tremor that hit central Mexico…

Deadly separation

Editorial 06/12/2017

There are at least two issues that can be gleaned in last week’s murder of Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Bendong-Boniel of Bohol province that need to be addressed if only to spare more people from becoming victims…

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