Taiwan quake: DMW says 2 more OFWs injured

Charie Abarca 04/09/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Two more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were injured from last week’s Taiwan quake, bringing the total to 11, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. DMW Officer in Charge Hans Cacdac said in a…

Japan quake survivors face freezing rain, threat of landslides

01/04/2024

WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Rescuers raced against the clock on Wednesday searching for survivors of an earthquake in western Japan that killed at least 65, while evacuees continued to wait for further aid amid freezing temperatures and heavy…

Bongbong Marcos orders relevant gov’t agencies to respond to Sarangani quake

Jean Mangaluz 11/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday ordered all appropriate government agencies to respond to the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao. The earthquake struck the waters off Sarangani and surrounding areas in the…

Rescues dwindle in Turkey after earthquake, giving way to grief and anger

Reuters 02/17/2023

KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey – A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey on Thursday more than 10 days after a devastating earthquake hit the region, but such rescues have become increasingly rare, leaving anger to…

PH Embassy in Turkey taps search-and-rescue teams for missing Filipino, children

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 02/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday said it has sought the assistance of search-and-rescue teams to determine the status of a Filipino woman and her children who are still missing and are…

Death toll from Indonesia’s earthquake rises to 252–local gov’t

Reuters 11/22/2022

JAKARTA — The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia’s Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 252, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. It also said 31 people are still missing and…

Heartbreak and shock at Afghan quake hospital

Agence France Presse 06/23/2022

SHARAN, Afghanistan—Bibi Hawa’s face is distorted by tears as she tries to grasp her predicament from a hospital bed in Sharan, capital of Afghanistan’s Paktika province. At least a dozen members of her family were among over 1,000…

BREAKING: Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes parts of Metro Manila, provinces on Christmas Day

Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @ConsINQ 12/25/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 6.3 earthquake was recorded in several parts of Luzon on Friday morning, Christmas Day. In an initial bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the epicenter of the quake was…

2 weak tremors hit Sarangani, Davao del Sur

Orlando Dinoy - Inquirer Mindanao 12/29/2019

BANSALAN, DAVAO DEL SUR, Philippines –Two mild tremors struck Sarangani and Davao del Sur early Sunday, December 29. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the magnitude 3.3 quake hit 19 kilometers northwest of…

A vendor’s plea: Help for family in quake stricken home

12/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Jerry Marivellosa could not keep himself from thinking about home while he attended to his dried fish products on Monday, December 16, 2019. A native of Sarangani province in Mindanao, the 43-year-old businessman arrived…

Two more bodies pulled out from collapsed building

Froilan Gallardo 12/16/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental – Rescuers pulled out two female bodies from the rubble of the collapsed Southern Trade Commercial building in Padada town, Davao del Sur early Monday morning, December 16, 2019. This raised…

5 persons killed by 6.3 magnitude quake in Mindanao

10/17/2019

DAVAO CITY –– The 6.3-magnitude quake that jolted Mindanao Wednesday night has killed five people, three of them children, in Magsaysay town in Davao del Sur; Datu Paglas town in Maguindanao, and Mlang town in Cotabato province.…

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