Slight quake hits Cebu

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 10/18/2016

AN earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale was felt in Metro Cebu at 5:02 am Tuesday. Robinson Gorgio of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake’s origin was located six kilometers deep…

Japan quakes: Searchers find body, raising toll to 45

04/20/2016

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…

Death toll from quakes rises

04/19/2016

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,…

Rama: Improvement, but no tax breaks

05/13/2015

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama yesterday  said he was not in favor of giving tax breaks to owners of old buildings  that would need retrofitting to withstand a powerful earthquake. “When you talk about tax-free, ipanghatag ang…

SHAKEN BUT ALL SAFE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Anie M. Paujana, Jhunnex Napallacan, Melissa Q. Cabahug, Norman V. Mendoza 03/31/2015

4.7 magnitude quake disrupts courts, office work in Cebu City A brief but strong 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook Cebu yesterday morning, forcing people to run out of buildings and disrupting court trials and some graduation rites. However,…

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