Japan quake update: Woman in her 90s rescued alive 5 days under collapsed house

01/07/2024

WAJIMA, Japan — A woman in her 90s was pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan late Saturday, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and…

Ukrainian boy badly burned in Russian attack returns to school, music and dance

12/06/2023

LVIV, Ukraine- Eight-year-old Ukrainian boy Roman Oleksiv is back at school in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, another step in an unlikely recovery from life-threatening burns and shrapnel to the head that he sustained in a…

Syria newborn pulled alive from quake rubble

Agence France Presse 02/08/2023

JINDAYRIS, Syria — Extended family members pulled a newborn baby alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria, after finding her still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother, who died in Monday’s massive…

Cancer patient as a child, survivor now aims to be a doctor

Marc Cosep 11/28/2019

At the age of five, the world of a typical child is filled with play, discovery, and learning. For a young Nob Ryan Villarin of Mandaue, it was all this, secure in the company of his family…

She thought it was a scam: ‘Yolanda’ survivor wins P25M

Inquirer 04/22/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Sometimes she would look at her parents and wonder how she could give them a better life. Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) destroyed their home, and they haven’t really recovered from the tragedy. Of…

Malubog ambush survivor: ‘We were picked up by police’

Benjie B. Talisic, DORIS BONGCAC 10/04/2018

The lone survivor in the Malubog shooting incident claimed that he and five others were victims of a salvage attempt by police officers. Antonio Belande, a habal-habal driver, said they were picked up by police while in…

VICTIMS, SURVIVOR

MAO BA? 09/24/2018

A live video of the Campanilla family landslide victims along with a survivor who recounted his experience drew mixed online reactions. Yannalle Belle said “My deepest sympathy to all of the people who lost their love ones…

Survivor starts fund raising drive

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/21/2018

  SHIELA Marie Panilag was not in their house in Barangay Tinaan in the City of Naga when the killer landslide devoured their community on Thursday morning. Although spared from imminent death, the 28-year-old could not rejoice.…

Depression survivor finishes Magna Cum Laude

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/25/2018

Over a year ago, Lian Grace Sinculan would go to her school’s guidance counselor with swollen eyes from crying all night long. Finding a reason to live was her greatest struggle alongside her school work as a…

Hero labrador sniffs out survivor

AFP 02/10/2018

  A rookie golden labrador on his first ever mission has won praise for helping Taiwanese search and rescue workers find two people trapped in a severely damaged building following a deadly earthquake. Four-year-old Tie Hsiung, whose…

Cancer survivor tops Milo gymnastics

Correspondent John Carlo Villaruel 08/26/2017

BEFORE she became one of the country’s most decorated gymnasts, Daniela Reggie Dela Pisa has suffered more than her share of letdowns especially when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age four. After bouts with radiation…

Survivor vows not to go back to Marawi

Inquirer.net 05/31/2017

Tagbilaran City, Bohol — Two days before the clashes in Marawi broke out, a 20-year-old welder from here was on board his motorcycle in Marawi City to look for food when a man approached him and asked…

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