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Employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) evacuated their building along Visayas Avenue in Quezon City after receiving a bomb threat through their email on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. According to the Quezon City Police Department (QCPD), after their thorough investigation, the bomb threat received by the …
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China acts up in WPS anew
SITUATIONS AT SEA. Filipino soldiers look out to sea from a cliff on Mavulis Island in Batanes with the Philippine flag flying in the breeze in this file photo from the Northern Luzon Command. DND raps Beijing for nixing military buildup in Batanes China has no right to comment on …
Read More »PCG hits China Coast Guard for ‘dangerous maneuvers’
Photo shows a frame grab from a handout video taken on Feb. 8 and released Sunday by the Philippine Coast Guard, showing a Chinese coast guard vessel (front right) blocking and sailing past the PCG’s BRP Teresa Magbanua (back left) near Scarborough Shoal. AFP The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on …
Read More »Quake halts landslide rescue
DILIGENT SEARCH. Teams from the Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao through the PCG Station Davao de Oro join other rescuers in searching for survivors of the landslide in Brgy. Masara, Maco town on Friday. PCG and AFP photos Death toll now at 35 77 remain missing under rubble A strong …
Read More »Dragon year ‘brings endless possibilities’
LUCKIEST SIGN. A child touches a dragon with its eyes already open – signaling the start of the Lunar New Year—at the SM City Grand Central on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Norman Cruz President Marcos expressed optimism that the Year of the Dragon will “bring endless possibilities” for the country. …
Read More »Mindanao secession to have social costs — NEDA
The National Economic Development and Authority warned an independent Mindanao republic would have “social costs” on top of the economic implications of such a secession push. “More than the economic cost it’s the social cost,” NEDA Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon said in a news forum yesterday. “The cost of doing business …
Read More »Quake halts search at Philippines landslide disaster site
This screengrab from AFPTV aerial video footage taken on February 7, 2024 shows the site of a landslide in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines. – A strong earthquake in the southern Philipppines on Saturday halted a search for scores of people believed buried in …
Read More »Quake halts search at Davao de Oro landslide disaster site
DAVAO DISASTER. This screengrab from Agence France Presse TV aerial video footage taken on Wednesday shows the landslide in Davao de Oro province that killed at least six people and injured 31. President Marcos also conducted an aerial survey of the region already battered by heavy rains and flooding. Meanwhile, …
Read More »Day of miracles: Infant, girl rescued in Masara
DILIGENT SEARCH. Teams from the Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao through the PCG Station Davao de Oro join other rescuers in searching for survivors of the landslide in Brgy. Masara, Maco town on Friday. PCG and AFP photos But 89 still missing after landslide as death toll up to27 A …
Read More »List of rockslides, mudslides worse than Davao ruin
Landslides are a frequent hazard across much of the Philippine archipelago nation due to its mountainous terrain, heavy rainfall, and widespread deforestation from mining, slash-and-burn farming and illegal logging. Here are some of the worst landslides in the country’s history: 2006 Guinsaugon landslide The February 11 massive landslide that buried …
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