The Department of Education, through its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service, said the estimated damage to schools caused by the September 30 earthquake in Cebu has reached at least P12.69 billion.

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The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, in its 6 am situationer on Thursday, October 16, reported that 76 people have died from the September 30 earthquake that hit Cebu.

Office of Civil Defense Central Visayas Regional Director Joel Erestain confirmed this in a press conference on Thursday morning.

“Yesterday, as of 4 pm, ang number of fatalities natin is 76 na at ang number of injured umabot tayo sa more than 1,300 (the number of our fatalities is already 76 and the number of injured has reached more than 1,300),” Erestain said.

Residents still afraid to return to their homes also worry about the next calamity that could strike.

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At least 75 people have died from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake which struck the area of Cebu on September 30, according to Office of Civil Defense officer-in-charge Raffy Alejandro IV.

“Sa Cebu po ay nananatiling 75 ‘yung casualty [fatalities] doon,” Alejandro said in an interview on Monday, October 13. “Mayroon pa rin tayong close to 600 injuries.”

(In Cebu, the fatality count remains at 75. We have close to 600 injured people.)

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council will come out with an updated situational report at 6 pm on Monday.

Meantime, there are no reports yet of fatalities following the magnitude 5.8 aftershock that struck Bogo, Cebu, early Monday morning, said Alejandro.

The Earth is not our enemy. The real danger sits behind desks in airconditioned government offices, approving unsafe buildings and pocketing funds meant for safety. Every quake exposes the same fault lines in government and ignorance dressed as authority, corruption disguised as relief, and a bureaucracy allergic to science.

We pretend to be resilient while rewarding incompetence. We mistake endurance for progress. We elect science illiterates to set the policies and make laws for a country built on fractures. Then we wonder why the same tragedies keep repeating.

The ground moves because it must. The damage multiplies because we let fools and the corrupt run the country. The Earth owes us nothing. But the people we elect do. And they keep failing the test.

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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a magnitude 5.8 aftershock at 1:06 am on Monday, October 13, in Bogo City, Cebu.

Phivolcs confirmed that the tremor was an aftershock of the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Bogo on September 30. At present, the city government of Bogo is experiencing a city-wide blackout following the October 13 aftershock.

Below are the reported intensities in areas that felt the aftershock:

• Intensity V – CEBU (Tabuelan, Bogo, Tabogon, San Remigio, Medellin, and Daanbantayan)
• Intensity IV – CEBU (Bantayan, Catmon, Sogod, and Tuburan), ILOILO (Iloilo City), and CAPIZ (Roxas City and Pontevedra)
• Intensity III – CEBU (Argao, San Francisco, and San Fernando), BOHOL (Tagbilaran City, Carlos P. Garcia, and Dauis), NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (Canlaon City and Himamaylan City)
• Intensity I – ALBAY (Legazpi City)