Tag: Philippines
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Southern Philippines hit by 6.8 magnitude earthquake: USGS
Manila, Dec 15 (AFP/APP): A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, geologists said, the same area struck by a string of deadly tremors in October. The epicentre was south of the populous city of Davao, but the US Geological Survey said there was a “low likelihood of casualties…
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Typhoon Kammuri pounds Philippines, forces Manila airport closure
Manila, Dec 3 (AFP/APP): Typhoon Kammuri on Tuesday lashed the Philippines with fierce winds and heavy rain, as hundreds of thousands took refuge in shelters and the capital Manila prepared to shut down its international airport over safety concerns. The powerful storm, which blew in windows and sheared off roofs, roared ashore late Monday and…
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Thousands flee as Typhoon Kammuri churns towards Philippines
Manila, Dec 2 (AFP/APP): The Philippines was braced for powerful Typhoon Kammuri as the storm churned closer, forcing evacuations and threatening plans for the Southeast Asian Games events near the capital Manila. Kammuri is expected to make landfall late Monday or early Tuesday in the nation’s east with heavy rains and wind gusts of up…
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Thousands in Philippines flee Typhoon Kalmaegi
Manila, Nov 19 (AFP/APP): At least 5,000 people have fled their homes with Typhoon Kalmaegi poised to blast into the northern Philippines late Tuesday, with a second tropical storm forecast to hit just days later. Kalmaegi is expected to batter the nation’s lightly populated far north with 120 kilometre per hour winds, the national weather…
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Philippines deports over 300 Chinese for fraud
ANKARA, Nov 14 (AA/APP):Philippines immigration authorities deported more than 300 Chinese nationals reportedly involved in telecommunications fraud, officials said Thursday. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it had deported 312 Chinese nationals who were allegedly part of a telecommunications investment fraud scheme, according to the official Philippine News Agency. BI Intelligence chief Fortunato Manahan Jr.…
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Philippine drug war critic vows end to ‘senseless’ killing
Manila, Nov 8 (AFP/APP): The vocal critic that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has named to a lead role in his deadly drug war called on Friday for revamping the crackdown and ending its “senseless” killing. Opposition leader Leni Robredo has regularly attacked Duterte’s internationally condemned initiative, prompting the president to appoint her this week to…
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Nearly 400 aftershocks rattle southern Philippines
MANILA, Oct 30 (XINHUA/APP):Nearly 400 aftershocks, ranging from magnitude 1.5 to magnitude 6.1, have rattled Tulunan town, the epicenter of the 6.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Cotabato province in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday. The institute said “small- to moderate- magnitude earthquakes are expected to…
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6.6-magnitude quake strikes south Philippines: USGS
Manila, Oct 29 (AFP/APP): A 6.6-magnitude quake struck the southern Philippines Tuesday, authorities said, rattling buildings and sending terrified locals fleeing into the streets. The shallow tremor hit the island of Mindanao in the same region where a deadly quake struck earlier this month, the US Geological Survey said, adding there was no tsunami threat.…
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15 Killed as Truck Plunges Down Ravine in Philippines
Manila (AFP/APP): Fifteen people, including children, were killed Tuesday in the southern Philippines when the flatbed truck they were riding in plummeted into a ravine, police said. The vehicle was bringing about 30 people home from a trip to the beach when the driver lost control over the vehicle near the town of T’boli in…