7.6-magnitude quake off central Philippines (Lead, Changing dateline)
August 31st, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Aug 31 (IANS) A major earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale was felt off the east coast of Samar province in the central Philippines at 8.47 p.m. local ... Read more...
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Philippines interior secretary untraceable
August 19th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Aug 19 (IANS) The interior secretary of the Philippines, who went missing after a plane crash Saturday, remained untraceable Sunday, Xinhua reported.The five-seater plane carrying Interior and Local Government ... Read more...
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Top Philippine official missing after plane crash
August 18th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Aug 18 (IANS) A light aircraft carrying the interior secretary of the Philippines crashed Saturday in the country. While an aide was rescued, the secretary and two pilots were ... Read more...
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11 die in Philippines storm
August 8th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Aug 8 (IANS) Eleven people were killed and over a million displaced as torrential rains caused flooding in large parts of Manila and nine provinces in northern and central ... Read more...
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44 die in Philippine quake
February 6th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Feb 6 (IANS) At least 44 people were killed after an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale jolted a central Philippines province Monday, Xinhua quoted a military official ... Read more...
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Powerful earthquake strikes the Philippines, killing at least 7
February 6th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by BNO News
TAYASAN, PHILIPPINES (BNO NEWS) -- A powerful earthquake struck the central Philippines on late Monday morning, destroying scores of buildings and generating a small tsunami, officials said. At least seven people were ... Read more...
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11-year-old girl gives birth in the central Philippines
November 28th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by BNO News
ILOILO, PHILIPPINES (BNO NEWS) -- An 11-year-old girl has given birth to a baby boy in the central Philippines after a pregnancy of seven months, the government confirmed on Monday. It is ... Read more...
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Four earthquakes hit Philippines
July 12th, 2011 - 7:49 am ICT by IANS
Manila, July 12 (IANS) Four earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 5 to 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Philippines early Tuesday, Xinhua reported.The tremblors hit Philippines' Negros Occidental province, with ... Read more...
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Volcano erupts in the Philippines
February 21st, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Feb 21 (IANS) A volcano erupted Monday in central Philippines with ash reaching as high as two km, authorities said.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOCS) said a deafening noise ... Read more...
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15 killed in Philippines accident
July 4th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, July 4 (DPA) Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured when an overloaded bus crashed into a wall in the central Philippines, police said Sunday.
Police said the brakes of the bus ... Read more...
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20 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Philippines (Lead)
June 13th, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, June 13 (DPA) Twenty people were killed Sunday when a tourist bus carrying mostly Iranian nationals plunged into a ravine in the central Philippines, police said.
Senior Superintendent Erson Digal said the ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Philippines bus accident
June 13th, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, June 13 (DPA) Eight people were killed Sunday when a tourist bus carrying foreign students plunged into a ravine in the central Philippines, police said.
The bus was en route to Balamban ... Read more...
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11 Philippine soldiers killed in rebel attack
March 6th, 2010 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, March 6 (IANS) Eleven soldiers were killed and three wounded Saturday in an ambush by Communist guerrillas in the central Philippines, Xinhua reported.
The soldiers were attacked when they reached a village ... Read more...
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Lightning kills five farmers in the Philippines
September 19th, 2009 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Sep 19 (DPA) Five farmers were killed by lightning in the central Philippines, a police official said Saturday.
Eight other people were hurt in the accident Friday in Mabinay town in Negros ... Read more...
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19 crew rescued as another ship sinks off Philippines (Second Lead)
September 7th, 2009 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Manila, Sep 7 (DPA) A Panama-registered cargo vessel with 19 South Korean and Filipino crew members on board sank off eastern Philippines as the death toll in the sinking of a domestic ... Read more...
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20 crew rescued in another ship sinking in Philippines (Lead)
September 7th, 2009 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
Manila, Sep 7 (DPA) A Panama-registered cargo vessel with 20 South Korean and Filipino crew members on board sank off the eastern Philippines as the death toll in the sinking of a ... Read more...
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Ferry with over 960 on board in distress in Philippines
September 6th, 2009 - 8:54 am ICT by IANS
Zamboanga City (Philippines), Sep 6 (DPA) A passenger ferry with about 964 people aboard tilted Sunday in the high seas off southern Philippines, prompting the captain to order passengers and crew to ... Read more...
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Survivor competitor, Moncho Vodnicharov dies
June 1st, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
A Bulgarian man competing in the reality TV show Survivor Bulgaria has died while filming at the central Philippines resort of Gotta Beach.Moncho Vodnicharov, 53, was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital ... Read more...
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18 dead as typhoon Chan-Hom hits Philippines (Lead)
May 8th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, May 8 (DPA) At least 18 people were killed in landslides and other accidents caused by a powerful typhoon that pummelled the northern Philippines, disaster relief officials said Friday.
Six people were ... Read more...
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39 dead in Philippines boat accident
November 4th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Nov 4 (Xinhua) Thirty-nine people, including three infants, drowned and four went missing when a passenger boat capsized in the central Philippines Tuesday, the police said.Navy divers rescued 76 people, they ... Read more...
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28 rescued, over 800 missing in Philippine shipwreck (Lead)
June 23rd, 2008 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Manila, June 23 (DPA) Twenty-eight passengers and crew members of a ferry that sank in stormy seas in the central Philippines were found alive as rescuers Monday continued to search for more ... Read more...
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28 survivors recovered from sunken Philippine ferry
June 23rd, 2008 - 6:00 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Manila, June 23 (DPA) Twenty-eight survivors have been recovered from a passenger ferry that sank in the central Philippines, the police said Monday. Fidel Posadas, senior Superintendent of Police, said the 28 ... Read more...
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Two bodies recovered from sunken Philippineferry (Lead)
June 22nd, 2008 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Manila, June 22 (DPA) At least two bodies were recovered Sunday from a passenger ferry that sank in rough seas with more than 800 people on board in the central Philippines, police ... Read more...
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Passenger ferry sinks in central Philippines
June 22nd, 2008 - 9:10 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Manila, June 22 (DPA) A passenger ferry with more than 800 people on board sank after it ran aground off a central Phililippine island, local officials said Sunday. The ill-fated MV Princess ... Read more...
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Powerful typhoon continues to batter Philippines, 61 killed
June 22nd, 2008 - 8:17 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Manila, June 22 (DPA) A powerful typhoon continued Sunday to batter the Philippines, leaving at least 61 people dead and thousands homeless, officials said. At least 30 people were killed in the ... Read more...
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Thousands evacuated after storm Halong hits Philippines
May 18th, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Manila, May 18 (Xinhua) Thousands of people were evacuated in the Philippines after tropical storm Halong hit the country's northern province of Pangasinan, ABS-CBN News channel reported Sunday. At least one person ... Read more...
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Two communist rebels killed, one captured in Philippines
May 14th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Manila, May 14 (DPA) Two communist rebels were killed Wednesday in a clash with government troops in the central Philippines, an Army commander said. Soldiers also captured a female guerrilla, Major General ... Read more...
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