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AFTERSHOCKS from the magnitude 7.4 quake that rocked Hinatuan town in Surigao del Sur last Saturday may continue in the next several weeks, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said yesterday.
A PREGNANT woman died and thousands were evacuated when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake rocked Surigao del Sur on Saturday night.
THE Philippine Army, which is leading the leading campaign to end communist insurgency in the country, said it is treating with “guarded optimism” the agreement of government and the communist National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) leaders to resume peace negotiations.
POLICE operatives arrested four suspected drug dealers who yielded 100 kilos of marijuana worth P12 million in an anti-drug operation in Isabela last Tuesday.
POLICE operatives arrested last Monday in Zamboanga del Sur a fireman who allegedly extorted P400,000 from a fire bureau applicant.
FIVE people were reported to have died from floods and landslides in Northern Samar, caused by the shear line and low pressure area, a local official said yesterday.
CHINESE fighter jets yesterday shadowed a Philippine Air Force (PAF) light attack aircraft taking part in a joint maritime and air patrol being conducted by the Philippines and Australia in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Armed Forces chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr said.
POLICE probers have filed robbery charges against four active policemen and a former cop allegedly involved in a recent robbery in Zamboanga City.