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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Army has ramped up its search and rescue efforts to save missing persons in the mining community devastated last week by a landslide in Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A policeman and his alleged cohort were arrested in this city on Friday for the illegal sale of guns.
MANILA, Philippines — Two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 5.8 and 5.2, struck Agusan province on Saturday, while search and retrieval operations persist in the landslide-stricken area of Mindanao.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Law-enforcement agents arrested a policeman and an alleged member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front after selling to them three assault rifles marked “Armed Forces Property” in an entrapment operation here on Friday.
MANILA, Philippines — A young girl and a baby boy miraculously survived the landslide that hit the gold-mining village of Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro three days after it occurred.
MANILA: At least 20 people have died after days of torrential rains in parts of the southern Philippines, provincial disaster agencies said on Monday. Thirteen people died in Davao de Oro province while two were missing, and seven people were killed in neighbouring Davao del Norte, disaster agency officials said. A northeast monsoon and trough of a low pressure area brought rains in southern Mindanao region from Jan.
MANILA, Philippines — A bill in the House of Representatives that allows marijuana or cannabis for medical purposes will incorporate safety nets to prevent aggravating the country’s problems on drug abuse.
MANILA, Philippines — Drought-hit provinces climbed to 14 as the strong El Niño phenomenon continues to dry up parts of the country, according to the state weather bureau.