2 dead as floods submerge villages in Eastern Visayas
MANILA, Philippines: Two individuals were reportedly killed in flood-stricken Eastern Visayas following five days of torrential rains caused by a shear line and low pressure in the Pacific coast.
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Additional witnesses seek to withdraw testimonies vs De Lima
MANILA, Philippines — A group of seven witnesses have expressed their intent to retract their testimonies in the final pending drug case against former senator Leila de Lima.
11 PCG personnel relieved over apprentice seaman’s death
ELEVEN Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel have been ordered relieved over the drowning of a PCG apprentice seaman during a training exercise off Cavite last week.
Govt urged anew to cooperate with ICC probe vs Duterte
AN administration lawmaker who chairs the House Committee on Human Rights has filed a resolution urging the government to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in pursuing its investigation on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on illegal drugs.
DOJ junks falsification charge vs Fil-Indian billionaire
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed charges of falsification of public document filed against Filipino-Indian billionaire Rajiv Chandiramani, his mother Pushpa and five others over a dispute involving properties worth more than P1 billion.
9th fatality from Davao quake; 5.2 tremor hits Samar
THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday reported an additional fatality from last Friday’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Davao Occidental, bringing the death toll to nine.
Stop talk of execution for Hamas detainees, say kin of Gaza hostages
JERUSALEM. – Relatives of some of the 240 people held by Hamas in Gaza urged far-right Israeli lawmakers on Monday not to pursue proposed capital punishment for captured Palestinian militants, saying that even talk of doing so might endanger the hostages.
5.2 quake rocks Samar; Mindanao death toll rises to 9
MANILA, Philippines — The number of reported deaths resulting from last Friday’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake that shook parts of Mindanao has increased to nine.