Bomb threat forces Batangas State University to hold classes virtually
MANILA, Philippines — Students from a university in the province of Batangas were forced to evacuate after authorities received a recent bomb threat.
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US warns of environmental disaster from cargo ship hit by Huthi rebels
WASHINGTON, United States — A cargo ship abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemeni rebels is taking on water and has left a huge oil slick, in an environmental disaster that US Central Command said Friday could get worse.
Australia battles 'volatile' bushfire
MELBOURNE, Australia – Australian firefighters were working to contain a "volatile" bushfire in the southern state of Victoria on Friday, urging thousands of people to evacuate rural areas threatened by the blaze.
WHO completes 2nd Gaza hospital evacuation amid fighting
GENEVA — The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it had completed a second evacuation mission from Gaza’s Nasser Hospital but voiced concern for nearly 150 patients and medics who remain at the site amid continuing fighting.
Landslide deaths hit 28
MANILA, Philippines — The death toll in the landslide that devastated a mining community in Maco municipality in Davao de Oro has reached 28, disaster officials said yesterday.
Over 242,000 Mindanaoans evacuated due to amihan, trough of LPA
MANILA, Philippines — The combined effects of the northeast monsoon and trough of low pressure area (LPA) have already displaced hundreds of thousands in southern Philippines, with floods and landslides killing residents.
Landslide hits village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 6 dead and 46 others missing
MANILA: A landslide left at least six villagers dead and 46 others missing, including miners waiting in two buses for a ride home, in a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines, officials said on Wednesday.Army troops, police and volunteers rescued 31 villagers who were injured when the landslide hit the mountain village of Masara in the remote town of Maco in Davao de Oro province Tuesday night.
Floods and landslides leave six dead in Davao de Oro
MANILA, Philippines — Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have killed six people in Davao de Oro, with one other person missing, rescuers said Thursday.