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54 dead in Cordillera; 42 missing in collapsed bunkhouse in Itogon: official

September 17, 2018

BAGUIO CITY  – Casualties due to landslide rose to 54, with 49 missing in the Cordillera Administrative region, authorities said Monday. Of the 49 missing, around 42 are those believed trapped in the mud, rocks and boulder beneath a bunkhouse

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At least eight reported dead in Cagayan Valley region: police

September 17, 2018

At least eight persons were reported dead in the Cagayan Valley region where Typhoon Ompong made landfall on Saturday, police said Monday. Superintendent Chevalier Iringan, spokesman of the Cagayan Valley regional police office, said four died due to landslides in

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Palace respects court’s ruling convicting Palparan, 2 others for kidnapping, detention of 2 students

September 17, 2018

Malacanang welcomed on Monday the decision of the Malolos Regional Trial Court, convicting former Major General Jovito Palparan and two other ex-military officials for kidnapping and serious illegal detention two university students in 2006. In a press briefing in Benguet,

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Malolos court sentences Palparan, two others to reclusion perpetua for kidnapping, illegal detention of 2 UP students

September 17, 2018

The Malolos Regional Trial Court found retired Major General Jovito Palparan and two others guilty of two counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention on Monday in connection with the disappearance of UP student Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan in 2006. Judge

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Japan extends “heartfelt sympathy” to typhoon victims, ready to provide “maximum assistance”

September 17, 2018

Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koji Haneda offered his sincerest condolences to the families of the victims of Typhoon Ompong and expresses his sympathies to all those affected. In a message from Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Kono to Foreign Secretary

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57 reported dead in northern Philippines from typhoon: official

September 17, 2018

Deaths due to Typhoon Ompong, which left the Philippine area of responsibility Saturday night, reached 57, with the bulk of casualties coming from the Cordillera Administrative Region where rescuers are digging a collapsed church at a mining community, an official

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At least 30 dead as bunkhouse collapses in Itogon: police

September 16, 2018

At least 30 persons were reported dead as a bunkhouse which serves as a place of worship collapsed during a landslide in Itogon Sunday, with President Rodrigo Duterte calling it a “developing situation.” “There is a developing story in Itogon…

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Seven hurt in improvised bomb blast in General Santos City

September 16, 2018

Seven persons were slightly wounded when an improvised bomb exploded beside two drug stores at the National Highway in General Santos City, a military spokesman said Sunday. The blast occurred around 11:40 am at Barangay Apopong in the vicinity of 

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