February 7, 2012 10:29am
A deputy police chief of a town in Batangas province was killed in an encounter with a group of motorcycle-riding armed men Monday night, a radio report said early Tuesday.
February 7, 2012 8:52am
Rescuers were fanning out across the Visayas Tuesday after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed homes and killed dozens of people.The 6.9-magnitude quake hit a narrow strait between the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu around lunchtime Monday with more than 200 aftershocks, some nearly as strong, causing further panic throughout the day.
February 7, 2012 8:23am
Residents of Negros Oriental province were allowed early Tuesday to return to their homes, a day after a devastating magnitude-6.9 quake jolted several areas in the province.
February 7, 2012 7:57am
The death toll from Monday's magnitude-6.9 quake in Negros continued to rise Tuesday, with authorities fearing the count may continue to go up in the coming days.
February 7, 2012 7:32am
State seismologists on Tuesday morning reported more than 700 aftershocks from Monday's magnitude-6.9 quake that struck the Visayas, and warned of more possible aftershocks in the coming weeks. As many as 43 have died in the earthquake, many of them from landslides and collapsing walls and buildings. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology advised residents not to panic when an aftershock occurs, and urged them instead to secure items in their homes that can fall on them. It also said residents should not immediately return to structures that have sustained visible damage.
February 6, 2012 8:42pm
Three more powerful quakes jolted the Negros area Monday night, seven hours after a devastating magnitude-6.9 quake rocked the area.
JASON GUTIERREZ, Agence France-Presse February 6, 2012 8:06pm
A powerful quake that hit central Philippines around noon Monday killed at least 43 people and caused widespread panic as aftershocks and rumors of a tsunami spread among the populace and rampant looting was reported in Negros Oriental province. Those who were killed were crushed by collapsing buildings, others were buried by landslides, according to the military.
February 6, 2012 5:11pm
Two suspected communist rebels were killed following with government security forces in Quirino province in northern Philippines, a regional military spokesman said Monday.
February 6, 2012 3:05pm
Nearly two months after being being devastated by Tropical Storm Sendong (Washi), Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental appeared to be among the areas where the magnitude-6.9 quake that hit the Visayas area Monday was strongly felt.
February 6, 2012 1:00pm
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised a tsunami alert in the Visayas after a magnitude-6.9 quake hit the area before noon on Monday, killing one child. Tsunami alert level 2 is good for about two hours. Phivolcs seismology division officer-in-charge Ishmael Narag said the waves are not likely to exceed one meter in height and that there was no need to evacuate homes.
