Duterte visits quake-hit Batanes

Credit to Author: RALPH VILLANUEVA| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 03:40:31 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will visit Batanes this Sunday morning, Malacanang said, a day after the island was struck by an earthquake that killed at least nine people and injured 60…READ

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(UPDATE) 5.3 magnitude quake jolts Batanes

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:40:20 +0000

(UPDATE) 5.3 magnitude quake jolts Batanes

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck Itbayat town in Batanes on Saturday evening, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.

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Palace assures help for Batanes quake victims

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:53:33 +0000

Palace assures help for Batanes quake victims

The Palace assured that government help is being extended to the victims of the series of quakes that struck Batanes on Saturday.

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1 remains missing after Batanes twin quakes—Itbayat vice mayor

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 08:13:06 +0000

Rescuers are still trying to find a resident who was reported missing following the series of quakes that hit Itbayat town in Batanes. 

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WATCH: Quake topples Itbayat Church bell tower as residents flee in panic

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 06:50:48 +0000

A second moderately strong tremor topples the bell tower of Itbayat’s limestone church, the 19th-century Santa Maria de Mayan, a popular tourist attraction.

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No damage at Basco and Itbayat airports after quake–authorities

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 06:37:38 +0000

The Basco Airport and the Itbayat Airport both in Batanes acquired no significant damage following the twin quakes that struck the province.

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No declaration yet of state of calamity after twin quakes — Batanes governor

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 04:49:59 +0000

No declaration yet of state of calamity after twin quakes — Batanes governor

Batanes governor Marilou Cayco on Saturday said there is no decision yet on the possibility of declaring a state of calamity on the province

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Palace ‘sure’ Duterte will visit Batanes after twin quakes

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 04:42:35 +0000

Palace ‘sure’ Duterte will visit Batanes after twin quakes

I am sure he will visit. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said when asked if President Rodrigo Duterte will be visiting Batanes following the earthquake.

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