Davao City sets aside P1M for Batanes aid

Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:45:41 +0000

Davao City sets aside P1M for Batanes aid

DAVAO CITY — The city government of Davao has set aside P1 million in aid to victims of the powerful quakes that destroyed Ivatan houses and killed nine people in Itbayat town, Batanes province on July 27.

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Twin quakes shake Itbayat, Batanes anew

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 03:22:43 +0000

Twin quakes shake Itbayat, Batanes anew

Two earthquakes shook  Itbayat, Batanes on Saturday as the country’s northernmost municipality still reels from devastating tremors that left nine people dead late last month. 

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Batanes musicians staging benefit show for Itbayat quake victims

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 02:04:13 +0000

BASCO, Batanes – The province’s musicians are gathering on Sunday night (July 28) to hold a benefit show for Itbayat town residents, who bore the brunt of last Saturday’s series of earthquakes and aftershocks.

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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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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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Several aftershocks follow twin Batanes quakes

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 02:13:51 +0000

Several aftershocks follow twin Batanes quakes

Following the magnitude 5.4 and 5.9 earthquakes that shook Batanes Saturday morning, residents of the country’s northernmost province continue to experience several aftershocks.

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