Cotabato blast aims to derail Bangsamoro peace process – Murad

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:22:09 +0000

Cotabato blast aims to derail Bangsamoro peace process - Murad

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Haj Ebrahim Murad said the New year’s eve mall blast in Cotabato City on Monday afternoon was meant to derail the Bangsamoro peace process. 

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MILF chief: Cotabato blast aims to derail Bangsamoro peace process 

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:22:09 +0000

MILF chief: Cotabato blast aims to derail Bangsamoro peace process 

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Haj Ebrahim Murad said the New year’s eve mall blast in Cotabato City on Monday afternoon was meant to derail the Bangsamoro peace process. 

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2 dead, scores wounded in Cotabato City mall blast

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 08:23:38 +0000

2 dead, scores wounded in Cotabato City mall blast

Suspected militants linked to Islamic State detonated a homemade bomb outside a shopping mall in the southern city of Cotabato on Monday, leaving two dead and dozens of civilians wounded, days before the holding of plebiscite for a law that will give Muslims full control over an autonomous homeland.

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‘Usman’ death toll rises to 50; search continues for 11 missing

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 14:50:26 +0000

‘Usman’ death toll rises to 50; search continues for 11 missing

As search and retrieval operations are being continued to locate the  11 missing individuals throughout Bicol, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) here has already recorded 50 fatalities, with most of the victims falling victims to landslides.

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Abu Sayyaf frees kidnapped son of Labason Mayor Quimbo

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 11:54:12 +0000

Abu Sayyaf frees kidnapped son of Labason Mayor Quimbo

After more than a year in captivity, Jed Quimbo, son of Labason Mayor Eddie Quimbo, was freed by the Abu Sayyaf group on Rizal Day, Sunday, in Patikul town, Sulu.

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Flash flood in Calbayog City kills 3; 4 others missing

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:08:05 +0000

Flash flood in Calbayog City kills 3; 4 others missing

At least three persons were confirmed dead while four others remained missing after a remote village in Calbayog City was hit by a devastating flash flood triggered by tropical depression “Usman.”

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‘Usman’ landslides leave 9 dead; more than 50K flee floods in Bicol, Eastern Visayas

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:30:08 +0000

YEAR-END STORM Tropical Depression “Usman” dumped heavy rain on Eastern Visayas and Bicol provinces on Friday and Saturday, triggering floods and landslides that killed at least nine people, including four children, and displaced thousands of families. —MICHAEL B. JAUCIAN

Heavy rains from Tropical Depression “Usman” triggered landslides that killed at least nine people and caused floods in many areas in the Bicol region and in Eastern Visayas where it made landfall on Saturday morning, officials said.

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862 families living in lahar-prone villages evacuated in Albay town

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 16:15:27 +0000

862 families living in lahar-prone villages evacuated in Albay town

About 862 families were evacuated by the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council here for fear of flash floods and lahar as Tropical Depression “Usman” continued to dump heavy rains in Albay province on Friday.

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Trader dies, 9 hurt in Isabela road mishap

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:17:29 +0000

Trader dies, 9 hurt in Isabela road mishap

A 47-year-old trader died while nine people were injured when two vehicles collided at dawn on Friday (December 28) at the national highway in Tagaran village here.

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