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BMKG urges calm following reports of potential megathrust earthquake in Bali
Murmurs about a potential 8.7-magnitude earthquake hitting Bali have made national headlines this past week.
Don’t Panic: Reports about imminent mega earthquake and tsunami in Java misinterpreted, experts say
Reports about a possible mega earthquake and tsunami in Java has had people shooketh in Indonesia, but experts have played down the concerns and said they were the result of a...
Dead Filipino sailor from sunken cattle ship to be repatriated from Japan
The body of the Filipino sailor who died after a cargo ship sank off Japan will be flown to the Philippines next week, the Department of Labor and Employment announced today. The...
2 Pinoy workers killed in Abu Dhabi restaurant blast
Two Filipino workers were killed in an explosion in two neighboring restaurants in Abu Dhabi, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday in a statement. ...
Mayor of quake-struck Masbate town seeks Duterte aid after COVID-19 dries up fund
The mayor of Cataingan, the Masbate town badly hit by yesterday’s 6.6 magnitude earthquake, today appealed to the Duterte administration for help as his constituents grapple...
1 dead, 4 injured after 6.6 earthquake rocks Masbate
At least one person died while four were injured when a 6.6 magnitude earthquake rocked Masbate at 8:03am today. A retired police colonel named Gilbert Sauro was reported dead by...
Unexplained fire damages 76 homes in Bangkok’s Thonburi
More than 200 people were evacuated from their homes after flames ripped through their neighborhood in Bangkok’s Samre area last night. Residents forced from their homes took...
Filipinos killed in Beirut blast rises to 4 while 31 injured
The number of Filipinos who have died in the Beirut blast has risen to four, the Foreign Affairs Department in Manila announced today. The department also said in a statement that...
Help burned-out Khlong Toei families rebuild by giving them your stuff
Two weeks after an exploding blender started a fire that destroyed the homes of 25 families in Bangkok’s Khlong Toei community, people are rallying to help them rebuild....
1 Filipino seafarer still missing in Beirut, says PH embassy official
One Filipino seafarer is still missing in Beirut, the site of a powerful blast that left at least 135 dead and the entire city reduced to rubble. Philippine Embassy in Lebanon...