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[News] Vietnam Braces For Typhoon As Philippine Toll Rises To 230 Dead
via Philreport.com: ndtv.com – HANOI/MANILA: Authorities in Vietnam prepared to move a million people from low-lying areas along the south coast on Monday as a typhoon approached after it battered the Philippines with floods and […]
Duterte's son quits as vice mayor of Davao City [Duterte News Alerts]
News bullet: MANILA: The eldest son of President Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte on Christmas Day announced his resignation as the vice mayor of their hometown of Davao … Paolo Duterte told stunned members of the city […]
[News] Up to 37 assumed dead as fire sweeps through Philippines shopping centre
via Philreport.com: independent.co.uk – Philippine firefighters recovered one body from a burning shopping mall on Sunday and there was “zero” chance of survival for 36 other trapped people inside the four-story building in southern Davao […]
Paolo Duterte resigns as Davao City vice-mayor [Duterte News Alerts]
News bullet: By Arjay L. Balinbin. PRESIDENTIAL SON Paolo “Pulong” Z. Duterte resigned on Monday, Dec. 25, as vice-mayor of Davao City. In his prepared speech before a special session by Davao's City Council on […]
[News] More than 200 killed, 100 missing as Tropical Cyclone “Tembin” (Vinta) hits the Philippines
via Philreport.com: watchers.news – The death toll caused by Tropical Cyclone “Tembin,” locally known as Vinta, rose to over 200 late Saturday (local time), December 23, 2017. There are still more than 100 people missing, […]
[News] PH’s lessons from disasters: #ZeroCasualty possible through social action
via Philreport.com: rappler.com – WORLD BOSAI FORUM. MovePH editor Voltaire Tupaz delivers a speech at the World Bosai Forum/International Disaster and Risk Conference held in Sendai, Japan from November 25 to 28, 2017. Photo courtes… […]
Philippines' Duterte's son quits as vice mayor of hometown Davao [Duterte News Alerts]
News bullet: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's eldest son quit as vice mayor of the southern city of Davao on Monday, citing his being linked to a drug smuggling case by opponents and personal problems from […]
[News] 37 people charred to death in Philippines shopping mall fire
via Philreport.com: zeenews.india.com – DAVAO: At least 37 people, including call centre staff from an American firm, are believed to have perished in a fire that tore through a shopping mall in the southern Philippine […]
The supermajority ruled it out in Congress [Duterte News Alerts]
News bullet: Nine months into her term as a neophyte senator, President Duterte's fiercest critic Leila de Lima was put behind bars over what she described as trumped-up illegal drug charges. She was the first […]
[News] More Than 100 Dead In Philippine Mudslides, Flooding: Officials
via Philreport.com: ndtv.com – MANILA: A tropical storm in the southern Philippines triggered mudslides and flash floods that killed more than 100 people, while dozens are missing, police and disaster officials said on Saturday. … […]