MANILA, Philippines — A fisher’s group on Monday cast doubts that a fire that tore through a coastal community in Bacoor, Cavite and reduced to it rubble was just a usual accident. The city government of Bacoor had reported that fire began at 10 p.m. of November...
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Picture/s: file photo from SunStar.com.ph (https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/127065/Sports/Aeration-system-to-stop-fish-kill-in-Lake-Sebu) BUHI, Camarines Sur – At least 20 metric tons of “tilapia”, estimated to be worth P2.1 million, were reported to have floated to...
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0430 UTC Oct 27 UPDATE: The ship dragged anchor in stormy weather and drifted onto oil platform. It is highly likely, that the ship is still afloat. All sources mention 62 crew remaining on board and 125 jumping the ship. One more thing – collision just doesn’t look...
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Fast-moving Typhoon “Quinta” forced thousands of villagers to flee to safety as it roared across central Philippines on Sunday. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the typhoon, whose international name is “Molave,” but authorities said at least 13...
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Typhoon “Quinta” lashed Luzon overnight, dumping heavy rains that caused flooding, toppling power lines, and whipping up giant waves that sank at least 30 boats off Batangas and Bataan provinces, disaster officials said on Monday. No deaths were reported, but 12...
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MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Quinta (international name Molave) has slightly intensified before it exits the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Tuesday morning, but PAGASA said a new low pressure area could also enter the country this week. The weather bureau in...
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CEBU CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Cebu Station has sent a rescue team to a distressed cargo ship that encountered huge waves off the coast of Bohol on Sunday. According to the PCG Cebu Station, MV Good Fortune owned by Tektite Shipping “was in distress and...
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General cargo ship NAM KHANH 36 suffered a blackout in the morning Oct 25 in Binh Dinh Province waters, south central Vietnam, while en route from Quy Nhon to Haiphong with 1,830 tons of flour on board. The ship drifted and hits coastal reefs, breaching her hull and...
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ENVIRONMENT groups have lauded the Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Group for apprehending commercial fishing vessels in the municipal waters of Languyan, Tawi-Tawi. According to a joint statement issued by the environment groups Oceana, Environmental Legal...
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General cargo ship ASUKA MARU ran onto breakwater while entering Toyama Port, Honshu, Japan sea, at around 0330 Tokyo time Oct 21. The ship was taken off breakwater by tug at around 0830 Tokyo time, and berthed in Toyama. Bulbous bow was breached and dented, no water...
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PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao (PNA) – More than 10,000 residents here were displaced by flash floods that hit this low-lying town on Tuesday. The affected residents are now staying in temporary shelters along the national highway. Floods are recurring occurrence every time...
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HANOI: Five soldiers are dead and a frantic search is under way for 17 others after a huge landslide hit central Vietnam on Sunday, as the country battles its worst flooding in years. Heavy rain has pounded the region for more than a week and at least 64 people have...
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