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Search for missing cockfighters begins at Philippine lake
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» MANILA — Search teams arrived Thursday at a lake south of the Philippine capital Manila to look for dozens of cockfighters allegedly murdered by rogue police, the Department of Justice said.
Philippine volcano erupts but alert level low
Published on 02/10/2024
» MANILA - Taal volcano near the Philippine capital region has erupted, the country’s seismology agency said on Wednesday.
Netanyahu eyes comeback on eve of Israel election
AFP, Published on 31/10/2022
» JERUSALEM - Israeli politicians were making their final campaign pitches Monday before the divided country holds its fifth election in less than four years, with hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu eyeing a comeback.
Thousands flee as Philippine volcano erupts
Published on 26/03/2022
» MANILA: Thousands of people fled their homes near a Philippine volcano on Saturday after an eruption sent ash and steam hundreds of metres into the sky.
Philippines on alert for another volcano eruption as thousands flee
AFP, Published on 04/07/2021
» Philippine scientists warned Sunday a volcano south of Manila could erupt again "anytime soon" as toxic gas emissions hit a record high and thousands more people in vulnerable communities left their homes.
Philippines steps up typhoon evacuations
Published on 31/10/2020
» MANILA: More than 200,000 people in the Philippines were ordered to evacuate their homes Saturday as the most powerful typhoon of the year so far barrels toward the country, with authorities warning of “destructive” winds and storm surges.
Developing World Loses Billions in Money From Migrant Workers
Business, Published on 07/07/2020
» Migrant workers--from Polish farmhands working the fields of southern France to Filipino cruise-ship workers in the Caribbean--who lost their jobs because of the pandemic's economic impact are running out of cash to send home, dealing a blow to the fragile economic health of the developing world.
The smoking volcano and the disco queen
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/01/2020
» Nearly eight years ago, an item in this column concluded: "If the Taal volcano does ever erupt again, I'll put on my Donna Summer album for old times' sake." An explanation of this curious combination of a songstress and a volcano is required.
Filipinos turn volcano's ash, plastic trash into bricks
AFP, Published on 18/01/2020
» BINAN (PHILIPPINES) - Ash spewed by a Philippine volcano is being mixed with plastic waste to make bricks in an inventive response to the country's persistent problems of pollution and frequent natural disasters.
Philippines struggles to keep evacuees away from volcano
AFP, Published on 15/01/2020
» TALISAY CITY, Philippines: Philippine authorities were struggling Wednesday to keep thousands of evacuees from returning to homes in areas threatened by a feared massive eruption of Taal volcano.