House Resolution (HR) No. 763, which expressed the lower chamber's utmost compassion and deepest sympathies over the tens and thousands of lives lost in the recent earthquake that struck Turkey and northwestern Syria, has been adopted by congressmen. MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO This took place...
A Filipina and her three children remained missing and unaccounted for under the rubble of their home that collapsed during a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked southern Turkiye last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) revealed on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Rescuers search for survivors in a...
The Philippine Embassy in Ankara, Turkiye on Tuesday, Feb. 14, visited a Filipino who was earlier rescued from the rubble of the 7.8-magnitude quake that hit the country, and provided financial assistance to help in her recovery. Filipino evacuees in Ankara, Turkiye (Photo courtesy of the...
The Diocese of Balanga in Bataan has released a diocesan statement and prayer for the earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (Manila Bulletin File) “We recite the diocesan prayer at the end of our Holy masses. We will also donate our Sunday collection to our CBCP...
There are now 64 Filipinos being sheltered in the Philippine Embassy in Ankara after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and aftershocks that rocked Turkiye and Syria last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Feb. 13. Filipino evacuees in Ankara, Turkiye (Photo courtesy of the...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake rocked Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province on Monday afternoon, Feb. 13, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The earthquake occurred at 3:57 p.m. and its epicenter was plotted 78 kilometers northeast of the...
True to its word, the House of Representatives turned over a humble donation of $100,000 in financial assistance to the earthquake-stricken people of Turkey on Monday afternoon, Feb. 13. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (4th from right) hands over the $100,000 financial assistance to Turkey...
Women’s group Gabriela on Monday afternoon, Feb. 13 has joined the global call for the urgent provision of “support and aid” to individuals affected by the destructive Turkiye-Syria earthquake. This aerial view shows collapsed buildings during the ongoing rescue operation in Kahramanmaras,...
As hope for finding survivor diminishes, the Philippine government decided that it will no longer send a second batch of search and rescue (SAR) responders to Turkiye a week after it was devastated by a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Photo: Office of Civil Defense / OCD Assistant Secretary...
People mourn by their relative's coffin during the funeral of Cypriot students killed in an earthquake that hit Türkiye, in the eastern city of Famagusta, in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot statelet of northern Cyprus, on February 11, 2023. Birol BEBEK / AFP KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye -- Rescuers...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday, February 12 reiterated his call for a review of the country’s National Building Code in anticipation of the so-called the ‘The Big One’ amid the deadly earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria. Tolentino said that strengthening the existing provisions...
More than 50 Filipinos were evacuated to shelter in Ankara, Turkiye following the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Filipino evacuees in Ankara, Turkiye (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Turkiye) Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said 53 Filipinos, including their...