Residents grab food, clothes and household items delivered from the back of a truck in Samandag, south of Hatay on February 16, 2023, ten days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of Türkiye and Syria. Yasin AKGUL / AFP ISTANBUL, Türkiye -- The death toll from the earthquake that...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) received a P10 million donation from the House of Representatives in response to its call for help for Türkiye-Syria earthquake victims. media PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Gordon received the aid on Feb. 14 at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon...
There were no Filipino casualties in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that also affected Syria last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday, Feb. 14. This aerial view shows residents, aided by heavy equipment, searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed...
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 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...
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,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is planning to send its own contingent to help in the ongoing search and rescue and other disaster response in Turkiye and Syria which were both jolted by a 7.8 magnitude quake. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the initial assessment they made revealed...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the government is looking to extend its response to Syria following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria last week. A man sits by rubble of collapsed building in the historic southern city of Antakya is pictured on February 12, 2023,...
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...
This aerial view shows collapsed buildings during the ongoing rescue operation in Kahramanmaras, the epicentre of the first 7.8-magnitude tremor five days ago, in southeastern Türkiye, on February 10, 2023. OZAN KOSE / AFP ISTANBUL, Türkiye -- Turkish police have detained 12 people over...
An aerial picture shows a makeshift shelter for people who were left homeless, near the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 9, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria. The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria on February 6 rose above...
