The Philippine government is set to send $200,000 in financial donations to the Syrian Arab Republic following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria and killed over 55,000 people last month. In a Facebook post, the Presidential Communications Office said the donation would be...
KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye -- Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Türkiye and Syria, leaving more than 25,000 dead. Tens of thousands of local and international rescue workers are still scouring through...
A man walks among collapsed buildings, a day after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the region, in the coastal city of Samandag on February 21, 2023. - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Turkey's southern province of Hatay, the hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which left more than 41,000...
Malacañang has warned the public about a fake memorandum circulating online, saying government officials faced a two-day salary deduction to fund the Philippines' Türkiye-Syria earthquake relief fund. Photo from the Official Gazette The Palace, through the Official Gazette Facebook page, said...
A rescuer stands in front of rubble near the site where Aleyna Olmez, 17, was rescued from a collapsed building, 248 hours after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck parts of Türkiye and Syria, in Kahramanmaras on February 16, 2023. OZAN KOSE / AFP ANTAKYA, Türkiye -- Turkish rescuers on...
Donations are pouring in from Korean celebrities for the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey (Türkiye) and Syria on Feb. 6 resulting in the death of more than 40,000 people. According to the Korean Committee for UNICEF, as of Feb. 17, the amount publicly donated by Korean stars...
CILVEGOZU, Turkey - Syrian refugees living in Turkey sought to get back to their war-torn country on Friday after swathes of their adopted home were destroyed by last week's earthquake. Hundreds queued at the Cilvegozu border crossing in southeast Turkey following the quake, which has killed more...
GENEVA, Switzerland - More than 140 trucks carrying desperately-needed aid have crossed into rebel-held northwestern Syria from Turkey since a giant earthquake devastated the region last week, the United Nations said Friday. Trucks part of an aid convoy cross from Turkey into rebel-held north Syria...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Five Syrian children and their parents died on Friday in a fire that struck a Turkish home they moved to after surviving last week's earthquake, local media reported. The family had relocated to the central region of Konya from the southeastern Turkish city of Nurdagi, which was...
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...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon -- The remains of a female Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who died in the earthquake in Turkey arrived at her residence in Barangay Ilayang Dupay in this city on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 16. The remains of Overseas Filipino Worker Wilma Abulad-Tezcan who died in Turkey tremor at...
ANKARA, Turkey - Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Wednesday made a rare visit to arch-foe Turkey, underlining a desire to "build peace" in the wake of a devastating quake that killed nearly 40,000 people. Last week's 7.8-magnitude tremor has been followed by a revival in talks between...
