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...
If an earthquake like the one that hit Turkiye and Syria suffered last week should strike the Philippines, is the government prepared to respond? This is the question that House Speaker Martin Romualdez intends to answer as he plans to summon all disaster agencies and first responder units to find...
Senator Francis "Tol” N. Tolentino on Tuesday, February 14, proposed a renewal system of every five or seven years of occupancy permit for buildings instead of 15 years and to subject the building for thorough inspection by building officials of local government units (LGUs). During today’s...
The House of Representatives--through the Philippine Red Cross (PRC)--haa donated an additional P10 million in humanitarian aid to the thousands of earthquake victims in Turkey. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (7th from right) leads the turnover of P10 million to the Turkey earthquake victims via...
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...
