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,...
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...
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...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has never forgotten his debt of gratitude to the good people of Turkey when typhoon "Yolanda" (Haiyan) struck his province of Leyte nearly a decade ago. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) As such, the House of Representatives, through the Speaker’s...
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...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye -- A border crossing between Armenia and Türkiye opened for the first time in 35 years on Saturday, to allow humanitarian aid through after a massive earthquake hit the region, an official said. Five trucks with aid including food and water arrived in Türkiye from the...
ANTAKYA, Türkiye -- Softly patting the ground, the tearful mourner bids farewell to the deceased -- one among 1,000 resting in a hastily-made cemetery that used to be a cotton field in southern Türkiye. All he has to identify his loved one who died in Monday's massive quake is a concrete slab...
The Philippine Embassy in Turkiye on Saturday, Feb. 11, said four Filipino families were evacuated from the city of Gaziantep and they were brought to shelter in the Turkish capital of Ankara as the country suffers from the devastating impact of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake early last week....
The remains of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Wilma Abulad Tezcan, who died in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkiye, will be brought to the Philippines, the Philippine Embassy in Turkiye said on Saturday, Feb. 11. Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a building in the rebel-held...
