At least 32 passengers on the sunken Philippine ferry "MV Princess of the Stars" have been rescued, local police said Monday. • Typhoon death toll reaches 229 in Philippines Jun 23, 2008
Packing sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour, the typhoon entered the Philippines from the eastern Samar island on Friday. It shifted course Sunday to the northwest and battered Manila at dawn, dumping heavy rain on the capital. (Xinhuanet, China)
17 killed in Philippine typhoon Jun 21, 2008
The typhoon packed sustained winds of 88 miles per hour and gusts of up to 106 mph when it made landfall near the southern tip of Samar island, southeast of Manila, late Friday. Although the typhoon was cutting through the central Philippines, its ring of rain clouds covered large areas of the main southern island of Mindanao, where the deaths were reported. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Typhoon Fengshen Slams Into Philippines; Two People Killed in Landslides Jun 21, 2008
June 21 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Fengshen slammed into Samar Island in the eastern Philippines packing winds of up to 140 kilometers (86 miles) per hour late yesterday, killing at least two people in a landslide. The eye of Fengshen, the seventh storm of the northwestern Pacific cyclone season, was 90 kilometers south of Romblon off the coast of Kalibo at 11 a.m. local time, according to the. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
* Philippine city welcomes US Mercy after 20 years Jun 16, 2008
When the huge, white-hulled Mercy X a converted oil tanker X steamed back to Calbayog, on central Samar Island, a boy who underwent surgery aboard the ship 21 years ago to correct a foot deformity waited on shore. Now a nurse, he wanted to give a little payback to the Americans. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Dr. Doy Duncan added to Heber Springs ‘Hall of Honor’ Mar 1, 2008
In the water for two and a half days with no food or water, he rafted to Samar Island which was occupied by the Japanese. He was found by guerillas and was hidden in the jungle for almost a month before being rescued. (Heber Springs Sun-Times, AR)
Philippine soldiers seize communist rebel base Apr 23, 2007
Torres said four people, including two rebels, were killed in another skirmish between security forces and the NPA guerrillas in another part of Samar island on Saturday. news is provided by. (AlertNet)
