* World News Quick Take Aug 26, 2008
The quake hit 115km south-southeast of the city of Tacloban on Leyte at a depth of 49km, the USGS said. It struck 675km southeast of Manila, the US agency said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
DFA: No Filipino casualty in Lebanon bomb blast Aug 14, 2008
Cristobal said Asuque cited information from Lebanese Red Cross and Filipino community leaders that "there has been no reported Filipino casualty in the bomb blast of Aug. 13 in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. "There are about 500 OFWs [overseas Filipino workers], mostly household service workers in Tripoli, some 85 kms north of Beirut," Cristobal said. The Agence France Presse reported that the bomb blast killed at least 14 people, and wounded 40 others. A child and nine soldiers were among those... (ABS CBN News)
Typhoon Fengshen Slams Into Philippines; Two People Killed in Landslides Jun 21, 2008
In Albay at least 32,000 families were evacuated ahead of the storm, while flights were canceled to and from Tacloban City. The Philippines is regularly hit by typhoons and tropical storms that gain strength over warm waters of the Pacific before lashing the coast. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Two mild earthquakes hit Philippines Dec 2, 2007
8 and was recordedat about 02:58 local time (1858 GMT Saturday), with its epicenter traced 160 km north-northeast of Guiuan town in Eastern Samar province, 180 km northeast of Tacloban City in Leyte and 615 km east-southeast of Manila. The second quake was recorded at 06:53 (2253 GMT Saturday) and the epicenter traced 160 km north-northeast of Ilagan, Isabela in northern Philippines, 200 km east of Laoag, Ilocos Norte and 455 km north-northeast of Manila. (Xinhuanet, China)
More dengue cases in Eastern Visayas this year -- DOH Aug 27, 2007
TACLOBAN CITY -- Eastern Visayas has registered three times more cases of dengue fever for the first seven months of the year compared to the entire 12-month period last year, the Department of Health (DOH) regional office said. From January to July this year, the regional epidemiology and surveillance unit (Resu) of the health department monitored 690 people afflicted with dengue fever in different parts of the region with nine fatalities, said DOH regional sentinel nurse Boyd Cerro. (INQ7.net)
A WWII TREASURE RETURNED TO FAMILY May 25, 2007
He bought Tokumoto's signed Rising Sun flag from a Philippine guerrilla who approached him at his campsite near the Tacloban airfield. Dresslar says it was common then for guerrillas to trade "souvenirs" for guns, bananas and clothing. (The Union Democrat)
Obituaries - 2/24/2007 Feb 24, 2007
Born Sept. 20, 1923, in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, she lived in Oceanside for 26 years. She was a professional seamstress and a bridal gown specialist. (North County Times)
