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DOTr reroutes GenSan-bound ships to Davao del Sur after earthquake

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Wednesday said ships from Makar Wharf in General Santos City will be rerouted to Malalag Port in Davao del Sur to ensure continued passenger and cargo service following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit parts of Mindanao. In a statement, acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez said

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Magnitude 5.1 aftershock jolts Sarangani

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Sarangani late Wednesday afternoon, said the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs). This tremor, said Phivolcs in an advisory, is an aftershock of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Sarangani on Monday, June 8. According to Phivolcs, this aftershock was recorded at exactly 5:13 p.m. with its

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Chinese man robbed of 196,000 baht in Bangkok crypto meetup

Eight people were arrested in Bangkok yesterday, June 9, for allegedly stealing 196,000 baht from a Chinese man during a planned cryptocurrency exchange at a petrol station café in Bueng Kum district. The arrests were announced after investigators linked the group to a robbery reported on June 4 at a café on Pradit Manutham Road …

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Mindanao earthquake: Comelec eyes makeshift polling precincts

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is eyeing to build makeshift polling precincts if it determines that the schools affected by the powerful earthquake in Mindanao are no longer structurally safe, its chairperson George Erwin Garcia said on Wednesday. Garcia said that the Comelec is currently verifying how many schools were affected by

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11 BIFF rebels surrender, yield weapons in Maguindanao del Sur

COTABATO CITY — Claiming they would like to live peacefully with their families, 11 members of a local terrorist group surrendered to police and local authorities on Wednesday, turning over their firearms, police said. Col. John Michael Mangahis, Maguindanao del Sur police provincial director, said the surrenderers were presented during a peace and reintegration ceremony

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