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Gov't urged: Hold mining firm liable for Itogon landslide

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 01:05 PM

Benguet Corporation should be held liable for the landslide that killed at least 19 miners in the mountain town of Itogon, Benguet, an advocate said Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte ponders over death as he hopes for survivors in Ompong landslide

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 07:09 PM

He opened up about his concept of death, in an attempt to console grieving families. Read more »

Gov't gathers experts in frantic search for Benguet landslide survivors

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 05:54 PM

The chances of finding survivors as the search entered its third day are now slim, but "there's always hope that we find them alive," said Posadas.  Read more »

Child deaths from preventable causes cut by half since 2000 - UN

Lin Taylor, Reuters
Posted at Sep 18 02:45 PM

Six million children worldwide died last year from preventable diseases and other complications, which was about half the number of similar deaths in 2000 Read more »

Ompong death toll climbs to 74: police

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 11:25 AM

MANILA - The number of people who died in the onslaught of typhoon Ompong in Luzon climbed to 74 while at least 55 more remain missing, police said Tuesday morning.   Read more »

Mangkhut leaves 10 dead in Baguio - mayor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 09:37 AM

Authorities have recovered the remains of 10 people believed to have been killed when typhoon Mangkhut pummeled Baguio City with fierce winds and rains, Mayor Mauricio Domogan said Tuesday.  Read more »

LOOK: Aerial view of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya after Ompong

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 02:19 PM

Fair weather allowed an ABS-CBN News crew to take an aerial shot of Bambang town in Nueva Vizcaya which was among the places hit by typhoon Ompong over the weekend. Read more »

Search continues for survivors in Benguet landslide

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 08:24 PM

Rescuers shoveled mud and debris in Barangay Ucab on Sunday as a landslide in a nearby village blocked heavy equipment. Read more »

40 trapped in landslide-hit bunkhouse in Benguet, bodies recovered

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 07:34 PM

Several bodies were recovered from a bunkhouse near a mining site that was buried in a landslide in Itogon, Benguet, police said Sunday following the typhoon Ompong's onslaught. Read more »

Nigerian gas tanker explosion kills at least 35

Reuters
Posted at Sep 11 06:52 AM

At least 35 people were killed on Monday and hundreds injured when a gas tanker exploded in northern Nigerian state of Nasarawa and started a blaze, the state emergency agency said.   Read more »

Pakistan sentences nearly 30 people to death in a month

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 04:04 AM

Pakistan's army chief has confirmed death sentences for 13 militants, authorities said Monday, bringing the total executions ordered by secret military courts over the past month to at least 28. Read more »

Egypt sentences 75 to death, hundreds to jail over 2013 sit-in

Haitham Ahmed and John Davison, Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 12:44 PM

An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on Saturday including prominent Islamist leaders Essam al-Erian and Mohamed Beltagi over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters. Read more »

Rescuers with dogs search for survivors after deadly Japan quake

Kaori Kaneko and Malcolm Foster, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 05:53 PM

TOKYO - Rescue workers with dogs searched for survivors on Friday in debris-strewn landslides caused by an earthquake in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, as electricity was restored to just over half of households. Read more »

SC urged to allow Mary Jane Veloso deposition in Indonesia

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 04:13 PM

The parents of a Filipina on death row in Indonesia have not given up on their bid to have her testimony obtained to bolster criminal raps against her alleged illegal recruiters in the Philippines. Read more »

Second teen dies in Sultan Kudarat blast

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 12:13 PM

A second teenager has died after a bomb ripped through an internet cafe in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat -- the second deadly blast to strike the same city in days, police confirmed Monday.  Read more »

Man executed by firing squad in Taiwan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 04:03 AM

Taiwan executed a death-row inmate on Friday, the first execution carried out under President Tsai Ing-wen's government despite ongoing calls from rights groups to abolish the death penalty. Read more »

S. Kudarat blast death toll rises to 3

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 04:45 PM

(UPDATED) A third victim has died in an explosion in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat earlier this week, police said Thursday. Read more »

Paring kritiko ng 'Davao Death Squad', may banta sa buhay

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 04:26 AM

MAYNILA - Kasalukuyang nagtatago si Father Amado Picardal matapos makatanggap ng banta sa kaniyang buhay.   Read more »

Vietnam sentences drug smuggler to death

Reuters
Updated as of Aug 28 11:45 PM

HANOI - A Vietnamese court has sentenced a South African man to death for smuggling cocaine from Brazil into the Southeast Asian country, state media reported on Tuesday. Read more »

Seek protection, Palace tells priests claiming life is in danger

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 05:41 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Tuesday suggested to a priest claiming that his life is in danger under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration should seek legal remedy. Read more »