News

20 injured in Tanauan bus accident

Fay Virrey, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 08:02 PM

Rescue workers assist injured passengers after a provincial bus turned turtle along the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road in Tanauan, Batangas on Thursday. Read more »

Malabon fire destroys 450 houses

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 07:14 PM

Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) respond to a blaze in Barangay Catmon, Malabon on Thursday.  Read more »

Jimeno eyes separate resiliency offices for man-made, natural disasters

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 10:46 AM

MANILA - There should be a "very strong department" that will handle disaster resiliency and risk management for natural phenomena, a Palace undersecretary said Tuesday. Read more »

Cuba confirms 110 killed in country's deadliest plane crash since 1989

Nelson Acosta and Sarah Marsh, Reuters
Posted at May 20 08:30 AM

Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of an aging Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana had killed 110 of the 113 on board, making it the Caribbean island's deadliest air disaster in nearly 30 years. Read more »

Conflict flight highest in a decade: monitors

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 06:37 AM

Conflict forced nearly 12 million people to flee within their own country last year, the highest level of such internal displacement in 10 years, international monitors said Wednesday. Read more »

Roaring like jet engines, new crack opens at Hawaii volcano

Terray Sylvester, Reuters
Posted at May 13 08:39 AM

A new fissure roaring like jet engines and spewing magma opened on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Saturday, piling lava as high as a 4-story building, as the area torn by the US volcano's eruption spread. Read more »

10 years on, China still won't tell truth about Sichuan quake: activist Ai Weiwei

Hui Min Neo, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 06:07 PM

An official investigation into construction standards for schools that led to thousands of deaths was promised but the results have not been published. Read more »

Lava eruptions destroy 5 Hawaii homes, gas a threat

Karin Stanton, Reuters
Posted at May 06 07:15 PM

Nearly 2,000 people on Hawaii's Big Island have been evacuated from homes after lava eruptions destroyed five houses and sulfur dioxide gas threatened to harm anyone who stayed in the residential area, officials said. Read more »

Bangladesh factory disaster survivors demand justice five years on

Sam Jahan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 25 12:50 AM

A murder trial in the case has been repeatedly delayed and no one has so far been convicted. Read more »

Indonesian province hit by quake

Idhad Zakaria, Antara Foto/Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 07:45 PM

Rescue workers and volunteers clear an area of debris following yesterday's 4.4 magnitude quake in Kertosari Village, Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia on Thursday in this photo taken by Antara Foto.  Read more »

Expanded Balikatan drills to include Japan, Australia

Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 06:47 PM

The annual US-Philippine drills are held to test the readiness of their militaries to respond to threats that include natural disasters and militant extremist attacks. Read more »

Phivolcs: We cannot predict earthquakes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 10:33 AM

MANILA - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday warned the public against social media posts about earthquake occurrence predictions. Read more »

Strong, deep quake rocks Bolivia, shakes buildings in Brazil

Daniel Ramos, Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 11:40 AM

An earthquake of at least 6.6 magnitude shook Bolivia early on Monday, causing no damage or injuries but driving people out of office buildings as far away as Brasilia and Sao Paulo in neighboring Brazil, officials said.   Read more »

PANOORIN: 10,000 katao dumayo sa San Fabian, Pangasinan para mag-beach

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 03:05 PM

Pinayuhan ng Philippine National Police ang mga namamasyal sa San Fabian, Pangasinan na iwasan ang pagligo sa beach nang nakainom. Read more »

Russian mall fire kills 64

Stringer/AFP
Posted at Mar 27 03:40 PM

A woman (left) dries her tears as people lay flowers in tribute to the victims of the fire at the shopping center in Kemerovo on Monday. Read more »

1 patay sa landslide sa San Mateo, Rizal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 04:28 PM

Patay ang isang manggagawa sa pagguho ng lupa sa ginagawang daan sa Monterey Road sa Barangay Silangan, San Mateo, Rizal Lunes. Read more »

Fresh activity at Mayon, alert stays at level 3

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 12:28 PM

Renewed activity was recorded on Mayon Volcano on Thursday, authorities said, nearly three weeks after the alert level was lowered due to decreased chances of a hazardous eruption.   Read more »

Tulong, hiling ng survivors ng Dimple Star Bus crash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 01:20 PM

Kuwento ng mga nakaligtas na pasahero, maayos ang takbo ng bus noong una pero bigla itong nagpagewang-gewang hanggang sa mahulog sa bangin. Read more »

LTFRB suspends Dimple Star

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 07:51 PM

Passengers of a Dimple Star bus bound for Western Visayas and Mindoro wait at a terminal along EDSA, Quezon City on Wednesday. The LTFRB ordered a preventive suspension of Dimple Star's operations for 30 days after one of its buses fell into a ravine in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday killing at least 19 and injuring 21 passengers.  Read more »

Manila Pavilion lobby after the fire

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 08:40 PM

Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) stand outside the lobby of the Manila Pavilion after the fire recently rekindled on Tuesday, after officials declared fire out on March 19. Five PAGCOR employees were reported killed in the fire that engulfed the hotel.  Read more »