Tag: Philippines

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Ashok Lavasa Resigns As Election Commissioner

New Delhi: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, who was next in the line to head the Commission, on Tuesday resigned from his post to take charge as Vice-President of the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) next month. As Election Commissioner, Lavasa grabbed headlines when he registered his dissent on the poll panel’s clean chit to Prime […]

  • Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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Twin Blasts Hit Southern Philippines: 10 Dead, 40 Injured

Manila: At least 10 were killed, including a suicide bomber, and 40 others injured in twin blasts in the Philippines’ Sulu province on Monday, the army said. Western Mindanao Command chief Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan said the victims also comprised five soldiers and four civilians, while 18 soldiers and 22 civilians were among the injured […]

  • Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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Super Typhoon 'Goni' Makes Landfall In Philippines

Manila: Super Typhoon Goni, the strongest hit the Philippines this year so far, made landfall in Bicol, the southernmost region of the main island of Luzon, on Sunday morning, the state weather bureau said. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Goni, which intensified into a super typhoon at 2 a.m., was […]

  • Saturday, 10 April 2021
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Typhoon Goni: 10 Dead, Over 390K Displaced As Super Typhoon Hits Philippines

Manila: At least 10 people were killed and more than 390,000 others were displaced after typhoon Goni, the strongest to hit the Philippines this year so far, slammed the country’s main island of Luzon, authorities said on Monday. The Office of Civil Defence (OCD) in Bicol, one of the hardest-hit southernmost regions of Luzon, said […]

  • Saturday, 10 April 2021
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