Philippines on 25 January 2012
Philippines on 25 January 2012<Philippines News Agency>: DFA warns against offers for semi-skilled jobs in China
A Truck Accident in Philippines Left 5 Dead
Firemen wash down the oil fuel from the dump truck that rammed a police station in Rizal province, the Philippines,on Jan. 12, 2012. Five people died from the road accident on Thursday, with the fatalities include the truck driver, his female companion, a teenage boy, and 2 other males. <Photo: Xinhua/Rouelle Umali> news@theasian.asia
Philippines Landslide Killed 25 People
Rescuers work at the site of landslide in the gold-rich community of Panganason in Pantukan town of Mindanao’s Compostela Valley Province, Philippines, Jan. 5, 2012. At least 25 people died and around 100 people remained missing when a landslide hit a mining village before dawn Thursday in the southern Philippines. <Photo: Xinhua/Frinston Lim> news@theasian.asia
Philippine Stock Market Ends with 0.81% Higher
Traders blow horns to celebrate the last trading day of the year inside the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati, the Philippines, on Dec. 29, 2011. Philippine shares closed 0.81 percent higher as they ended the trading of the year. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
Philippines Concerns Epidemic after Washi
Children share bags of relief goods in Cagayan de Oro, the Philippines, on Dec. 21, 2011. The Philippine government will release an additional 1 billion pesos (22.77 million U.S. dollars) funding to augment the remaining calamity fund and ensure swift and continuous assistance to the areas hit by storm Washi (local name: Sendong). <Photo: Xinhua> […]
Washi Killed 957 Filipinos
Children play inside a school, which has turned into an evacuation center, after tropical storm Washi in Cagayan de Oro, the Philippines, on Dec. 20, 2011. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that as of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll from the typhoon stands at 957. Heavy downpour caused flooding and landslides […]
Washi Death Toll Risen to 632
A boy runs from his home that was swept to the roadside after tropical storm Washi triggered flash floods in Cagayan De Oro, the Philippines, on Dec. 19, 2011. The death toll from tropical storm Washi has risen to 632, and hundreds more still missing. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
Storm Hits Philippines, Appx. 500 Dead
A car is stuck in an entrance hall of a house after the tropical storm Washi hit the place in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao Island in southern Philippines, Dec. 18, 2011. The death toll from tropical storm Washi (or local name Sendong) in the Philippines rose to 497, with 162 others still missing, the Philippine […]