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Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff arrive at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times, Pool)

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VP Harris to visit front-line Philippine island in sea feud
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Sat,11/19/22-7:49PM , 179 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will underscore America’s commitment to defending treaty ally the Philippines with a visit that started Sunday and involves flying to an island province facing the dispu
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Rescuers carry a body at Maguindanao's Datu Odin Sinsuat town, southern Philippines on Sunday Oct. 30, 2022. Victims of a huge mudslide set off by Tropical Storm Nalgae in a coastal Philippine village that had once been devastated by a killer tsunami mistakenly thought a tidal wave was coming and ran to higher ground toward a mountain and were buried alive, an official said Sunday. (AP Photo)

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Philippine storm victims feared tsunami, ran toward mudslide
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Sun,10/30/22-12:17AM , 437 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Victims of a huge mudslide set off by a storm in a coastal Philippine village that had once been devastated by a killer tsunami mistakenly thought a tidal wave was coming and ran to higher ground where they were buried alive by the boulder-laden deluge, an official said Sunday.
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In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, rescuers evacuate residents from flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae in Hilongos, Leyte province, Philippines on Friday Oct. 28, 2022. Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left dozens of people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where many villagers are feared missing and buried in a deluge of rainwater, mud, rocks and trees, officials said Saturday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

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50 dead, dozens feared missing as storm lashes Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Fri,10/28/22-8:23PM , 379 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 50 people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where as many as 60 villagers are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide laden with rocks, trees and debris, officials said Saturday.
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Firemen stand beside a damaged church after a strong earthquake at Ilocos Norte, Northern Philippines on Wednesday Oct. 26, 2022. A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of the northern Philippines, injuring multiple people and forcing the closure of an international airport and the evacuation of patients in a hospital, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo)

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Strong quake injures dozens, shuts north Philippine airport
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Tue,10/25/22-10:29PM , 405 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong earthquake rocked a large swath of the northern Philippines, injuring at least 36 people and forcing the closure of an international airport and the evacuation of patients in a hospital, officials said Wednesday.
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