THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office-12 (Soccsksargen), began distributing Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) on Thursday, January 18, to help households affected by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck three municipalities in Sarangani province in November 2023.
personality. one farmer i interviewed was telling me the number one issue for his business right now is that his ill grant workers who don t have legal status are at rusk for deportation. some of them have been picked up in raids and deported. then i asked this farmer, what do you think about donald trump. he said i love the guy. he has my vote, knowing that donald trump would never support the kind of policies that this farmer is looking for. so that much popularity and passion is going to be really hard to overcome. that s the challenge for ron desantis and nikki haley. stay with us. you can all watch ron desantis and nikki haley in the cnn republican presidential town halls tonight starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern. we have new information on the deadly explosion in iran and who the u.s. believes was involved as fears grow the conflict could mushroom into a wider war. and a sliver of hope in the rubble of japan s deadly earthquake three days after the magnitude 7.5 quake hit,
more on that throughout the morning. now, at exactly five past six, sarah has more news. at least 30 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake injapan, with efforts ongoing to free those trapped beneath the rubble. japan s prime minister says that rescuers face many difficulties getting to the worst affected areas, because of extensive damage to the roads, and that there are still numerous casualties. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has this report. in the little fishing port of wajima fires raged out of control into the night, sparked by broken gas mains and overturned kerosene heaters. fire services unable to reach the scene for many hours after the quake hit. wajima is on the far north of the noto peninsula, closest to the epicentre of monday s quake. the damage has been extensive. the death toll has begun
to the local evacuation centre until he was told it was safe to return home. but then. literally just as we re talking, my phone s given us an alert, there s been another little earthquake up north again. the whole evening, there have been aftershocks. despite the damage to roads and buildings, this earthquake is not as severe as 2011, when a magnitude nine quake triggered a tsunami, leading to a nuclear meltdown at the fukushima power plant. this time, all nuclear facilities are currently unaffected. 0ur reporter suranjana tewari was injapan when the quake hit. shejoined mejust hours ago with more. tell us the latest on the ground where you are. authorities have downgraded