Published July 3, 2021, 2:47 PM
TUBA, Benguet – Three suspected hijackers killed in an encounter with policemen on Marcos Highway here last June 30 were identified by their relatives Thursday, July 2.
Police Regional Office-Cordillera director Police Brig. Gen. Ronald Oliver Lee said the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Crime Laboratory Service is still examining the other two suspected hijackers killed in the encounter.
Lee said the suspect who was wearing a PNP athletic T-shirt, camouflage green pants, and black leather shoes was identified by his mother as her son David Dassala Rapal Jr., 40, of San Fernando City, Pampanga.
According to his mother, he was fetched by a man identified as Ryan Pangilinan at their residence in San Fernando City at about 11:30 a.m. on June 28 and never returned home since then.
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Published July 2, 2021, 11:55 AM
More than 1,300 individuals in Batangas were affected by the sudden phreatomagmatic (magmatic gases and steam) eruption of Taal volcano on Thursday afternoon, July 1.
The eruption sent residents scurrying out of their homes to escape hot ash plumes that were ejected into the air by the volcano, evoking haunting memories of its 2020 eruption.
Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021. (Photo from Phivolcs)
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Mark Timbal said Friday, July 2, that a total of 345 families composed of 1,392 individuals were affected by the short-lived eruption of Taal volcano which occured at 3:16 p.m., Thursday. The eruption happened just as the NDRRMC celebrated the start of the National Disaster Resilience Month on July 1.