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Beaches were deserted and tourists had retreated to the safety of their hotels. Philippine authorities warned more than 12 million people were at risk from the typhoon. Its wind strength makes it equivalent to an exceptionally strong Category 5 hurricane. Two people were killed in Cotabato province – an adult and a one-year-old – and a woman was fatally hit by a falling tree in Cebu, officials said. Typhoon Haiyan is battering the central Philippines with sustained winds of up to 320 km/h (199 mph). Meteorologists say that if initial estimates based on satellite images are borne out, it could be the most powerful storm ever to make landfall. ....
MAASIN CITY, April 12 (PIA) The historical marker now dominating the scenery of the new bayview park of this city speaks not just about the city alone, but for the whole Leyte island, in the context of the Magellan-Elcano voyage 500 years ago. In a nutshell, this was the main reason why the marker, unveiled Sunday April 4, bore the name Leyte below the embossed copper plate painting, and at the top on the other side, the texts describing the passage of the foreigners from Limasawa to Cebu. “Indeed, what we are marking is the island but Maasin was chosen for the symbolic reason that it is the immediate capital city of the closest historical space being described in the records of the Magellan-Elcano expedition,” Undersecretary Anthony Gerard Gonzales of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) declared in his talk. ....
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(PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 1,126 people perished from the 2006 rockslide-debris avalanche. Included in the list of fatalities were more than 240 school children, and their school teachers. When the landslide struck Barangay Guinsaugon at around 10 a.m. on Feb. 17, 2006, classes were ongoing. Around 80 women were also believed to be trapped inside the barangay hall as they celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Guinsaugon Women’s Health Association. The more than two weeks of continuous heavy rains triggered the landslide, which originated within the damage zone of the Philippine Fault. After more than 30 minutes, the rockslide-debris avalanche was eventually followed by a 2.6-magnitude earthquake. ....
Former senator and multi-awarded actor Ramon Revilla Sr. Revilla, father of Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Cavite Rep. Stryke Revilla, became popular for acting out real life heroes and villains, many of them keeping amulets or anting-anting that gave them superhuman powers. The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture unanimously endorsed the plenary adoption of House Resolution 1176 calling on the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts to strongly consider Revilla to be the next recipient of the National Artist award. HR 1176 was filed by lawmakers led by Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin G. Romualdez. ....