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First Casualty in Philippines’ tallest bridge
First Casualty in Philippines’ tallest bridge SOGOD, SOUTHERN LEYTE – What was to be joyride amongst friends to visit the country’s tallest bridge quickly turned tragic as 20-year-old Lowela Agero jumped off the Agas-agas bridge and plunged to her death. According to initial reports from her relatives Lowela Agero who is a native of Maasin [...]
3-km high ash explosion recorded in Mayon
The Philippines’ most active volcano oozed lava and shot up plumes of ash, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and face the possibility of a bleak Christmas in a shelter. State volcanologists raised the alert level on the cone-shaped, 2,460-metre Mayon volcano to two steps below a major eruption after ash explosions late [...]
