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Magnitude 4.1 quake jolts Leyte

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:20:40 +0000

Magnitude 4.1 quake jolts Leyte

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.1 quake hit Leyte on Tuesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs said the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was recorded at 7:20 p.m. and was located 12 kilometers northeast of Ormoc City. Intensity IV was reported in Ormoc City and Albuera town in […]

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Ormoc agri office checking crown-of-thorn starfish in city’s waters

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Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 05:13:18 +0000

Crown-of-thorn starfish have invaded the waters off several villages in Southern Leyte. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

ORMOC CITY — The Animal Production and Fisheries Division of the City Agriculture Office (CAO) is now scouring the sea off the coastal barangays of the city to determine the gravity of the poisonous crown-of-thorn starfish (COTS) in the area.

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Body of girl swept by big waves while swimming in Ormoc resort found

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 06:16:53 +0000

Rescuers recovered Monday the body of a 15-year-old girl, who went missing while swimming in a resort here during a birthday party.

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At least 200 passengers stranded in Ormoc port due to Pagasa’s gale warning

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Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 06:41:43 +0000

The Ormoc City port terminal is empty on Saturday because the Coast Guard preventing fast crafts from sailing due to a gale warning from Pagasa. Photo by Robert Dejon

More than 200 passengers bound for Cebu returned home from the Ormoc port after the Coast Guard prevented fast crafts from sailing due to big waves brought by a gale warning in Samar.

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1 firecracker victim, 3 babies born on New Year’s Day in Ormoc City

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 10:54:49 +0000

A 10-year-old boy was the lone reported firecracker in Ormoc City while waiting for the New Year in Barangay Doña Feliza Mejia.

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Family escapes wrath of ‘Yolanda’ but not monsoon rains in Ilocos Sur

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Family escapes wrath of ‘Yolanda’ but not monsoon rains in Ilocos Sur

CANDON CITY—Florenda Marilao and her family relocated to Barangay Amguid in this Ilocos Sur city, after surviving Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) that ravaged Ormoc City in November 2013. So Marilao was shocked when they lost their new house to a landslide that was triggered by monsoon rains this month. The house was dragged along […]

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