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The death toll from the magnitude-6.9 quake that jolted Negros last Monday rose to 26 as of Wednesday morning, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

Of the four latest fatalities, three were from La Libertad town in Negros Oriental, the province hit hardest by the quake, radio dzBB’s Glen Juego reported.

At least 52 were reported injured while 71 remained missing as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, the NDRRMC report showed.

But as of Tuesday afternoon, Col. Francisco Zosimo Patrimonio Jr., commander of the Army;s 302nd Brigade, said the death toll stood at 48 and that the number of missing persons was 100.

Patrimonio said the figures were culled from consolidated reports gathered from Guihulngan City, and in the towns of La Libertad, Tayasan, Jumalalud and Bindoy.

Roads, bridges

According to the NDRRMC, 10 bridges in Negros Oriental remain impassable due to following damages: collapsed span, damaged approached, collapsed abutment, collapsed center span, twisted

Negros Or. road network destroyed by earthquake last Monday Feb. 6, 2012 cuts off remote towns.

Whether they did it in good faith or not, a motorcycle-riding tandem that warned people of a tsunami last Monday will be made to face a complaint of public disorder.

First, however, the police will have to find them.

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Mayor Michael Rama instructed Cebu City Police Office Director Melvin Ramon Buenafe Tuesday to run after the individuals who spread false information on the tsunami, which triggered panic in parts of Cebu City after the earthquake struck at 11:49 a.m. last Monday.

City Intelligence Branch (CIB) Chief Romeo Santander said they have identified the suspected culprits and are only confirming their whereabouts.

Witnesses told police the duo cruised the streets announcing that a tsunami already struck some coastal areas of Cebu City at 2 p.m.

Santander revealed they were private individuals whose motive was unclear. “They

Almost 1,000 Black Nazarene devotees were injured during the procession in Manila Monday,(1/09/12), as millions of devotees gathered to celebrate the feast despite a terrorism threat.

Latest reports said emergency volunteers treated at least 921 people after devotees pushed and shoved to get near the sculpture of the Black Nazarene during the traditional procession.

1000's of people gathered in Feast of the Black Nazarene

The Philippine Red Cross has treated 421 injured devotees, while the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and other rescue and first aid units have treated around 500 people.

big crowd in the Black Nazarene procession

News footage of the procession showed a steel railing being toppled right after the Mass celebrated by newly installed Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle at the Quirino grandstand. An elderly woman

Why is it called the banana island? Is there a banana plantation here? No! I don’t know why they called it the Banana island, but the island is so beautiful. The beach is so clear with thousand of marine life living in the beautiful corals.

Banana Island, officially named as Dicalabuan Island, one of the jewels of Calamianes. It is one of the islands, and islet belongs to the Calamianes group of islands. The Calamian Group of Islands, also called the Calamianes, consist of over 80 islands and islets. Some of them are still deserted and unpopulated.

Clear water in the beach

It cost you more or less two hours of travel to Banana island by boat from mainland Coron. The island boasts of fine white-sand beach on clear water, a sandbar that submerges during high tide, a good coral area perfect

Talagang napatunayang epektibo ang slogan ng Department of Tourism na “It’s more fun in the Philippines” matapos mapili ang Pilipinas bilang ika-walong “friendliest country” sa resulta ng HSBC Expat Explorer Survey.

Sabi ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigal Valte, pinatutunayan lamang ng nasabing survey na hindi gobyerno ang nagtaas sa bansa bilang ika-8 sa “friendliest country” kundi ‘third party assessment’.

“We’re also happy to note that in one of the surveys conducted by HSBC, the Philippines ranked as one of the… the eighth friendliest country out of most of the countries rated in the world. And this is why we believe na talagang it really is more fun in the Philippines,”sabi ni Valte.

Sa nasabing survey, tinanong ang nasa 3,385 expats sa 100 bansa sa mundo kung saan naging pang-walo ang Pilipinas.

Ang ranggo ng mga bansa ay ibinatay sa mga sumusunod na kategorya: kakayahan na makipagkaibigan sa mga locals o mamamayan;