Fiveworkerswerekilledand55othersinjuredwhenafour-storeybunkhousecollapsedatdawnonTuesdayinthecentralPhilippinecityofCebu,disasterofficialssaid.Disasterofficials
Deputies from finance ministries and central banks of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathered in the Philippines on Thursday for a two-day meeting to form the Cebu Action Plan, a roadmap to make the region more inclusive and resilient in the years to come.
Government officials here said the impact of the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit the island- provinces of Bohol and Cebu in central Philippines on Oct. 15 has been negligible even if the total number of fatalities has risen to 188.
At least 99 people have been confirmed dead in the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in central Philippines, the country's disaster relief agency said Wednesday.
As six more bodies were retrieved, the number of people died in the shipwrecks in the Philippine central province of Cebu increased to 71, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced on Wednesday.
The death toll in the collision of a passenger ferry and a cargo vessel in central Philippine province of Cebu jumped to 52 while 68 people remained missing, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Monday.
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