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A fire killed 15 people Thursday in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where firefighters were delayed by flooding, traffic and a wrong address, a fire protection official.
2024 Wimbledon Championships. In tennis, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz defeats Novak Djokovic 6–2, 6–2, 7–6 (7–4) in the Men's singles final to win his second Wimbledon title and his fourth overall Grand Slam title. ( The Guardian) (Wimbledon) UEFA Euro 2024. In association football, Spain defeat England 2–1 in the final match to ...
18 August 2012 – 2012 Philippines Piper Seneca crash. A Piper PA-34 Seneca light aircraft with four people on board, including Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, crashed in the sea near Masbate, while flying from Lapu-Lapu City to Naga, Camarines Sur. Robredo and two other occupants were killed in the accident.
An intensity X struck Luzon on July 14–24, 1880. [6] The quake caused severe damage to these major cities in Luzon, most significantly in Manila where a lot of buildings collapsed. Number of casualties are unknown. [7] A quake struck Lucban, Quezon on October 26, 1884.
A Philippine ferry carrying 82 passengers and crew caught fire as it was approaching a port south of Manila on Friday, and at least 73 of those aboard have been rescued, including many who jumped ...
At least 29 people were killed after a passenger ferry caught fire in the southern Philippines on Wednesday evening. Some 250 people were aboard the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 bound for Sulu province from ...
Illustration of St. Elmo's fire on a ship at sea Electrostatic discharge flashes across the windscreen of a KC-10 cockpit. St. Elmo's fire (also called witchfire or witch's fire) is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn in an atmospheric electric field.
Three soldiers, a policeman, two civilians and four militants were killed during an April 11 firefight. Four more militants were killed on April 22. Islamic State -inspired militants seized the city and fought government soldiers for five months in urban warfare conditions.