logo
Marketplace
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Negros Oriental
Star Business
Opinion
Sports
Police Beat
Star Life
People & Events
Follow us on:
facebooktwitter
Eguide
Events
Schedules
Obituaries
Congratulations
Classified Ads

Google
Web www.visayandailystar.com
DOC
Dr. Hugh Parsons photo
Dr. Tony Townsend  surveys  Tuway Bridge in Negros Oriental after a Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the town.*

Top Stories

buttonHOPE DIMS FOR MISSING IN ORIENTAL
button1,026 aftershocks strike, Kanlaon safe – Phivolcs
buttonThousands return home; bishop calls for help
buttonCity assessing quake damage
buttonColmenares asks court: quash search
button3 meted 40 years for killing tanod
buttonEye team from Canada arrives

buttonMinibus operators seek loading bay
buttonPNP investigating liability of others in banker’s slay

buttonSagay OFW dies
buttonDemolition suspension sought

Negros Oriental

buttonHopes dim for missing
buttonOfficial death toll 22, but 82 still not found
buttonPNoy visiting NegOr today
buttonTsunami fear grips residents
buttonFood, water needed

Star Business

button‘2 bishops supporting farm workers’ cause’
buttonLand dispute decisions based on official papers
button6,000 sheep due today
button‘Prosecute other corrupt officials’
buttonSmart hikes network capacity

Sports
buttonNTU Tigers win gold medals in nat’l taekwondo tournament
buttonTangub beats Massebah in Inter-Church cagefest

HOPE DIMS FOR
MISSING IN ORIENTAL

BY ALEX PAL

LA LIBERTAD - Manolo Magalso carefully moves about in the rubble where his home in barangay Solonggon, La Libertad town, once stood. Amid dimming hopes, he looks for clues on where to dig for the bodies of his wife, Lorna, 32, and children John Marc, 8, Jira Mae, 6 and Charity Joy, 8 months.

Manolo,33, was plowing his field nearby when the magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck last Monday at 11:49 a.m.

"When the ground started shaking, I looked at my house and saw the mountain above it slide and cover it with my family inside. I could only watch and cry," Manolo said trying to keep a brave face.moremoremore

1,026 aftershocks
strike, Kanlaon safe – Phivolcs
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology yesterday assured that the Magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit Monday and its succeeding 1,026 aftershocks had not triggered any volcanic activity at the Mt. Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island.

Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday called on PHIVOLCS to closely monitor Mt. Kanlaon following the earthquake that hit Negros Island.

The water supply in Murcia and Moises Padilla towns located close to the volcano turned brown after the quake, Murcia Mayor Andrew Montelibano and Moises Padilla Mayor Francisco Nazareno said.
Montelibano said firetrucks were bringing clean water to Barangay Minoyan in Murcia that did not have potable water.moremoremore

Thousands return home;
bishop calls for help
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Thousands of residents in five cities and six towns of Negros Occidental began returning to their homes yesterday after spending the night on higher ground and open fields amid fears of a tsunami and more earthquakes after the Magnitude 6.9 tremor that hit Monday, Provincial Social Welfare Officer Liane Garcia said.

Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon and Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra called on Negrenses not to panic, and to continue to pray that they be spared from danger.

There is no cause for fear, there is no threat of a tsunami , the governor said.moremoremore

Opinion | Negros Oriental | Business | Sports
Star Life | People & Events| Archives | Advertise!
Email: visayandailystar@yahoo.com
WebMaster: Mr. Cedric B. Florentino