VOL. 6 ISSUE 159 • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013
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OPLAN TABANG BOHOL. Sister Maria Marissa A. Arado of Teresian Daughters of Mary marks sacks of rice donated by various public and private organizations for the victims of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Bohol during yesterday’s Oplan Tabang Bohol repacking operation at the GSIS Gym in Matina, Davao City. OTB was launched by the Archdiocese of Davao City led by Archbishop Romulo Valles. Lean Daval Jr.
2 QUAKES HIT DAVSUR Temblors with 5.1, 3.3 magnitude jolt island town
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WO earthquakes of tectonic origin jolted Davao del Sur on Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The first quake occurred at 4:53 a.m. and had a magnitude of 5.1. Its epicenter was 50 kilometers southeast of the island town of Sarangani and had a depth of 15 km. A 3.3-magnitude quake jolted the same town at 2:29 p.m. The epicenter of the temblor was 121 kilometers southwest of the island town of Sarangani, and had a depth of 108 km. There were no reports of immediate casualties or aftershocks. For Wednesday alone, Phivolcs had recorded nine aftershocks as of 1:28 p.m. around Bohol where a 7.2-magnitude quake devastated the province and Cebu last Oct. 15. The quake has claimed close to 200 lives and injured hundreds. It also damaged or toppled down Spanish era churches, roads, houses and other structures. [MindaNews]
READY FOR MONDAY. A City Treasurer’s Office employee walks pass by piles of election paraphernalia which will be used on Monday’s barangay election at Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.