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Navy personnel carry donated coffins on Philippine Navy ship BRP Laguna (LT-501) at the Sangley Point Naval Base, Cavite province, southern Philippines on Tuesday. Pic: AP.

35 Filipino fishermen rescued, 261 still missing

By AP News Wed, Dec 12, 2012 5:56PM UTC 1 Comment

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Low-flying search planes spotted three Filipino fishermen drifting at sea and flashing mirrors to signal for help, as authorities stepped up the search Wednesday for 261 others still missing more than a week after a powerful typhoon killed hundreds in the southern Philippines. The Indonesian government sent a ship to join...

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306 fishermen still missing in Philippines: A city in quiet grief

By Edwin Espejo Tue, Dec 11, 2012 2:28PM UTC 0 Comment

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (December 11) – Typhoon Pablo may have spared residents here from its wrath and fury when it hit large areas in eastern Mindanao. But pain and anguish are tearing apart families and loved ones of more than 300 tuna fishermen still missing a week after the typhoon made a landfall. Many of the...

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Death toll from Philippine typhoon rises to 325

By AP News Thu, Dec 06, 2012 10:24AM UTC 0 Comment

A soldier of the 71st Infantry Battalion, 1001st Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army assists a local resident to carry a sack along a flooded area in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines. Pic: AP.

NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — Officials say the death toll in a powerful typhoon that lashed the southern Philippines has risen to at least 325 as rescuers search through mud and debris for another 379 people missing. The Office of Civil Defense reported Thursday that more bodies had been retrieved from the hardest-hit provinces of...

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Death toll from Philippine typhoon passes 270

By AP News Wed, Dec 05, 2012 7:32PM UTC 0 Comment

NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — Mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves were laid out in a row and survivors dried their soiled belongings on the roadside under a bright sun Wednesday, a day after a typhoon killed more than 270 people in the southern Philippines. Officials feared many more bodies could be found as rescuers...

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5 die as typhoon lashes Philippines

By AP News Tue, Dec 04, 2012 6:59PM UTC 0 Comment

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year barreled across the country’s south on Tuesday, killing at least five people and forcing more than 50,000 to flee from inundated villages. Typhoon Bopha slammed into the Davao region at dawn, its ferocious winds ripping roofs from homes and its...

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