MANILA: Eight people were confirmed killed and 21 injured to continuous rains in several parts of the country, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported. The council said that continuous rains that have been hitting at least eight regions in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao have caused landslides and flashfloods. Siblings Ayen, 6 and Agustin Kaluuyan, 13 were killed in a landslide in Barangay Limpapa, Zamboanga City, while Tasvia Salatan, 38, drowned in Gutalac, Zamboanga del Norte. Three-year-old Marianne Kate Galaez drowned in Calinog, Iloilo, while Monita Pabilona, 84, also passed away in a drowning incident in Calinog, Iloilo. Siblings Alain Jan, 7 and Aime Gomez, 9, residents of Lezo, Aklan were also reported killed. Flooding in Sarangani Province and South Cotabato also left 11 people injured and nine more were hurt in a landslide incident in Laguna.
Ambush on councillor kills 3
LAGUNA: A councillor of Alaminos town of Laguna province was wounded while his three male companions were killed in an ambush after they had come from a cockfight on Monday night, authorities said. The dead were James Briz, 46, his brother Emerson, 41, and cousin Nelson, 57, while Alaminos councillor Lino Zuniga was wounded and rushed to the San Pablo City Medical Hospital but was later transferred to the Philippine General Hospital, police said.
Five soldiers wounded
MANILA: Five members of security forces were injured in an attack staged by communist insurgents yesterday in Loreto, Agusan del Sur. Lt Col Leo Bongosia, spokesman of the Army’s 4th division, said troops from the 26th battalion were waylaid by about 15 rebels along Purok 2 in Barangay Kauswagan at about 7.15am. He said a 10-minute firefight ensued, leaving four soldiers and one militia man wounded. The five sustained shrapnel wounds after they were hit by landmine blasts. Injured during the rebel attack were Pfcs Julbair Dassad, Raphy John Teola, Remar Edpalina and Rene Lazaga, and militia man Emmanuel Batolina.
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