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A boy carrying a plastic bag with bread and eggs, rides his bike through a flooded road after heavy rains brought by Tropical storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, in Baras, Rizal province ...
60 deaths On the night of August 2, 1999, a massive landslide occurred in Cherry Hills subdivision in Antipolo , Rizal , Philippines that resulted to about 60 deaths and 378 houses buried. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The landslide was primarily caused by the heavy rains associated with Typhoon Ising (Olga) and neglect by the developers and government officials ...
Antipolo, officially the City of Antipolo (Filipino: Lungsod ng Antipolo), is a component city and capital of the province of Rizal, Philippines. [5] According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 887,399 people. [3] It is the most populous city in Rizal Province and in Calabarzon region, and the seventh most-populous city in the ...
The cathedral in Antipolo, Rizal, becomes the eleventh international shrine in the world, the third in Asia, and the first in the Philippines. [ 49 ] March 29 – Passenger ferry MV Lady Mary Joy 3 catches fire near Baluk-Baluk Island, Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan while on its way to Jolo, Sulu ; thirty-three die.
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Antipolo massacre (Rampage killing) 3 December 1993: Sitio Kulasisi, San Luis, Antipolo, Rizal: 5 (perpetrator's neighbors) Winefredo Masagca, believed to be "possessed by evil spirits," killed his neighbors in their house. [134] Maguindanao incident (Rebel attack) 13 December 1993: Maguindanao: 8–9 (all civilians)
As Antipolo transitioned from a municipality to a component city of Rizal, Gatlabayan was elected as its first city mayor on May 15, 1998 and was re-elected in a landslide victory to a second term on May 14, 2001. [citation needed] Mayor Gatlabayan was responsible for handling Antipolo's ₱800-million budget and served its 500,000 residents.
Most deaths, according to NUJP [3] and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), [18] were radio personalities, especially blocktime commentators, [18] [27] many affiliated to local politicians as suggested by a research from CPJ, [27] and as reported by PCIJ, had minimal awareness of journalistic ethics or libel laws. [18]