Tag: Mindanao

6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits The Southern Philippines

A 6-year-old girl was one of three fatalities in a 6.8 magnitude- earthquake in Mindanao’s central city of Davao. According to local officials, a roof collapsed of her family home crushing the young girl in her family’s home.

Major damage was also reported in a market in the Mindanao town of Padada. Unlike many of the recent quakes which have measured over six points on the Richter scale, the epicenter of Mindanao’s recent geological disaster was further inland, sparing the area residents from the effects of tsunami-triggered tidal waves.

CNN International reports the catastrophe in an article posted Saturday, December 15.

Duterte “Kissing Scandal” in the Republic of Korea

Rodrigo Duterte has been recently embroiled in a “kissing controversy” on an official visit to the Republic of Korea. While addressing the public on a book highlighting the the misdeeds of the Catholic church throughout the world,  a storm of controversy loomed over Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte once again as he offered the book in exchange for a kiss from married woman.

In the past, Duterte, former Davao City Mayer and first Philippine president from Mindanao, has courted controversy when publicly admitting to extramarital relationships simultaneously with two other women and encouraging the extrajudicial killings of people suspected in the trafficking and use of illicit drugs.

Presently, the Philippine economy has been flailing because of the decreased buying power of the Philippine Peso.  Since his election, public transportation fares and food prices have skyrocketed which have signified an end to the honeymoon period for the maverick president as many of Duterte’s supporters are beginning to question his outlandish lifestyle and behavior.