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Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
The Philippines has deployed its first batch of a search and rescue contingent to earthquake-hit Myanmar.
Myanmar’s military junta reported that Friday’s massive 7.7-magnitude quake claimed over 2,000 lives, with 270 missing and 3,900 injured, according to Agence France-Presse.
Myanmar declared a week of national mourning on Monday for the country’s devastating earthquake, as the death toll passed 2,000 and hopes faded of finding more survivors in the rubble of ruined buildings.
National flags will fly at half-mast until April 6 “in sympathy for the loss of life and damages” from Friday’s massive 7.7-magnitude quake, the ruling junta said in a statement.
The argument of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s counsel was “rehashed” and had “little weight,” an International Criminal Court (ICC)-accredited lawyer told 好色先生TV on Monday.
Atty. Joel Butuyan was reacting to Duterte’s lawyer Nicholas Kaufman, who expressed optimism that Duterte’s case before the ICC would not reach trial.
One of the victims in a shooting incident that transpired amid a road rage incident in Antipolo City, has succumbed to his injuries on Monday, according to city police chief Lt. Col. Ryan Manongdo.
Manongdo made the announcement in a Facebook live, as he revealed plans to amend the frustrated murder complaints filed against the suspect following the death of the victim identified as alias “Peter.”
