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29 dead after bus plunges off cliff in central Philippines

STORY: 29 dead after bus plunges off cliff in central Philippines SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:14 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site of accident 2. various of the rescue effort STORYLINE: At least 29 people were killed on Tuesday when a passenger bus plunged off a cliff in Antique province in central Philippines, local authorities said. The bus, carrying 53 passengers, was traveling west from Iloilo City to San Jose de Buenavista in Antique when it crashed into a concrete road barrier before plunging into a ravine of 15-meter depth around 4:30 p.m. local time in Hamtic town. Junlee Saylo, head of the antique provincial information office, told a radio interview that 25 died on the spot and four others died at a local hospital. The deaths include the bus driver and his collector, local news web ABS-CBN reported. Quoting the Antique provincial government, Panay News, a regional newspaper, reported that two critically wounded passengers,

HELPING HAND

HELPING HAND

HELPING HAND. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. hands over a sack of premium rice to a beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique on Friday (Oct. 6, 2023). The President also led the distribution of various forms of government assistance in the province, together with representatives of the departments of agriculture, social welfare, health, and labor; Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources; Philippine Crop Insurance Corp.; Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and Commission on Higher Education. (PNA photo by Rey Baniquet)