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THE PHILIPPINES-GENERAL SANTOS CITY-EARTHQUAKE

(231117) -- GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Nov. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Damage from a 6.8-magnitude earthquake is seen at a mall in General Santos City, the Philippines on Nov. 17, 2023. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Friday downgraded the magnitude of the offshore earthquake that struck Davao Occidental in the southern Philippines to 6.8 from 7.2. In an updated report, the institute said the quake, which occurred at 4:14 p.m. local time (GMT 0814), hit at a depth of 72 kilometers, about 34 kilometers northwest of Sarangani town. The tremor was felt strongly in nearby areas on Mindanao island, including General Santos City and the provinces of South Cotabato and Davao del Sur. (Str/Xinhua)

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6.4-magnitude quake hits southern Philippines

STORY: 6.4-magnitude quake hits southern Philippines DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a household in Davao Del Sur during the earthquake (credit: Khevin Brian P. Legondo) 2. various of a household in South Cotabato during the earthquake (credit: Maricel Ramirez Bronsal) 3. various of a mall in the City of General Santos during the earthquake (credit: Pitik ni Dasmag) 4. various of a household in Davao City during the earthquake (credit: Derf Hanzel Maiz) 5. various of people evacuate buildings in Davao City (credit: Adrienne Clapan) STORYLINE: An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 rocked Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines on Wednesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 7:21 p.m. local time (1121 GMT), hit at a depth of 139 km, about 66 km southeast of Sarangani Island. The institute said the tectonic quake will trigger af

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Japan aid agency head in Mindanao

MINDANAO, Philippines - Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka (R) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front vice chair Ghadzali Jaafar attend a press conference in the suburbs of Cotabato on Mindanao Island on May 1, 2012. Tanaka met with government and rebel leaders in the southern Philippines and pledged Japan's continued support for peace and development in the predominantly Muslim region.

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Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (C) poses for photos at a vocational training facility for women in Maguindanao Province in the southern island of Mindanao on Aug. 18, 2011. Urabe visited Camp Darapanan, the administrative headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest Muslim rebel group, in the province the same day and held talks with its leader Al Haj Ebrahim Murad.

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Japan envoy in Philippines

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (L) shakes hands with a senior officer of the International Monitoring Team, which is observing a cease-fire between the Filipino forces and rebels in Cotabato, the Philippines, on Aug. 18, 2011.

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Floods in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Children affected by major floods sleep at an evacuation shelter in Cotabato City on the island of Mindanao, the Philippines, on June 20, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by the major floods in the area.

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Violence-torn region in southern Philippines hungers for peace, development

STORY: Violence-torn region in southern Philippines hungers for peace, development DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:22 LOCATION: COTABATO CITY, the Philippines CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cotabato City 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AHOD EBRAHIM, BARMM Chief Minister 3. various of Cotabato City 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AHOD EBRAHIM, BARMM Chief Minister 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, Philippine President 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): AHOD EBRAHIM, BARMM Chief Minister STORYLINE: Scarred by almost five decades of armed conflict, a violence-torn region in the southern Philippines is on its way to a lasting peace, attracting more investors to rebuild the languishing economy and lift its people out of poverty. Cotabato City is the biggest city of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), southern Philippines. In 2014, the Philippine government and Bangsamoro's combatants signed a peace agreement, ending the decades-long insurgency. In 2018

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Filipino rebel leader vows to keep abiding by peace accord

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippines' Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front, tells Kyodo News in Cotabato on Mindanao Island on March 16, 2015, that the January clash between MILF and Filipino police forces would not affect the peace accord sealed with the Philippine government a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vendor chops lechon roast pig in Cotabato, Philippines

A man cuts a whole roasted pig called the lechon in Cotabato on the Philippine island of Mindanao in June 2015. The lechon, regarded as a national dish of the Philippines, sells for around 300 pesos a kilogram in Cotabato. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lechon roast pigs sold in Cotabato, Philippines

The lechon traditional roasted pig is displayed conspicuously along a street in Cotabato on the Philippine island of Mindanao in June 2015. Eating pork is taboo for Muslim people who form an overwhelming majority in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kid reaches out for lechon roast pig in Cotabato, Philippines

A child reaches out for the lechon roasted pig in Cotabato on the Philippine island of Mindanao in June 2015. Eating pork is taboo for Muslim people who form an overwhelming majority in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philippine guerrilla group begins disarming under peace process

Moro Islamic Liberation Front members gather on the outskirts of Cotabato on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on June 16, 2015, for a disarming process to become ordinary civilians under a peace agreement between the rebel group and the government in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philippine Muslim rebels begin decommissioning

An officer of an independent decommissioning body inspects weapons turned over by Moro Islamic Liberation Front members on June 16, 2015, in Cotabato in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, as the historic decommissioning process began the same day that sees the group convert from being combatants to ordinary civilians as part of the ongoing peace process on the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MILF leader seeks to establish self-government by 2022

Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim, head of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, gives an interview to Kyodo News in the suburbs of Cotabato on Mindanao island on March 2, 2017. Ebrahim said the Philippines' largest rebel group hopes to see a transitional authority set up by 2019, followed by an election to create a full-fledged autonomous government there by 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MILF leader seeks to establish self-government by 2022

Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim, head of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, gives an interview to Kyodo News in the suburbs of Cotabato on Mindanao island on March 2, 2017. Ebrahim said the Philippines' largest rebel group hopes to see a transitional authority set up by 2019, followed by an election to create a full-fledged autonomous government there by 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mindanao peace process critics urged to end biases, consider future

Cardinal Orlando Quevedo, leader of the 1.5 million Catholics in central Mindanao region, speaks in an interview on June 15, 2015 in Cotabato City, the Philippines, about the first phase of the decommissioning of members and weapons of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest rebel group. The decommissioning is part of a peace agreement signed in March 2014 between the MILF and the Philippine government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan envoy in Philippines

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (L) shakes hands with a senior officer of the International Monitoring Team, which is observing a cease-fire between the Filipino forces and rebels in Cotabato, the Philippines, on Aug. 18, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (C) poses for photos at a vocational training facility for women in Maguindanao Province in the southern island of Mindanao on Aug. 18, 2011. Urabe visited Camp Darapanan, the administrative headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest Muslim rebel group, in the province the same day and held talks with its leader Al Haj Ebrahim Murad. (Kyodo)

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Floods in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Children affected by major floods sleep at an evacuation shelter in Cotabato City on the island of Mindanao, the Philippines, on June 20, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by the major floods in the area. (Kyodo)

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Japan aid agency head in Mindanao

MINDANAO, Philippines - Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka (R) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front vice chair Ghadzali Jaafar attend a press conference in the suburbs of Cotabato on Mindanao Island on May 1, 2012. Tanaka met with government and rebel leaders in the southern Philippines and pledged Japan's continued support for peace and development in the predominantly Muslim region. (Kyodo)