US EditionPhilippines Focuses on Aid After Deadly Cebu Quake | Science-Environment
President Marcos visited Bogo City after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that caused 72 deaths, urging full government aid and ongoing rescue operations.
- On October 2, 2025, President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. arrived in Bogo City to check on earthquake victims and toured the Yolanda Housing Village with Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro and Cabinet members.
- Seismologists attribute the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Bogo City on October 2, 2025, to a tectonic offshore fault within five kilometers, producing Intensity VII, and it was the strongest ever recorded in northern Cebu, PHIVOLCS said.
- Officials say the hardest-hit city, Bogo City, faces mass displacement and many injuries, with over 20,000 displaced and more than 300 injured, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
- President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. pledged about P200 million for northern Cebu and ordered the Department of Budget and Management to release targeted funds for local governments and hospitals.
- Officials warn weather, outages and damaged infrastructure complicate sheltering and debris clearance, while Sharon S. Garin, Energy Secretary, pledged to restore power by Thursday night and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority deployed an 18-member rescue team with trained rescuers staying as needed.
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By Chloe Mari A. Hufana, Reporter THE Office of the President will release more than P200 million to Cebu province and its local governments to support rehabilitation efforts after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck on Tuesday night, killing at least 72 people and injuring almost 300. The provincial government said in a Facebook post that P50 million would go to Cebu province, while allocations would be distributed among 10 cities and municipalit…
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The Straits TimesPhilippines ends quake rescue efforts, priority now on helping the 20,000 displaced
Latest death toll at 72, not expected to go significantly higher Over 20,000 displaced, and more than 300 injured Marcos says infrastructure damage complicates relief efforts Marcos says nowhere to put displaced families Promises that evacuees' needs will be met BOGO, Philippines — Philippine authorities said on Thursday that search and rescue operations in quake-hit Cebu province have ended, as the current death toll of 72 was not expected to go
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