13 dead, 7 missing in Mindanao floods

(Associated Press) | Updated January 13, 2014 - 3:55pm

MANILA, Philippines At least 13 people were killed and seven others were missing
in Mindanao due to floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains.
The flashfloods prompted thousands of residents to evacuate their homes, disaster
response officials said Monday.
Maj. Reynaldo Balido, spokesman for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council, said six people died due to floods in Compostella Valley
province.
Seven other people died in Davao Oriental province, including five who perished in a
landslide in Tarragona township.
The flooding has affected 132,000 people from 10 provinces but it was still unclear
how many of them had to evacuate their homes, he added.
Liza Mazo, a regional disaster-response official, said 10,000 people fled to safer
grounds in her region that covers four provinces and an island over the weekend
after two days of rains flooded low-lying villages and set off minor landslides.
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The same area was hit by a typhoon in December 2012, leaving nearly 2,000 people
dead and missing and causing massive destruction.

Man nabbed for rob try on gas station

By Ben Serrano (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 7, 2014 - 12:00am

BUTUAN CITY An employee of a mining company was arrested after he allegedly tried to rob a gasoline
station in Rosario, Agusan del Sur on Saturday.
Alberto Monsanto, 20, of Philsaga Mining Corp., was arrested at the 4 GN gasoline station in Barangay
Wasian.
Monsanto allegedly pulled out a caliber .45 pistol when gasoline boy Ulysis Fuentes asked him to pay for the
fuel loaded into his motorcycle.
The suspect reportedly ordered the cashier to give him the money from the cash register, but Fuentes
managed to push him away and tried to grab his gun.
The commotion caught the attention of security guard Alex Salazar.

Cavite road mishap leaves 2 students

dead
By Ed Amoroso (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 7, 2014 - 12:00am

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines Two students were killed when they were run over by a
passenger jeepney in GMA town, Cavite yesterday morning.
Verlyn Timbal, 14, and her cousin Steelyn Timbal, 5, were declared dead on arrival at the Carsigma district
hospital, according to Senior Inspector Leo Angelo Ilacer, town police chief.
Driver Ryan de Dios, 31, was arrested after the accident. Charges of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple
homicide was filed against him before the provincial prosecutors office.
De Dios reportedly lost control of the wheel and hit the victims, who were on their way to school in Barangay
Poblacion at about 9 a.m.