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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has stated that “the national government is moving and we will not leave Mindanao behind.”
A collapsed building in the center of General Santos, on the Philippine island of Mindanao, Jun. 8, 2026.
The death toll in yesterday’s powerful earthquake in the southern Philippines has risen to at least 32, the Philippine authorities said, as they intensified relief operations in the affected area.
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck early yesterday morning about 20 kilometers off the coast of Sarangani province in Mindanao, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), triggering tsunami warnings in several countries.
