AFP chopper makes emergency landing in Rizal, 5 injured

Source: PDI

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Five members of the Philippine Air Force were hurt after the chopper they were on-board made an emergency landing in a vacant lot in Taytay, Rizal, Wednesday morning.

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4 hurt as panic hits LRT passengers

Source: PDI

MANILA, Philippines—A passenger who shouted, “May umuusok. May sasabog (There’s smoke. Something’s going to explode)!” caused a panic inside a train of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 Monday morning.

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Radioactive iodine gauged1,250 times over limit in sea off Japan plant

Source: Agence France-Presse

OSAKA – The operator of Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant has detected radioactive iodine 1,250 times the legal limit in Pacific Ocean waters nearby, the nuclear safety agency said Saturday.

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Filipino nurse killed in Saudi crash

SOURCE: INQUIRER

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—A Filipino nurse was among four people killed in the crash of an emergency medical helicopter near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s Defense and Aviation Ministry said.

The ministry, in a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency, said the helicopter went down Friday some 35 kilometers south of Riyadh. The chopper belonged to the armed forces medical services.

The statement said all on board were killed—the Saudi pilot and co-pilot, an Egyptian doctor and a Filipino nurse. The ministry is investigating the crash.

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