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                    [ArticleID] => 2155166
                    [Title] => Tonga runway cleared for volcano aid flights
                    [Summary] => The overwhelmed Tongan government has called the dual eruption-tsunami "an unprecedented disaster" and reported that waves as high as 15 metres (50 feet) destroyed almost every home on some outlying islands.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-01-20 08:49:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1807341
                    [AuthorName] => Chris Foley
                    [SectionName] => World
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                    [ArticleID] => 2154927
                    [Title] => 15-metre tsunami causes 'unprecedented disaster' in Tonga
                    [Summary] => In an "unprecedented disaster", one village was completely wiped out while only a few houses remained standing in several other settlements scattered across the archipelago, the government said in its first public statement on Saturday's disaster. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-01-19 08:41:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 2154684
                    [Title] => First death in Tonga volcano blast as nation remains cut off
                    [Summary] => Tonga remained virtually cut off from the rest of the world, after the eruption crippled communications and stalled emergency relief efforts.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-01-18 08:42:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805196
                    [AuthorName] => Andrew Beatty
                    [SectionName] => World
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                    [ArticleID] => 2154273
                    [Title] => Huge Tonga volcanic eruption caused 'significant damage'
                    [Summary] => The capital Nuku'alofa suffered "significant" damage, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, adding there had been no reports of injury or death but a full assessment was not yet possible with communication lines down.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-01-16 14:37:00
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                    [Title] => Philippine Embassy monitoring condition of Filipinos in Tonga, Samoa, Fiji after volcanic eruption
                    [Summary] => The Department of Foreign Affairs said there are about 87 Filipinos in Tonga, 300 in Samoa and 400 in Fiji.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-01-16 14:28:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 2154253
                    [Title] => Huge Tonga volcanic eruption felt around the world
                    [Summary] => The US Geological Survey recorded Saturday's eruption as equivalent to a 5.8 magnitude earthquake at zero depth.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-01-16 09:17:00
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                    [Title] => No tsunami threat from quake between Fiji, Tonga
                    [Summary] => 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii says there is no threat of a tsunami from a magnitude-6.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of Tonga and Fiji.

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A policeman who belongs to an anti-carjacking unit almost died when he fell victim to carjackers who took his brand new Toyota Innova recently.

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A moderate magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the South Pacific near Tonga on Sunday morning, the US Geological Survey reported. No tsunami watch was issued.

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Benefit of doubt

not_entMobiline center Asi Taulava's mother Pauline Hernandez Mateaki hardly warmed her heels here as she left in a hurry last Wednesday night after a 3-day visit to attend to her ailing husband, suffering from a kidney problem in Tonga.

Is she of Filipino stock or isn't she? That is the question.

Pauline arrived from Los Angeles to face Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Rufus Rodriguez in his Intramuros office. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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