MANILA, Philippines – With 20 people dead and a centuries-old church reduced to rubble, Loon town was the hardest-hit by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Bohol on Tuesday morning, Governor Edgar ...

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – As fear and uncertainty continue to grip victims of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Central Visayas, President Benigno Aquino III himself visited disaster-stricken ...

Loon Small Coconut Farmers Agriculture Cooperative showcasing the products they made during the Coconut Farmers’ Cooperatives Regional Summit in Cebu City. (MSH/PIA Cebu) What began as a struggling ...

LOON, Bohol- The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) has replaced the packs of rice infested with “bukbok” (weevils) that were given to some residents in Loon town. Mita Tecson, ...

TAGBILARAN CITY, Philippines — Three days after the killer quake, Barangay Napo of Loon is a ghost town. Only the sound of chickens, goats, and the occasional helicopter flights fill the silence of ...

CEBU, Philippines - Being identified as an ideal place for international cruise ship destination in the country, the Province of Bohol has vowed to develop the quake-damaged port of Loon town. The ...

NHA Bohol personnel can be seen distributing the Emergency Housing Assistance Program assistance to beneficiaries in this photo taken on Feb. 5, 2025 in Loon, Bohol. (PIA Bohol) LOON, Bohol (PIA) ...

LOON, Bohol - The Nuestra Señora de la Luz (Our Lady of Light Church) or the Loon Church in this historic town has reopened eight years after a strong earthquake hit Bohol province on October 15, 2013 ...

CEBU, Philippines - The Department of Health (DOH) will finance the P100 million rehabilitation works of health facilities in earthquake-torn Loon town in Bohol. Mayor Lloyd Peter Lopez, also a ...

The façade and the interior of the reconstructed Nuestra Señora de la Luz (Our Lady of Light) Parish Church in Loon, Bohol. The Nuestra Señora de la Luz Parish Church and convent in Loon, Bohol, was ...

Jacinto Mandal, the police chief of Loon, Bohol, was at work at the police station when the temblor struck. Rushing outside, he saw people spilling out of their homes onto the streets, screaming. They ...

(Updated 7:42 a.m.) - At least three churchgoers were trapped inside Our Lady of Light Church in Loon, Bohol after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook the province and much of the Visayas region Tuesday ...