US stands ready to help Davao de Oro quake victims
STRONG QUAKE. Products are strewn on the floor of a grocery store in Montevista town, Davao de Oro, following a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck the province at around 6:44 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 1, 2023). The quake's epicenter was in neighboring New Bataan town. (Photo courtesy of Sanchai Alfornon) MANILA - The United States on Thursday expressed readiness to provide humanitarian assistance to the earthquake victims in New Bataan, Davao de Oro. This, as US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, in his meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at Malacanan Palace in Manila, expressed s...