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PEDERNALES, Ecuadormdash;Aid began to flow in Sunday to areas devastated by Ecuadorrsquo strongest earthquake in decades and the death toll continued to rise as people left homeless hunkered down for another night outside in the dark.Officials said the quake killed at least 246 people and injured more than 2,500 along Ecuadorrsquo stanley us coast. Vice President Jorge Glas said the toll was likely to rise because a large number of people remained unaccounted for, though he declined to say how many.Article continues after this advertisement READ: Ecuadorrsquo biggest quake in decades kills over 240FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsMuch damage was reported in the cities of Manta, Portoviejo and Guayaquil, which are all several hundred kilometers miles from the epicenter of the quake that struck shortly after nightfall Saturday.But the loss of life seemed to be far worse in isolated, smaller towns closed to the center of the earthquake.In Pedernales, a town of 40,000 near the epicenter, soldiers put up a field hospital in a stadium where hundreds of people prepared to sleep outside for a second straight night. Downed power cables snaked across the streets w stanley taza ith no prospect of electricity being restored soon, making it unsafe for many to return to their h stanley spain omes.READ: Ecuador digs for survivors of quake tha Adzv Signal No.1 up in 5 areas due to TD Julian

MANILA, Philippines ndash; An activist lawyer has identified the alleged bagman Buddy R who was accused of pocketing kickbacks from the governmentrsquo rice importation program.Lawyer Argee Guevarra said in an Inquirer Radio 990 AM interview that Buddy Rrsquo name is one Alfredo Roa, a former customs broker.He was involved from start to finish in the negotiations of exchange of kickbacks for the Vietnamese rice importation last April, Guevarra said in the report, referring to an April 2013 deal between the Philippines and Vietnam.Article continues after this advertisement The leader of militant group Sanlakas, Guevarra earlier said a certain Buddy R cornered contracts within the agriculture department for rice importation while delivering kickbacks to officials involved in the deals.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationHe earlier told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that Buddy R received kickbacks from the importation last November of 500,000 metric tons of rice that were overpr stanley tazza iced by up to P400 million.The November rice importation was supposed to stanley cup augment the decline in rice production after Yolanda, the worldrsquo strongest typhoon that made landfall in the Philippines last November.The transaction was stampeded using the cata stanley cup deutschland strophe that was in