Damage to a road in Bogo City after a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake jolted the central Philippines. Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP

The death toll from a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the central Philippines has risen to 69, officials said as the government mobilised agencies to search for survivors and restore power and water supplies.

In Bogo city in the north of Cebu province, which was near the epicentre o

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