DOH The Department of Health (DOH) denied allegations that the country's coronavirus-related deaths are much higher than the official tally. "We are debunking this allegation. Yun pong difference ng Philippine Statistics Authority number of deaths at DOH, mula't mula pa ho ng pandemya,...
ITAPETINGA, Brazil – The death toll from heavy rain and flooding that has plagued the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia since November rose to 20 on Monday, amid incessant torrents that have displaced almost 63,000 people, authorities said. Two new fatalities were recorded in the town of...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has stopped releasing updates of the casualties of typhoon "Odette" following a big discrepancy on the death toll it has been reporting compared to the data of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). As of Tuesday, Dec. 21, the PNP reported reported in its 6 a.m....
Two policemen died of health complications after being infected by the coronavirus, which brought to 106 the total number of deaths in the Philippine National Police (PNP). PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronnie Olay said the latest fatalities are a rookie policeman in Police Regional Office 1 and a...
At least the Philippines' coronavirus disease (COVID-19) death toll isn't that high. (Malacañang photo/ Unsplash) President Duterte offered this perspective following the grim report Monday, Aug. 30 that the Philippines recorded over 22,000 fresh cases of COVID-19--the country’s highest ever...
LES CAYES, Haiti -- The number of people killed by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 14 in Haiti has risen to 2,207, with 344 still missing, the country's civil protection agency reported on Sunday. A boy is being treated at a hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug. 22, 2021. The agency said on...
A 31-year old female police investigator from General Santos City died three days after she underwent an emergency operation to save her baby, the recent heartbreaking story that hit Filipinos amid the continuous onslaught of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. Since the Philippine...
Two more policemen died as cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue to rise in the Philippine National Police (PNP). As of Sunday, August 15, the total number of PNP personnel who died of COVID-19 is 91. Based on the data of the PNP Health Service, the latest fatalities were a 49-year...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has urged its personnel and even the public not to self-medicate if they are infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), citing the case of a 43-year old police sergeant who died after a late medical intervention. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar...
The death toll of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippine National Police (PNP) rose to 84 on Saturday, July 31, after two more policemen were confirmed to have died of health complications due to virus infection. Based on the data of the PNP Health Service, the 83 rd fatality who died...
A soldier who had been critically wounded when a C-130 cargo plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed in Patikul, Sulu nearly two weeks ago succumbed to his injuries on Friday, July 16, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed. A photo of the wreckage of the crashed Philippine Air...
Another soldier died from the tragic military plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last Sunday, July 4, raising the death toll to 53. The Philippine Red Cross sends a response team after a Philippine Air Force C-130 transport plane crashes in Patikul, Sulu on July 4, 2021. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross)...
