An elderly voter who collapsed after casting his vote in Oas, Albay died on election day, May 12, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported. The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) identified the fatality as Nestor Rensales, 65. Rensales had just finished casting his vote around 6:05 a.m....
CEBU CITY–An 83-year-old woman was found dead with her head severed from her body, leaving residents of a mountainous barangay in Dumanjug town, southern Cebu in shock. The body of Miguela Pocong Barino was already in a state of decomposition when she was found by her great-grandchild at past 11...
A former official of the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) Council on Women's Cardiovascular stated that heart attacks, especially in women, typically occur during the menopausal stage. Photo from Unsplash "The age of 48, from the time they start menopause, already poses a risk for women to...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A 72-year-old passenger died after experiencing sudden dizziness and losing consciousness onboard a Batangas-bound vessel at the city port here at midnight on November 12. The Philippine Coast Guard-District Southern Tagalog said the passenger, Marcelo...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A 31-year-old man died while voting in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in Baao, Camarines Sur on Monday, October 30. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib identified the victim as Richard Borela, a resident of Barangay Buluang in Baao. Borela was inside...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has honored a policeman who died of a heart attack while serving a warrant of arrest in Miag-ao, Iloilo on August 13. POLICE Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, Western Visayas police chief, salutes the casket of Police Executive Master Sgt. Carlos Patosa...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – A fisherman drowned after suffering a heart attack while fishing at Laguna Lake in Barangay Malaban here on Sunday morning, August 12. Police identified the victim as Antonio Salonga, a resident of Barangay Malaban. Lito Salonga, uncle of Antonio, told police that...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Heart Association (PHA), under its new president Dr. Ronald Cuyco, is calling for the immediate passage of a bill that the organization believes will significantly help decrease deaths caused by heart attack. Cuyco said the PHA is hoping that lawmakers will soon pass the...
CARBONILLA (Photo via Alan Tangcawan) CEBU CITY – A policeman died in a fun run here before dawn on Sunday, Feb. 5. The fatality was identified as Patrolman Lee Rodrocks Sardiva Carbonilla, a 31-year-old member of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-Central Visayas (RMFB-7) and detailed at the...
Cigarettes Filipinos were urged to quit or do not start smoking to reduce the risk of developing heart diseases, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. Smoking is associated with a “two-to fourfold increased risk” of coronary heart disease, said Dr. Maria Rosario Sylvia Uy of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 55-year-old ambulance driver died after suffering a heart attack while driving in Barangay Calumpang, Naval, Biliran, Thursday, Aug. 18. The victim was identified as Roderick Cesora, 55, Rural Health Unit driver of Caibiran, Biliran. Initial investigation revealed that...
DOMINGO Ambrocio flashes the peace sign with a supporter while campaigning for mayor of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte in the May elections. (FB photo) LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte (PNA) – Mayor Domingo Curimao Ambrosio Jr. of San Nicolas, this province, died of a heart attack Wednesday, July 20, at...
