Two Filipinos died in the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria on Feb. 6, the Philippine Embassy in Ankara disclosed. This handout photograph made available by the FDFA's Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) on February 9, 2023, shows members of the Swiss rescue team...
SANLIURFA, Türkiye - A major earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,800 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. Residents search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of a building that collapsed, following...
NANDO COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Sheik Khalifa Nando, one of the founders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), died on Sunday, Feb. 5. He was 82. Nando, largely seen as the first symbolic head of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), was laid to his final resting place...
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa Magsino wants the House of Representatives to look into the state of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who have been placed on "death row" or those facing capital punishment in other countries. (Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) For this purpose, Magsino authored and filed House...
Hospital nurse (File Photo) The decline in Covid-19-related deaths in the country can be attributed to the improved case management and fewer number of severe coronavirus cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that hospitals are now more...
David Crosby, iconic singer-songwriter and guitarist who was an integral part of rock groups The Byrds and Crosby Stills & Nash, died Wednesday at 81. His former bandmates issued separate statements upon learning of the singer’s passing. “It is with a deep and profound sadness that I...
Popular comedian Jo Koy is in mourning following the recent passing of his stepfather, Sgt. Fredrick Harrison. He shared the sad news via Instagram Monday. Posting a throwback photo of him with his stepdad, he wrote, “My heart is heavy. I lost my hero Sgt. Fredrick Harrison. He served 20 years in...
A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel helps evacuate a child from a flooded area in Zamboanga on Jan. 11. CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – The two-week rains caused by a low-pressure area (LPA) in Northern Mindanao affected 59,000 individuals, left seven dead, and damaged more than P22-million worth of...
Jeff Beck, legendary guitarist, music innovator and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, died Tuesday, January 10, at the age of 78. Beck’s family issued a statement Wednesday and confirmed the musician’s passing. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we...
A Quezon City congressman is pursuing the enactment of a measure that would grant a fully paid, week-long bereavement leave to all employees in the event of an immediate family member’s death. (Jarl Schmidt/ Unsplash) For this purpose, Rep. Marvin Rillo of the city's 4th district penned and filed...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See – With the death of Benedict XVI, Pope Francis enters a new phase of his papacy free from the constraints of co-existing with a predecessor, but conservative criticism of his reforms may not end. For the first time since his 2013 election, the Argentine pontiff is...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has expressed the Philippines' sympathy over the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (VATICAN NEWS) "We are in deep sorrow upon learning of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI today," Marcos said in a tweet on New Year's eve. "The...
