The Department of Education (DepED) on Saturday, Nov. 5, confirmed the death of a public school teacher following the bus accident in Orani, Bataan. DepEd Central Office / DepED file photo “One of the participants, a teacher of Payatas B Elementary School, was declared dead on arrival at the...
CEBU CITY – Police are investigating the death of a woman in a hotel here on Monday morning, Oct. 24. Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla, deputy chief for administration of the Cebu City Police Office, said the investigation is being conducted to determine whether there was foul play in her death. The...
LONDON (AFP) - Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72, his agent said on Friday. Coltrane also played a former KGB agent-turned-Russian mafia boss in two James Bond films -- "Goldeneye" (1995) and "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) -- with Pierce...
NEW YORK (AFP) - Loretta Lynn, who died Tuesday at 90 years old, was a standard-bearer of country music and its most decorated female artist ever. The self-taught musician proved a vast influence over her six decades in the business, and news of her passing triggered an outpouring of praise and...
Mon Legaspi, a respected Filipino rock musician, died last night, Oct. 3, of cardiac arrest. He was 54. His passing was announced by his band The Dawn on their official social media account the same night. “It is with deep, deep sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our brother Mon...
The Dawn is a Filipino rock band that started in 1992. The four-man band won many awards, even releasing albums abroad. Sadly, one of them has passed away. Wolfgang's Mon Legaspi The news was shared in a Facebook post by The Dawn, " It is with deep, deep sadness that we announce the untimely...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday, Sept. 30, expressed grief over the shooting to death of one of its commissioned officers in Indang, Cavite. Coast Guard Lt. Junior Grade (CG LTJG) Rando Val Siega (Photo by PCG) Coast Guard Lt. Junior Grade (LTJG) Rando Val Siega, 31, was shot dead while...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Coolio, the US rapper best known for the chart-topping 1995 song "Gangsta's Paradise," has died, his manager said Wednesday. He was 59 years old. The Grammy-winning musician passed away in Los Angeles. No cause of death was immediately provided. Coolio's friend and long-standing...
CEBU CITY – A city councilor has sought an investigation on the death of her 91-year-old aunt whom she said died “for the flimsiest and most outrageous of reasons.” CEBU City Councilor Mary Anne de los Santos (seated). (FB) Councilor Mary Ann de los Santos said her aunt Milagros died after...
CEBU CITY -- A man and his live-in partner were arrested and facing frustrated parricide charges for allegedly beating up their one-year-old child in their house in Compostela town, northern Cebu on Friday, Sept. 23. The Consolacion police identified the suspects as William Valiente and his live-in...
Former President and now Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is mourning the passing of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth Ii (AFP PHOTO) "I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II," Arroyo said in a statement on Friday afternoon,...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. condoled with the Russian people on the death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. In this file photo taken on October 31, 2009 former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev attends a commemorative event in Berlin. Mikhail...
