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...
Veteran broadcast journalist Carmelo "Melo" Acuña died at the Quezon City General Hospital early Friday morning, Aug. 27, according to his wife. He was 64. (Screenshot from Melo Acuña's Facebook account) "My husband, Melo Acuña, joined his creator today at 2:30 a.m. Please pray for the...
Janus del Prado, an actor now more known for his sustained support of Bea Alonzo, will not be silenced. Not even with death threats. In fact, he addressed it on his most recent post. He posted: "When someone threatens me on the Internet. 'You have nothing, nothing to threaten me with! Nothing to do...
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...
It has not even been a month yet former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV suffered another loss in the family-- this time, his older brother Antonio III who died of complications due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the age of 51. (Photos from Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Tindig Pilipinas...
Calls for unity reverberated on Saturday morning, Aug. 21, as the 38th death anniversary of former senator and democracy icon Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was commemorated by some supporters at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Several supporters commemorate the 38th death anniversary of...
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...
Gone but not forgotten. Vice President Leni Robredo was not able to come home in her hometown of Naga City to commemorate the 9th death anniversary of her late husband Jesse Robredo, the city’s longtime mayor. Vice President Leni Robredo visits the tomb of her late husband Jesse Robredo in Naga...
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...
Nine years after former Interior secretary Jesse Robredo died unexpectedly in a plane crash, his daughters—Aika, Tricia, and Jillian—with Vice President Leni Robredo remember how he was always present in their lives despite being Naga City’s mayor for almost two decades. The Robredo...
Panelo extends condolences The man behind the well-loved Melo's Steakhouse and the chairman/founder of Melo's Chain of Restaurants and Wagyu Restaurant, Carmelo L. Santiago, passed away last August 6, 2021. He was 78 years old. Aside from his restaurants, he holds many other positions in different...
