Unacceptable. That's how Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda described the growing number of casualties from typhoon "Agaton's" recent hammering of the country’s central islands. (Eutah Mizushima/ Unsplash) “That kind of casualty level is unacceptable. We knew this typhoon was coming. We knew...
ILOILO CITY – The number of casualties in Capiz province hit by massive flooding during tropical storm Agaton rose to 19 with one still missing, according to the data released by the Capiz Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (Capiz PDRRMO). Search and rescue personnel...
Reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, April 13 deplored the reported falsified death certificates of the people killed under President Duterte’s “war on drugs”, which showed that the anti-narcotics campaign was “an organized malevolent conspiracy that involved even medical...
JAKARTA, Indonesia – At least 16 people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a truck descending a remote mountain in Indonesia's West Papua province crashed into a cliff on Wednesday, police said. The truck, carrying 28 passengers and the driver, was heading down a road in...
QUITO, Ecuador -- Half a year of intense and destructive rain throughout Ecuador has left 57 dead and 110 injured, the National Risk Management Service said Saturday. In addition, nearly 31,000 people were affected by the rain, which caused flooding, landslides and damage to thousands of homes and...
REFLECTIONS TODAY We call to mind Peter’s words to Jesus when Jesus asks his disciples, “Do you also want to leave?” Peter replies, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (Jn 6:67-68). When Jesus says that the person who keeps his word will never taste death, we...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) has filed a grave threat case against the man who allegedly posted on Twitter a threat to shoot presidential candidate former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. The QCPD Public Information Office (PIO)...
PH in the top five countries with the highest pneumonia deaths Medical experts led by researchers from the University of the Philippines College of Public Health (UP-CPH) urgently called for a review of the 13-year-old pneumonia vaccine strategy to protect children against one of the leading killer...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Not unexpectedly, the government TV channel has been running a series of news features on the Duterte legacy, including his signature war on drugs. On his birthday, the President was congratulated by his executive team – cabinet secretaries – for having fulfilled his...
Pinoy guitarist and singer-songwriter Jun Lopito, died Tuesday, March 29. Tributes from Pinoy music fans poured out in social media in praise and tribute of the man and musician. Jun played with rock icons The Jerks, Pepe smith, Gary Perez and Edmond Fortuno of The Airwaves, Sampaguita, Pinikpikan,...
Taylor Hawkins, drummer and key member of the Foo Fighters, died yesterday, March 25, 2022. He was 50. According to a Rolling Stone news report, Hawkins and the rest of the Foo Fighters were currently on tour in Colombia in South America when Hawkins passed away. The official cause of death is...
American singer-songwriter and record producer Keith Eric Martin, best known for his 2004 hit “Because of You,” was found dead in his unit at a condominium in Barangay Bagumbayan, Quezon City Friday. He was 55. According to police, they found Martin's body after receiving a report about it from...
