Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno will push for the use of renewable energy in the country to lower power rates if he clinches a Senate seat in the May 2022 polls. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) Diokno, a senatorial aspirant, lamented that consumers are always...
The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Sunday bared there is an attempt or a plot to assassinate Marcos Jr., citing information they got from the Department of Justice (DOJ) cybercrime office. In a statement, Marcos Jr.'s camp said the alleged "kill plot" was...
Survivor's Tale By Rhodora E. (The author is a teacher who lives in Davao. Her identity is not fully disclosed to protect her.) “Every day, we have a chance to practice the small deaths, for each moment is a small death leading to a new life”, says Bob Edelstein. My physical “deaths” were...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed its sympathy to the family of its former chief Roberto R. Romulo who passed away on Jan. 23. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) "The Department of Foreign Affairs condoles with the family of former DFA Secretary Roberto R. Romulo who passed away last...
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Roberto "Bobby" Romulo has passed away at the age of 83, the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation confirmed. Former DFA Secretary Roberto 'Bobby' Romulo (Photo courtesy of the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation) Romulo died on Jan. 23, Sunday, the foundation said. The cause of his...
Romano Vasquez has died. According to reports, the former actor-singer passed away Sunday, Jan. 23. He was 51. He is survived by his wife Alma Panuelo Dila, and their four children. Romano started his showbiz career in the 80s via German Moreno's "That's Entertainment." He would go on to appear in...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- At least seven people were killed and 16 others injured in separate rain-related incidents during a recent spell of heavy rains in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Sunday. Women and children were...
Celebrating lives lost to this ongoing pandemic By Ortrud Ting-Yao Last October 2021, I lost an aunt, a cousin, and an uncle, all to COVID-19. I could not understand why things were happening, and why they were taken away from us in a span of 12 days. COVID-19 hit the family hard. I couldn't...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 19 two deaths from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron. Omicron variant of COVID-19 DOH sais that both deaths were aged more than 60 years, unvaccinated, and had pre-existing medical conditions. "While Omicron mostly presents...
Veteran comedian Don Pepot, real name Ernesto Fajardo, has died. He was 88. This was confirmed to media by his son Michael, relating his father succumbed to pneumonia, Tuesday. Don Pepot started his showbiz career in 1964. He was last seen in the movie "Si Agimat,Si Enteng Kabisote at Si Ako" in...
MIAMI, United States - Bob Saget, the US comedian who delighted millions as the star of television's "Full House" in the 1980s and 1990s, has been found dead in a Florida hotel room, the local sheriff said Sunday. It was not clear how the beloved 65-year-old star, often heralded as "America's dad"...
Los Angeles, USA - Peter Bogdanovich, the acclaimed New Hollywood director of "The Last Picture Show," has died at the age of 82, his agent said Thursday. Starting out as an influential film critic, Bogdanovich began directing with 1968's "Targets," before co-writing his ode to 1950s America "The...
