A 40-yearold police sergeant assigned at Camp Crame in Quezon City was the latest fatality of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronnie Olay said the 40-year old cop with a rank of Police Staff Sergeant was the 82nd PNP personnel...
President Duterte is prepared to face death penalty if he is convicted before a local court, not the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Addressing the nation late Wednesday, July 28, the President asserted that he would rather stand...
Former Press Secretary Tomas "Buddy" Gomez III passed away while on a spiritual pilgrimage in Spain, according to a family member. Former Press Secretary Tomas Gomez III passed away on July 22, 2021, his daughter Karen Gomez Dumpit confirmed in a Facebook post (Photo: Karen Gomez Dumpit /Facebook)...
A tricycle driver in Caloocan City reportedly stabbed to death a criminology student over a parking problem he mistakenly thought was caused by the victim. Police are now hunting down Matias Avenido for allegedly killing 20-year-old Junel Talan on Tuesday night when he ran amok after having...
A soldier who had been critically wounded when a C-130 cargo plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed in Patikul, Sulu nearly two weeks ago succumbed to his injuries on Friday, July 16, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed. A photo of the wreckage of the crashed Philippine Air...
12.4M vaccinated; 1.4M total cases; 1.380M recovered; 25,650 deaths; continue mask-handwash-social distance protocol From ECQ to GCQ to ECQ – that’s how NCR, later the NCR-Plus, fought COVID-19 from June 2020 to June 2021 The surge in number of COVID-19 cases in March 2021 started the NCR-Plus...
(PIXABAY) Independent research group OCTA has monitored a significant decrease in Metro Manila's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case fatality rate (CFR) since the beginning of 2021. In its monitoring report released on Saturday, July 10, OCTA said the CFR in Metro Manila has dropped to 0.78 percent...
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Arthritis drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the risk of death and the need for ventilators among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to an analysis of nearly 11,000 patients published Tuesday. The study appeared in the Journal of the American...
(PSA) A total of 30,140 or 4.9 percent of the total registered deaths in 2020 were due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. PSA explained that COVID-19 deaths in its latest data refer to both confirmed and probable cases as of...
Another soldier died from the tragic military plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last Sunday, July 4, raising the death toll to 53. The Philippine Red Cross sends a response team after a Philippine Air Force C-130 transport plane crashes in Patikul, Sulu on July 4, 2021. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross)...
Major Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. officially took command of the Cagayan de Oro City-based 4th Infantry Division (4ID) of the Philippine Army on Monday, July 5, a day after a C-130 transport plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) carrying him and his family crashed in Patikul, Sulu. Major Gen. Romeo...
Two soldiers who were critically wounded when a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 cargo plane crashed in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday, July 4, succumbed to their injuries on Monday, July 5, raising the death toll to 52. BURNING AIRCRAFT. An aircraft carrier, said to be a Philippine Airforce C-130H,...
