The Philippine basketball community is mourning the passing of two-time Olympian Edgardo Roque, who passed away on Sunday, April 12. He was 88. A former varsity standout from Jose Rizal University, Roque went on to carve out a fruitful career in the MICAA and the national team. He first made his...
ILOILO CITY – Former Iloilo Rep. Salvador “Buddy” Bas Britanico passed away on Good Friday. He was 88. The family announced on social media that the former assemblyman during the administration of President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. and party-list congressman died “after a long and difficult...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd,...
COTABATO CITY – Lawyer Pangalian Balindong, speaker of the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), died around 1 a.m. Thursday in a hospital in Makati City due to illness. The BTA is the provisional lawmaking body of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Balindong,...
BALER, Aurora - Aurora Gov. Reynante Tolentino passed away on Monday, Sept. 22, three weeks after taking a medical leave. A Facebook post by daughter Aurora second district board member Yam Tolentino said her father died at 7:33 a.m. No further details and cause of death were posted by the...
ILOILO CITY — Former Mayor Myrna Causing-Tupas, the matriarch of the Tupas political clan of Iloilo province, has died at the age of 77. THE late Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr. and his wife Myrna Causing-Tupas. In separate Facebook posts, the politician-children of Causing-Tupas confirmed that she...
Bago City in Negros Occidental mourned the death of Chef Margarita Araneta Forés who has roots from Negros on Monday, Feb. 12. BAGO City, Negros Occidental Mayor Nicholas Yulo with the late Chef Margarita Araneta Forés. (Photo via Citybridge) “We join the rest of those who loved and...
BACOLOD CITY – Former Mayor Carminia “Mencit” Bascon of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental passed away at the age of 88 in a hospital here before dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Her son, former Mayor Agustin Ernesto “Tinto” Bascon, confirmed the death of his mother. Agustin said she suffered...
BUTUAN CITY - Former Province of Dinagat Islands (PDI) governor and legislator Glenda B. Ecleo passed away on Sunday night, August 27. ECLEO (FB) She and her husband, Ruben Ecleo Sr., founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association Inc., a nonsectarian and nonprofit charitable religious...
ILOILO CITY – Federico Caballero, a recipient of the 2000 Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasure) award from Calinog town, Iloilo province, died on Saturday, August 17, at the age of 88. Family members confirmed the death of Caballero, a cultural bearer of the Suludnon and Panay...
CEBU CITY – The province of Bohol is mourning the death of its vice governor. BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado visits the wake of Vice Gov. Victor Balite who passed away on Wednesday night, July 17. (Contributed photo) Vice Gov. Dionisio Victor Balite died in a hospital in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on...
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli talks with journalists prior to the start of the Roberto Cavalli men's Fall-Winter 2014 show, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Jan.14, 2014. Italy's world-famous fashion designer Roberto Cavalli - known for his flamboyant...
