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...
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...
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...
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...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has urged its personnel and even the public not to self-medicate if they are infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), citing the case of a 43-year old police sergeant who died after a late medical intervention. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar...
The death toll of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippine National Police (PNP) rose to 84 on Saturday, July 31, after two more policemen were confirmed to have died of health complications due to virus infection. Based on the data of the PNP Health Service, the 83 rd fatality who died...
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...
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)...
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,...
Tropical storm (TS) "Dante" has claimed two more lives, pushing the total death toll to six as a result, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Friday, June 4. PAGASA tracking of tropical storm Dante (Courtesy of PAGASA) The NDRRMC said a 49-year-old man was...
