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...
Los Angeles, USA - Sidney Poitier, Hollywood's first major Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died at 94, prompting an outpouring of grief from the entertainment industry and beyond. Stars including Denzel Washington along with current and past US presidents...
Malacañang is one with the rest of the country in mourning the passing of National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose, saying he was an example of a true Filipino. F. Sionil José (Photo by Noel Pabalate) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement after the Filipino novelist's family...
Her latest K-drama "Snowdrop" is still showing On January 5, Agency Landscape Entertainment released a statement: "This is actress Kim Mi Soo’s agency Landscape Entertainment. We are relaying sorrowful and heartbreaking news. Kim Mi Soo suddenly passed away on January 5. The bereaved family is...
Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez succumbed to stroke Monday, Jan. 3, at the Philippine Heart Center. The filmmaker-writer-actor was 46. His wife, Kaye, told ABS-CBN News Tuesday that he was in coma 11 days prior. Among Barros-Sanchez’ more popular efforts include “Lasponggols,” which he wrote and...
ITAPETINGA, Brazil – The death toll from heavy rain and flooding that has plagued the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia since November rose to 20 on Monday, amid incessant torrents that have displaced almost 63,000 people, authorities said. Two new fatalities were recorded in the town of...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has stopped releasing updates of the casualties of typhoon "Odette" following a big discrepancy on the death toll it has been reporting compared to the data of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). As of Tuesday, Dec. 21, the PNP reported reported in its 6 a.m....
Filmmaker-journalist-actress Arlyn dela Cruz has passed away. Her children confirmed this via social media on Monday, sharing their mother succumbed to colon cancer. “Earlier today, our mother passed away after six years of battling colon cancer,” her daughters Katrina Greta and Dominique said...
