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...
(PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY) Ischemic heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and neoplasms remained the top three causes of death in the country from January to September 2021, said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in its preliminary report. "Incidentally, these were also the...
Anne Rice, the author responsible for reinventing gothic fiction and the vampire genre, died Dec. 11 from complications of a stroke. The author’s death was announced by her son, Christopher Rice, through the former’s social media. “She left us almost nineteen years to the day my father, her...
"You'll be the death of me." President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the pre-taped “Talk to the People” public briefing on Dec. 13, 2021 (Malacañang photo) President Duterte had this to say to Filipinos who, over nine months into the government's mass vaccination program, still refuse to get...
The book was even adapted to film Christopher Rice posted on behalf of his mother Anne Rice on Facebook that the 80-year-old author has passed away on December 11, Saturday. Anne Rice was considered one of the bestselling authors who focused stories about vampires and other entities. Anne Rice...
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday pushed for the passage of the measure mandating law enforcers to provide accurate reporting of deaths and illnesses of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and detained children in conflict with the law (CICL). Gordon, who chairs the Senate Committee on Justice and...
Sad news was released last Sunday, November 14, when Houston's Mayor Sylvester Turner tweeted the death of nine-year-old boy Ezra Blount. "I am saddened to learn of Ezra’s death this evening. Our city tonight prays for his mom, dad, grandparents, other family members and classmates at this time....
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has welcomed Senator Panfilo Lacson’s move to withdraw the bill he filed which seeks to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes. De Lima urged the Senate to instead give more push to the bill she filed which seeks to mete qualified reclusion perpetua to...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded its lowest infection on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with only nine cases reported on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Health experts have been saying that the pandemic situation in the country has been improving in the past few days, attributing it to the...
Prison cell The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines- Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (CBCP-ECPPC) welcomed the recent pronouncement of Senators Panfilo Lacson and Vicente Sotto III that they are no longer supporting the restoration of death penalty. The CBCP said that this...
