Hong Kong apartment fire: 3-day mourning period begins

Agence France Presse 11/30/2025

HONG KONG, China — An outpouring of grief swept Hong Kong on Saturday as thousands paid their respects and laid flowers for the 128 people killed in one of the city’s deadliest fires, marking the start of an…

Vietnam flood death toll reaches 90

Agence France Presse 11/23/2025

HANOI — The death toll from major flooding in Vietnam has risen to 90, with 12 people still missing, the environment ministry said Sunday, after days of heavy rain and landslides. Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam…

Trump floats death penalty for ‘seditious’ Democrats

Agence France Presse 11/21/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders could be executed, calling them traitors and accusing them of “seditious behavior.” Democrats immediately slammed…

NIA-10 mourns death of former staff amid links to corruption

Cong B. Corrales 10/11/2025

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY ― The National Irrigation Administration in Northern Mindanao (NIA-10) has expressed condolences to the family of Niruh Kyle Antatico, a former employee who was shot dead Friday, Oct. 10, amid reports linking him…

Lapu-Lapu accident: Boy, 7, dies, 2 women hurt after SUV rams pedestrians

Futch Anthony Inso 10/08/2025

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A seven-year-old boy died while two women were injured after they were hit by an SUV while walking along M.L. Quezon Highway in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, around 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October…

Pope Francis an inclusive, progressive pope – Cebuano Catholic

Immae Lachica 04/22/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Pope Francis, the “People’s Pope” is now in the loving arms of our Creator as Catholics and non-catholics around the world mourn the passing of the head of the Catholic church. After spending 38…

Pope Francis: What to know about his death

Associated Press 04/22/2025

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, history’s first from Latin America, who presided over the…

Faithful gather at St. Peter’s to remember Pope Francis

Agence France Presse 04/21/2025

VATICAN CITY — A hush reigned over the normally boisterous St. Peter’s Square on Monday as the faithful and the curious alike gathered at the seat of Catholicism to mark the death of Pope Francis. Catholic priests…

After tragedy, Mandaue City considers outsourcing tree cutting

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/07/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Following the death of a 6-year-old boy who was crushed by a fallen dead palm tree on April 1 in Barangay Ibabao-Estancia, the Mandaue City government is exploring the option of hiring a…

Myanmar earthquake: 3,354 dead, 4,850 hurt 

04/06/2025

BANGKOK, Thailand — The United Nations called for the world to rally behind quake-hit Myanmar on Saturday as the death toll rose to 3,354. In addition to those killed by the March 28 earthquake, 4,850 people were…

Myanmar earthquake: Death toll now over 3,300

Agence France Presse 04/05/2025

The death toll from a major earthquake in Myanmar has risen above 3,300, state media said Saturday, as the United Nations aid chief made a renewed call for the world to help the disaster-struck nation. The March 28 quake…

Heads will roll over inaction on tree removal request

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/02/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Heads will roll over the failure to act on a request to remove a hazardous palm tree in Sitio Lemon, Barangay Ibabao-Estancia, Mandaue City, which led to the tragic death of a six-year-old…

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