Earthquake in Mindanao: Death toll rises to 7, says OCD

Angeline Marcelino - @inquirerdotnet 11/18/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The fatalities or deaths due to the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit several areas in Mindanao have risen from the initial two to seven, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) told INQUIRER.net on Saturday, November…

Jograd dela Torre, an actor and musician, dies

Anne Pasajol 11/15/2023

Singer-comedian Jograd dela Torre, who was best known for co-hosting musical variety show “Superstar” alongside National Artist Nora Aunor and the late German “Kuya Germs” Moreno, has died, his family confirmed. “Everyone, prayers and love for my…

Matthew Perry’s death ‘seems impossible’ 

10/30/2023

LOS ANGELES—Family, friends and fellow celebrities on Sunday mourned the loss of Matthew Perry, the wise-cracking co-star of the 1990s hit television sitcom “Friends,” a day after the actor was found dead in a hot tub at…

Actor Suzanne Somers dies at 76 – reports

10/16/2023

Actor Suzanne Somers, best known for her role on the television show “Three’s Company” and for various fitness and health business ventures, died Sunday, October 15, 2023, at the age of 76, according to media reports. “Suzanne…

Maui wildfires death toll reaches 53

08/11/2023

KAHULUI, Hawaii—The death toll from Maui’s wildfires rose to 53 on Thursday as the fast-moving conflagration that turned the resort town of Lahaina into smoldering ruins was 80-percent contained, officials said. The island that forms part of…

Millions and Marshall, two American Staffordshire Terriers: Their senseless deaths slammed by animal lovers

Immae Lachica 05/18/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Dog breed discrimination is what the people say caused the deaths of two American Staffordshire Terriers in East London, United Kingdom. Marshall, a three-year-old dog, and Millions, a nine-month-old pup, were the victims of a…

‘Zombie Detective’ actress Jung Chae-yull passes away at 26

Anne Pasajol 04/13/2023

South Korean actress-model Jung Chae-yull was reportedly found dead at her home on Tuesday, April 11. She was 26 years old. Jung Chae-yull’s talent agency, Management S, confirmed her passing through an official statement obtained by Korean…

North Korea executes people for South Korean videos, drugs – report

Reuters 03/30/2023

SEOUL — North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens’ human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday. South Korea’s Unification…

Grief and closure

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 11/01/2022

This was a terrible time last year, the COVID-19 death toll climbing since its start early in 2020, and peaking, in the Philippines, around the month of September with the deadly Delta strain. COVID-19 raised a new…

Cebu City logs first two COVID deaths in May

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 05/29/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) recorded its first two COVID-related deaths for the month of May this weekend. The EOC May 28, 2022 report showed that the City logged its…

E-sabong’s social costs: Debt, possibly, even death

Kurt dela Peña 05/04/2022

MANILA, Philippines—As sabong (cockfight) went online in 2018, the House of Representatives already expressed its concerns, but as COVID-19 lockdowns were implemented in 2020, the craze even went wilder. It was in 2020 when Mike Tabelina, 32,…

Unvaccinated persons make up 88% of COVID-19 deaths in Cebu – VVOC spox

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/21/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Most of the people who died of the COVID-19 in Cebu from January 1 to 19, 2022, are unvaccinated individuals. Doctor Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the Visayas Vaccination Operation Center (VVOC)…

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