Inventor of calculator dies

Associated Press 03/06/2019

DALLAS  — Jerry Merryman, one of the inventors of the handheld electronic calculator who is described by those who knew hm as not only brilliant but also kind with a good sense of humor, has died. He…

Man dies after shooting self, bullet hits accounting officer

Doris Mondragon, Paul Lauro 02/04/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – A 64-year-old man was found lifeless after he allegedly shot himself inside an office at the Bigblue Logistics Building along F. Zuellig Street in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City at past 12 noon on…

12-year-old boy dies in Duljo Fatima fire

Nestle Semilla 12/25/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Authorities confirmed that a 12-year-old boy died in a fire that razed Barangay Duljo Fatima on Christmas morning, December 25.…

World’s oldest nun, praised for saving Jews, dies at 110

La Croix International 12/04/2018

Polish Dominican sister played key role in saving 17 resistance fighters during Holocaust  Sister Cecylia Maria Roszak, a Polish Dominican believed to be the world’s oldest nun, has died at the age of 110, over 80 years…

‘SpongeBob’ creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

Inquirer.net 11/28/2018

LOS ANGELES — “SpongeBob SquarePants” creator Stephen Hillenburg has died at age 57. Nickelodeon says Hillenburg died Monday of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS. Hillenburg conceived, wrote, produced and directed the animated series that began…

Stabbing victim dies

Benjie B. Talisic, Futch Anthony Inso 11/01/2018

The man who was stabbed this evening inside the Fuente Osmeña Circle along Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City has died before the medical team arrived. Inspector Gomecendo Mandawe, deputy precinct commander of the Abellana Police Station, told…

Cubacub Councilor dies from gunshot wound, companion now safe

Norman Mendoza 10/10/2018

Cubacub Barangay Councilor Edgar Bihag has died from a gunshot wound near his left armpit, which may have pierced his heart, said Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) Chief Julian Entoma. Bihag, Entoma said, died an hour after…

Ecija man dies while saving 3 kids from drowning

Inquirer.net 09/30/2018

CABANATUAN CITY — A 39-year-old man lost his life Saturday afternoon while rescuing three children from an irrigation canal in the Nueva Ecija city of Gapan, the police said. Renato Samson jumped into the canal when he…

Grieving grandpa, a landslide evacuee, dies, 8 days after tragic Naga incident

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/28/2018

A 76-year-old grandfather, who lost at least 15 relatives from the landslide that hit Sitio Sindulan in Barangay Tinaan in Naga City, died on Friday dawn (Sept. 28) at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), eight…

Rapper Mac Miller dies aged 26

Marc Eric Cosep 09/08/2018

Rapper Mac Miller died on Friday of apparent overdose, TMZ reported. San Fernando local authorities found the singer in a bedroom at his house in San Fernando Valley, LA, California and were pronounced dead on the spot.…

Ex-Cebu gov ‘Tingting’ de la Serna dies

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/01/2018

Cebu governor Vicente “Tingting” de la Serna died at his residence at 12:05 a.m. on Saturday after battling lung cancer. He was 66. “It was a peaceful death,” said her daughter, Dr. Frances de la Serna, in…

BALILI DIES

Nestle L. Semilla 08/11/2018

‘ACCIDENTAL FIRING’ CASE The policeman who accidentally shot himself succumbed to two gunshot wounds on the chest, the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) announced yesterday. SPO1 Roderick Balili passed away at Cebu Doctors’ Hospital in…

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