PSA: Heart diseases continue to lead major causes of death in PH

04/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The number of deaths recorded from January to November 2022 dropped by 31.6 percent compared to the same period in 2021, with ischemic heart diseases continuing to lead the top causes of death in…

Gardo Versoza to undergo angioplasty after suffering from heart attack

Anne Pasajol 03/31/2023

Gardo Versoza, who suffered from heart attack last Tuesday, March 28, 2023, is currently confined at an intensive care unit (ICU) and will be undergoing angioplasty due to clogged arteries. Angioplasty is a procedure done to widen…

Azevedo, Crowley win Ironman 70.3 Davao, but death, accident mar race

Glendale G. Rosal 03/26/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Felipe Azevedo and Sarah Crowley ruled the Alveo Ironman 70.3 Davao pro category that was marred with a participant’s death and an accident during the race on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the…

Chan endorses dead Councilor Yap’s daughter as replacement

Futch Anthony Inso 01/20/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Team Ahong-Team Libre of Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan will be endorsing the daughter of the late city councilor Nelson Yap, to assume his post. This was confirmed by Chan in…

For improved services: CCMC gets Level 2 accreditation from DOH

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) was granted a Level 2 accreditation by the Department of Health-Central Visayas Center for Health and Development (DOH-CVCHD) in recognition of its improved service capabilities. In a…

Son of hit-and-run victim says father was in good health

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The son of the hit-and-run victim in Carcar City dismissed the suspicion of the police that his father may have had a heart attack when he was hit by a still unidentified motorcycle…

Man found hanging from a building in Colon remains unidentified

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 05/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police and the city’s disaster risk reduction and management office personnel are still clueless as to the cause of death of the still-unidentified man seen hanging from a building in downtown Cebu…

Chan orders deployment of more health workers at Hoops Dome

Futch Anthony Inso 03/20/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has ordered the deployment of more healthcare workers at the Hoops Dome in Barangay Gun-ob, which serves as the alternate isolation facility for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive patients in…

Maradona’s surgeon responds tearfully to investigation into star’s death

Agence France Presse 11/30/2020

Diego Maradona’s surgeon responded to the launch of an investigation for involuntary manslaughter by saying he did “everything he could, up to the impossible” for an “unmanageable” patient. Earlier in the day prosecutors in San Isidro, near…

School principal dies in apparent heart attack while attending NORAA

Florence Baesa 11/22/2019

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – A high school principal attending the Negros Oriental Athletic Association (NORAA) meet in Valencia, Negros Oriental was found dead inside her room  at 2 a.m. on Friday, November 22, 2019, at Bong-ao…

Man with P1M donation to Kapa dies of heart attack

06/19/2019

KORONADAL CITY – A 76-year-old man from Polomolok, South Cotabato suffered a heart attack and died after learning that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the closure of Kapa-Community Ministry International Inc. (Kapa). Ambrose Alojado, a public elementary school…

Ex-security adviser Roilo Golez succumbs to heart attack

Inquirer.net 06/11/2018

Former National Security Adviser and lawmaker Rogelio “Roilo” Golez passed away on Monday. He was 71 years old. Parañaque City Vice Mayor Rico Golez confirmed his father’s death in a DZMM report. Golez, who served as former…

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