Do we need a war museum?

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 05/19/2023

I have always wondered why there is no major war museum in Manila, no peace museum in a city that has often been described as the second most devastated city of World War II after Warsaw. The…

Cebu City dad proposes penalties for refusal of funeral services due to unsettled fees

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Caring for the dead should never be made difficult. A fine of at least P5, 000 and/or imprisonment ranging from six months to one year will be imposed on employees or officers of crematories,…

Hero dog Kabang gets paw memorial, paw prints impression

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 05/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An aluminum statue of Kabang will soon be erected as a memorial of the hero dog of Zamboanga City. The statue is made by Mindanao artist Kublai Millan which will be erected to…

Jordan: ‘When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died’

02/25/2020

A tearful Michael Jordan on Monday remembered his “little brother” Kobe Bryant at a star-filled memorial in Los Angeles for the basketball great and his daughter Gianna, who died with seven others in a helicopter crash last…

Ruiz, teammates dominate women’s division of Ylanan Memorial cycling race

Mars G. Alison 06/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Members of the Keith DeFiebre Cycling Team clinched three of the five titles on hand in the second edition of the Mark Ylanan Memorial Cycling Classic. The road race held Sunday, June 16,…

Noted PLAYERS to vie in Roger Abella Memorial Chess

Glendale G. Rosal 11/01/2018

SOME of the biggest names in chess will be gathering for the annual National Master Roger Abella Memorial Open Chess tournament on November 10 at the Robinsons Galleria Cebu. The Cebu Executives and Professionals Chess Association (Cepca)…

Stuff toys, food, flowers for dead pets in QC ‘memorial wall’ of PAWS

Inquirer.net 11/01/2018

NOT only dead people were remembered on All Saints’ Day, as deceased animals dear to their humans got fresh flowers, candles, and prayers, too. Pet owners even brought stuff toys and food for their departed friendly animals…

Memorial at sea

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 10/01/2018

The Ecumenical Memorial Rites at sea is part of the annual celebration of the National Seafarers Day (NSD) where prayers are offered and flowers are thrown to the open seas as homage to deceased seafarers. The flowers…

Jawad Cup table tennis gets going

Hendrix Lato 09/21/2018

  PADDLERS from all over the Philippines gathered at the Robinsons Galleria Cebu for the start of the 27th Erne Jawad Memorial Table Tennis Cup yesterday. The elimination rounds will be played today while the championships is…

Duterte calls Hitler ‘insane’ at Holocaust memorial

Inquirer.net 09/05/2018

JERUSALEM – President Rodrigo Duterte, who once likened his drug war to the Holocaust that killed six million Jews, called Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as “insane” during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial here on…

Ylanan Memorial Cycling winners bared

Ray Charlie Diaz 06/21/2018

NILO Barbalose emerged winner in the Mark Ylanan Memorial Cycling event last Sunday. Barbalose ruled the 50-above category of the race, which had a total distance of 80 kilometers from the City of Naga to the town…

Hawking’s voice to be beamed into space during memorial

AFP 06/15/2018

A MESSAGE from late British astrophysics giant Stephen Hawking will be beamed towards the nearest black hole as his remains are laid to rest in London’s Westminster Abbey on Friday. As the ashes of the British theoretical…

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