Who died on tourist Titan submersible?

06/23/2023

The five people aboard a submersible that went missing during a tourist expedition to the Titanic’s wreckage died in an implosion after the loss of the pressure chamber, U.S. Coast Guard officials said on Thursday. READ MORE: The Titan submersible…

The Titan submersible imploded, killing all 5 on board, US Coast Guard says

06/23/2023

A submersible carrying five people to the Titanic imploded near the site of the shipwreck and killed everyone on board, authorities said Thursday, June 22, 2023, bringing a tragic end to a saga that included an urgent…

Filipino boxer Kenneth Egano, 22, passes away

05/11/2023

MANILA, Philippines—Filipino bantamweight Kenneth Egano, who slipped into a coma after a boxing fight, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Egano beat Jason Facularin by unanimous decision in an eight-rounder on Saturday as part of Manny…

PCG shifts to retrieval of 4 missing in yacht sinking

Frances Mangosing 05/09/2023

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has shifted to search and retrieval operations for the four persons who went missing after a dive yacht sank near the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan on April 30. “The directive took effect…

Bedridden mom, 3-year-old daughter, die in Bacolod fire

Carla Gomez 04/18/2023

BACOLOD CITY — A mother and her daughter died in a fire that destroyed seven houses at Purok Bayanihan, Barangay Taculing here at 8:47 a.m. on Monday, April 17, 2023. Mengel Itchon, 39, a stroke patient, reportedly…

Lightning strikes hilltop hut in Digos City: 5 die, 1 survives

Eldie S. Aguirre 04/11/2023

DIGOS CITY — Only one of the six youths survived when the makeshift hut that sheltered them from the rain got hit by lightning on Easter Sunday afternoon, April 9, 2023, an officer of the City Disaster…

Shipping firm apologizes for deadly Basilan ferry blaze, extends aid to victims’ kin

Jean Mangaluz 04/01/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The management of Aleson Shipping Lines Inc., which owns the ill-fated ferry that caught fire off Basilan, has apologized for the tragedy which resulted in the death of at least 29 people. Bound for…

On Yolanda’s 9th anniversary: Romualdez urges Filipinos to learn from tragedy

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 11/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Monday called on Filipinos to learn from the horrors brought by Super Typhoon Yolanda nine years ago, and to honor those who “sacrificed their lives for the benefit…

Scholar, 16, robbed, killed in Cebu City on his father’s birthday

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 08/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — What could have been a happy day for the Estan family, who had just celebrated their father’s birthday at the house of their father’s twin sibling in Minglanilla town, turned into a day…

Preps ongoing for evacuation of 400 households at risk after Toledo landslide

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Hundreds of families in Toledo City could be celebrating the Holidays away from their homes. This after the local government in this western city of Cebu confirmed that at least 400 households were identified to…

Missing fisherman in Pinamungajan found dead

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The fisherman who went missing in Pinamungajan town, Cebu, on December 16, 2020, was found dead by authorities on Friday morning, December 18.  The body of Primitivo Villarmea, 35, was positively identified after washing ashore…

Hope amidst tragedy, prayer for a better year

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/30/2018

PALMA URGES We should welcome the New Year with renewed hope and a prayer for a better 2019, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the faithful. In his New Year’s message, the prelate encouraged the people to stay…

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