Yolanda: Pictures of a tragedy

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/09/2018

Five years after Super Typhoon Yolanda’s trail wrecked Anibong District, the most gravely affected part of Tacloban City, survivors continue to cry for help to get back on their feet. For some children of the district’s Barangay…

The ‘strange’ case of Capillahan and the Naga tragedy

Jobers R. Bersales 10/10/2018

Before I proceed with the main part of this space, let me invite the public to the Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day Conference 2018 which will happen tomorrow, the Spanish National Day, at Buttenbruch Hall of the University of…

Naga tragedy brings out the best in Cebuanos

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/20/2018

THE prospect of finding life among the rubble has kept them going, even if it means risking their own. More than 30 emergency and medical response teams from local government units (LGUs), law enforcement groups, public and…

Search resumes for 23 missing tourists in Thai boat tragedy

AP 07/07/2018

Phuket, Thailand — Divers who entered the wreck of a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern Thai resort island of Phuket described heart-breaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of…

TRAGEDY AT SEA

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Nestle L. Semilla and Benjie Talisic 07/04/2018

A birthday celebration turned into a nightmare for a family who lost three members who drowned after strong waves caused their motorized boat to capsize and sink in the waters off Alegria town, 115.8 kilometers southwest of…

The tragedy of Valentine

Dr. Philip S. Chua 02/11/2018

LOVE is thick in the air once more, as powerful and triumphant as ever, inspiring people around the globe, as different societies celebrate it according to their own tradition during that special day called Valentine’s Day. Indeed,…

Fire victims show strong faith for Sto. Niño amid tragedy

Nestle L. Semilla 01/15/2018

Barangay chief calls for more aid for 3,570 fire-affected Pasil residents Maridol Dacua and her family will still celebrate Fiesta Señor even if they are now homeless. “Mo-celebrate mi bahalang gamay lang (We will still celebrate the…

Tragedy, outcry, resiliency

09/21/2017

Who was it who said that parents should never have to bury their children? That line came to mind when I learned about the murder of a female disc jockey, Marie Alexi “Maxi” Bolongaita, daughter of broadcaster…

The tragedy of being Yellow

Mike Acebedo Lopez 08/29/2017

The biggest tragedy of being Yellow in this day and age is not that Duterte is president. It’s that their highest official, their only viable alternative to PRRD, Leni Robredo, is both stupid and a fake. And…

Personal tragedy

Editorial 07/13/2017

By now, everyone who’s learned about the suicide of Kiane Shannon Sophia Cañares, a tourism student of the University of San Carlos, may have researched on similar suicides on Google and somewhere along the way, came across…

BLOODY, SAD CHRISTMAS

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 12/26/2016

They were heartbreaking tragedies, two senseless shooting incidents that occurred just as the world over was about to celebrate Christmas. They claimed the life of a father and left the son fighting on for dear life, but…

Three persons trapped inside burning house die

Norman V. Mendoza 09/01/2016

AN early morning fire took the lives of three family members, including a teenager, as the victims were trapped inside their house inside the Ouano Compound along S.B. Cabahug St., Barangay Ibabao-Estancia, Mandaue City yesterday. Another family…

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