A drill that was supposed to save lives in the event of an emergency at sea resulted in the death of five crew members, including a Filipino, of a cruise ship docked in Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday, Agence France Presse reported Monday.
Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, one of the last World War II heroes in the US Congress, a loyal voice for minorities and the disenfranchised and a good friend of the Philippines, died on Monday. He was 88.
The Philippines on Tuesday joined other nations in mourning for the death of US Senator Daniel Inouye and commended how the legislator was “a true friend and an invaluable champion of the Philippines in the United States Congress.”
Former Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Annabelle Abaya has passed away after a short battle with cancer, the Philippine Daily Inquirer learned only Sunday. Abaya was 60.
A retired US military serviceman was found dead in his hotel room in Ermita, Manila, on Sunday morning.
A foreigner who was caught scavenging through garbage in Makati City last year, was found dead at a detention facility in Taguig Sunday afternoon, the police said.
The smell of decay led to the discovery of the body of a Middle Eastern tourist inside his hotel room in Manila early Thursday.
A Swedish national died of heart attack at a local hotel here on Saturday.
The decomposing body of a 69-year-old German national was discovered inside his hotel room in Malate, Manila late Thursday afternoon, the police said.
A 32-year-old Romanian national was found dead Thursday morning in an apparent suicide inside his room in a rented apartment in Cebu City.
A Malaysian medical student in Cebu was killed Friday morning after he was hit by a van while riding an electric bike in Mandaue City.
An elderly Australian tourist died early Monday inside his room at a five-star hotel in Manila after a one-week out of town holiday with his Filipino girlfriend.
