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by Alice Ritchie British actor Roger Moore, who played James Bond for more than two decades with a suave wit, died Tuesday aged 89, drawing tributes for his portrayal of the womanizing super-spy, and for his charity work. “It is with a heavy heart that we must announce our loving father, Sir Roger Moore, has passed away today in Switzerland after a short but brave battle with cancer,” his children said in a statement on Twitter. […]
Zamboanga Sibugay (Eagle News) — Tatlong araw matapos na maiulat ang pagkawala ng dalawang mangingisda, natagpuan na ang kanilang mga bangkay sa baybaying bahagi ng Sitio Tando, Brgy. Looc Labuan sa bayan ng Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay. Ayon kay Chief Inspector Chamer Gloria Lacay ng Tungawan PNP, Mayo 7 pa noong napaulat na nawawala sina Jose Dasillo Bucoy, 37, may asawa at si Rodel Abad Alimpong, 13, na kapwa residente sa bayan ng Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. […]
(AFP) — Looters mobbed a deadly slum fire in Manila on Tuesday, pulling roofing sheets and electric wire from singed homes as firemen scrambled to contain the blaze. Riot police surrounded the Isla Puting Bato shantytown at Manila’s port area after being summoned by firemen who struggled to reach burning homes accessible only through narrow alleys that were swarmed by residents as well as scavengers. An AFP photographer saw about 100 people, most of them men, engaged […]
(Eagle News) — Two people have now been reported killed, and 41 others were injured after a 5.9-magnitude aftershock jolted Surigao del Norte on Sunday. In an interview over Radyo Agila DZEC’s “Feedback,” Surigao City Vice Mayor Alfonso Casurra said the two fatalities suffered a heart attack. Casurra said 41 were injured, and properties also destroyed. In fact, he said many of the buildings that were partially damaged in a 6.7-magnitude earthquake on Feb. 10 were now […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) — At least one person was killed and seven others wounded during a botched robbery at a jewelry store at a San Antonio mall, police said on Sunday (January 22). The shooting unfolded as two people who staged an armed robbery at a Kay Jewelers outlet at the Rolling Oaks Mall were fleeing, said Police Chief William McManus. Two bystanders tried to intervene. One was shot and killed by one of […]
POLKOWICE, Poland (Reuters) — At least six miners are missing and two died after an earthquake occurred at the Rudna mine in Polkowice in southwestern Poland, state news agency PAP reported on Tuesday (November 29). An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck at 9:09 p.m. (2009 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It said the quake was very shallow, only 10 km (6.2 miles) deep, which would have magnified its effect at the mine […]
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP)—Thirty people have now died in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s biggest city Lagos, a rescue official said on Wednesday. “We have so far recovered 30 corpses and the number of those rescued alive still stands at 13,” Ibrahim Farinloye, from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), told AFP. A total of 12 bodies were recovered since rescuers resumed work Wednesday morning, he added. […]
The remains of Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado and her sister were laid to rest before the start of the Miss World beauty pageant.
The Brazilian Socialist party candidate was confirmed dead when the private jet he was riding crashed. Said candidate was supposed to run in the upcoming October presidential elections.
Oscar-winning actor and groundbreaking comedian Robin Williams hanged himself with a belt in his Northern California home after he had sought treatment for depression, a coroner said on Tuesday based on preliminary findings. Williams, 63, was found dead by his personal assistant at midday on Monday in a bedroom. He was suspended from a belt wedged between a closet door and a door frame, in a seated position just off the ground, Marin County’s assistant […]
An army corporal that was injured in the fire and subsequent explosion in the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Fort Bonifacio has died.
