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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Award-winning British actress Diana Rigg, who starred in the original “The Avengers” television series and “Game of Thrones”, has died aged 82, her agent announced on Thursday. “It is with tremendous sadness that we announce that Dame Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning,” Simon Beresford said in a statement. “She was at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time,” he added, calling her […]
(Eagle News)–Businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco has passed away. He was 85 years old. A report from radio dzrh said the chair and CEO of San Miguel Corporation died due to lung cancer. No other details were available. In a statement, the Palace condoled with the kin of the businessman, who he said has contributed to the country’s “socio-economic development” through SMC. SMC has operations in the food beverages, energy, power, oil refining, and infrastructure industries. […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine Army chief Lieutenant General Gilbert Gapay on Friday, June 5, welcomed the filing of charges against the policeman and several police cadets over the death of former soldier Winston Ragos in April. “The filing of murder cases by the NBI against PMSgt. Daniel Florendo Jr, and four other police trainees, in connection with the killing of former Corporal Winston Ragos, is a major step towards justice for our fallen hero, who has given […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passed 15,000 on Saturday, official data showed, while its number of infections topped 230,000, making it the country with the fourth-highest number of cases in the world. With 15,633 deaths and 233,142 confirmed cases, Brazil — whose president Jair Bolsonaro has dismissed the disease as a “little flu” — is at the epicenter of infections in Latin America. Experts say under-testing means the real figures […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta has passed away. Malabon Mayor Antolin Oreta, her son, made the confirmation in a Facebook post. He said his mother passed away at 10:48 p.m. on Thursday, May 14. The cause of death was not cited. The mayor described his mother as a “public servant who devoted her life to the country and her adopted hometown of Malabon.” “She was a loving grandmother, mother, and wife and a friend to […]
by Paul Handley with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as the United Nations launched an international push for a vaccine to defeat the pandemic. Governments around the world are struggling to limit the economic devastation unleashed by the virus, which has infected nearly 2.8 million people and left half of humanity under some form of lockdown. The scale of the pandemic has forced medical research […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian leader Joko Widodo declared a state of emergency Tuesday as coronavirus deaths in the world’s fourth most populous country jumped again, but he resisted calls for a nationwide lockdown. Widodo’s administration has been heavily criticized for not imposing lockdowns in major cities, including the capital Jakarta, a vast megalopolis home to about 30 million people where most of the country’s virus deaths have been reported. Indonesia’s leader offered few details of […]
by Fiachra GIBBONS in Paris with Zoe LEROY in Lille Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The first French doctor battling the coronavirus has died as the death toll in the country spiralled to 674 Sunday. With the outbreak spreading to eight regions — and 112 more dying in a single day — authorities admitted their count does not include those who died at home and in old people’s homes. “We are looking […]
(Eagle News) – A 64-year old town councilor from Negros Oriental who had visited Greenhills, San Juan last February, died on Sunday, March 15, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), becoming the ninth COVID-19 fatality in the country. The councilor is only referred to as patient no. 39. He died at 11:09 a.m., Sunday, due to complications. The Provincial Information Office of Negros Oriental confirmed the COVID-19 related death in a Facebook post. It […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Canada has recorded its first death from the new coronavirus, health officials in the westernmost province of British Columbia announced Monday. The victim, a man living at an elderly care facility, “was infected with COVID-19 (and) passed away last night,” the province’s health officer Bonnie Henry told reporters. Officials have not released the victim’s age. Henry said he had been a resident of the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A Thai man has died from complications doctors say were due to the deadly coronavirus, though health officials were reluctant Monday to conclusively confirm the cause of his death. The 35-year-old was diagnosed with dengue fever in January before doctors detected the virus two weeks later and transferred him to Bamrasnaradura Hospital, where many confirmed coronavirus patients are being treated. He tested negative for COVID-19 by February 16 but the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump moved to quell fears about the novel coronavirus after the first death on US soil was confirmed Saturday. The US fatality occurred in Washington State’s King county, which includes Seattle, a city of more than 700,000 people, said health officials. The victim was not immediately identified, but Trump told reporters that the victim was a woman in her late 50s. “We’ve taken the most aggressive […]
