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Elderly man, 9-year-old among killed in strong Japan quake

Kaori Kaneko and Mari Saito, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 18 12:49 PM

TOKYO - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Osaka, Japan's second-biggest metropolis, early on Monday morning, killing 3 people, halting factory lines in a key industrial area and bursting water mains, government officials and broadcaster NHK said. Read more »

Former National Security Adviser Golez laid to rest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 16 02:25 PM

Former National Security adviser and long-time lawmaker Roilo Golez was laid to rest in Taguig City, Saturday morning in an intimate gathering among family and friends.  Read more »

For this first-time dad who lost wife to childbirth, love means faith

Thea Alberto-Masakayan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 05:59 AM

In March, Giki passed away hours after giving birth to their firstborn Phoebe. This June 17, Kahlil will have his first Father's Day, without his wife by his side but armed with faith in raising his daughter.  Read more »

Dutch Queen Maxima's younger sister dead in Argentina

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 11:55 AM

Ines Zorreguieta, 33, who reportedly had been battling depression and mental issues, was found dead by a friend in her apartment in the Almagro district of Buenos Aires. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Slovaks' outpouring of support for Pinoy expat

Vladimir Simicek, AFP
Posted at Jun 10 06:15 PM

Thousands of Slovaks rallied in the capital Bratislava on Friday to pay tribute to a murdered Filipino expat Henry Acorda, who was beaten to death by a young man during a street altercation. Read more »

3 dead in south of Saudi Arabia from missile attack - state media

Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 09:44 AM

Three civilians were killed in the south of Saudi Arabia from a missile launched from Yemen by the Houthi movement, said Saudi state-owned Al Ekhbariya TV on Saturday night. Read more »

Slovaks mourn Filipino expat beaten to death in street

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 02:57 PM

Thousands of Slovaks rallied in the capital Bratislava on Friday to pay tribute to a murdered Filipino expat, beaten to death by a man believed to be a neo-Nazi.   Read more »

Laoag vice mayor Fariñas killed in car crash in Ilocos

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 07 08:35 AM

Laoag City Vice Mayor Michael Fariñas was killed in a car crash here, Wednesday. Read more »

Search continues as Guatemala toll rises to 72

Henry Morales and Edgar Calderon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 06 07:33 AM

Emergency workers searched Tuesday for bodies in mountain villages destroyed by the eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano, which officials said killed at least 72 people. Read more »

No more spring reunion: Family cries justice for Filipino mauled to death in Slovakia

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 05 10:55 PM

The Acorda family was supposed to have a spring reunion in Slovakia but it was the dead body of their 'bunso' (youngest) that welcomed them in the European country last May.  Read more »

Mom seeks justice for son in another Dengvaxia-linked death

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 11:34 AM

MANILA - A mother from Nueva Ecija is seeking justice for her 13-year-old son, who died around 2 weeks ago after getting two shots of Dengvaxia.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Panukalang death penalty, anong krimen ang sakop?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 07:02 PM

Panahon na ba para ibalik muli ang parusang kamatayan? Read more »

Sotto to allow death penalty debates for 'high-level' drug trade

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 09:17 AM

Death penalty limited to "high level drug trafficking" has better chances of passing in the Senate, the chamber's leader Vicente Sotto III said Friday. Read more »

'Madugong' death penalty, isinusulong ng VACC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 09:18 PM

Muling itinulak nitong Huwebes ng Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption ang pagbabalik ng parusang kamatayan. Read more »

'1 sa 3 Pinoy, posibleng mamatay sa di nakahahawang sakit bago mag-70'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 11:27 PM

Isa sa tatlong Pinoy ang posibleng mamatay dahil sa non-communicable disease o iyong mga hindi nakahahawang sakit bago umabot sa edad 70, ayon sa isang pag-aaral. Read more »

Babaeng nagwawalis sa Quezon City, patay nang mabagsakan ng crane

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 02:52 PM

Patay ang isang matandang babae nang mabagsakan ng isang construction crane sa Old Balara sa Quezon City, Biyernes. Read more »

Online outrage at Sudan death sentence for girl allegedly raped

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 08:34 AM

The sentencing of a teenage Sudanese girl to death for killing her husband has sparked online outrage, as Amnesty International said she was defending herself against being raped. Read more »

Lalaki patay sa pamamaril sa Port Area, Maynila

Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 07:54 AM

MAYNILA - Patay ang isang lalaki nang pagbabarilin ng hindi pa nakikilalang salarin sa Baseco Compound sa Port Area, Lunes ng gabi.    Read more »

Angeline Quinto files police report after receiving death threats

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 11:47 AM

Singer Angeline Quinto on Monday filed a police report at the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group at Camp Crame in Quezon City. Read more »

Pope says 'deeply moved' by death of British toddler

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 11:10 PM

The parents had fought to take the toddler out of a hospital in Liverpool to a clinic in Rome but lost a final court appeal on Wednesday. Read more »