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One call can save a life

Globe
Posted at Apr 26 04:10 PM

Having a mental health support group and access to lifelines can help save a life. With this, Globe wants to ensure that Filipinos are able to cope with their mental and physical health by giving free access to its lifelines. Read more »

Alleged drug links, love triangle eyed in woman's slay in Cebu - police

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 20 06:42 PM

Police are looking into the alleged involvement of a slain woman in the illicit drug trade and love triangle as a possible motive for her death. Read more »

Cebu cop accused of extortion, rape kills self; witness gunned down

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 04:11 AM

Police Staff Sergeant Celso Lucero Colita is one of 11 police officers at the Sawang Police Station who had been relieved for alleged extortion and rape last March. Read more »

Former NFL player suspected of killing 5 in US, then himself

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 09 04:22 AM

The suspect, identified as former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Phillip Adams, allegedly fatally shot the five victims Wednesday in South Carolina. Read more »

Terror network behind Indonesian cathedral suicide bombing linked to 2019 Jolo blast

Andi Hajramurni, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 12:43 AM

The suicide bombing at an Indonesian cathedral on Sunday was carried out by members of a pro-Islamic State extremist group blamed for other church blasts, police said. Read more »

Nearly 600 suicide-related calls recorded in January-February: DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 06:28 PM

The Philippines' crisis hotline has registered a monthly average of 289 suicide-related calls in the first two months of the year, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.  Read more »

Spain legalizes euthanasia, assisted suicide

Diego Urdaneta, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 01:18 AM

Spain is now one of the few countries to allow terminally ill or gravely injured patients to end their own suffering. Read more »

Spain poised to legalize euthanasia, assisted suicide

Diego Urdaneta, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 01:13 PM

Spain's parliament will give final approval to a law legalizing euthanasia Thursday, becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering. Read more »

Suicide deaths up 26 percent in pandemic year: PSA

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 04:42 PM

The number of deaths due to self-harm increased by about a quarter in 2020, making suicide the 27th leading cause of death in the Philippines, recent data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Read more »

'Very scary': Meghan says she contemplated suicide while a British royal

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 08 11:59 AM

Meghan Markle, the wife of Prince Harry, said she was so unhappy in the British royal family that she considered suicide or self harm after asking for help but getting none. Read more »

9 women tagged as 'potential suicide bombers' nabbed in Sulu - military

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 03:54 PM

Government forces apprehended 9 women in Sulu who are considered “potential” suicide bombers, the military said Tuesday. Read more »

Suicides end 10-year decline in Japan as pandemic stress hits women harder

Elaine Lies, Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 10:07 AM

Suicides increased in Japan during 2020 after a decade of declines, with the number of women committing suicide surging amid the emotional and financial stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic even as fewer men took their own lives. Read more »

At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in Cameroon: UN

Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 04:20 AM

YAOUNDE, Cameroon - At least 13 people including children died when a suicide bomber blew herself in a crowd that was fleeing an armed attack in northern Cameroon on Friday, a U.N. security report said. Read more »

Suicide bomber kills six in Mogadishu ice-cream parlor

Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 05:13 AM

MOGADISHU - A suicide bomber blew himself up in an ice-cream parlor in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing six people and wounding eight, an official said. Read more »

AFP looking into possible involvement of Islamic schools in recruitment of suicide bombers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 06:55 PM

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is looking into the possible involvement of some Madrasah, or Islamic schools in the country in the radicalization and alleged recruitment of suicide bombers, its chief said Tuesday. Read more »

'Mindanao schools na posibleng mapasok ng mga terorista babantayan'

Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 12:34 PM

Babantayan ng mga awtoridad ang mga paaralan sa Mindanao na posibleng mapasok ng mga terorista upang makapag-recruit ng mga miyembro, sabi ngayong Martes ng tagapamuno ng Armed Forces of the Philippines. Read more »

Indonesian tagged as suicide bomber, 2 others nabbed in Sulu: military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 08:16 AM

(2nd UPDATE) An Indonesian female alleged to be a suicide bomber was arrested along with two other women in Jolo, Sulu, early Saturday morning, the military said. Read more »

TikTok urges social media alliance against suicide content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 22 09:45 PM

TikTok on Tuesday proposed an alliance with nine other social media platforms to work collectively and rapidly to remove suicide content, following an incident this month when a man killed himself on Facebook. Read more »

9 cops who killed Sulu soldiers charged with administrative case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 12:13 PM

The Philippine National Police said Tuesday it has filed administrative charges against 9 policemen involved in the killing of 4 soldiers in Jolo town, Sulu last June. Read more »

Facebook, hinarang ang livestream ng isang lalaking tinanggihang ma-euthanasia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 12:18 AM

Inihayag ng social media site na hindi nito papayagan na i-livestream ng isang Frenchman, na may malala at hindi na magamot na sakit, ang pagpapakamatay nito.  Read more »