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COTABATO CITY — An ethnic Teduray farmer and his horse both died from accidental electrocution on Sunday night when they hit a high-tension power cable dangling loosely from a power post in a secluded hinterland in South Upi town, Maguindanao del Sur.
MANILA, Philippines — Manila Mayor Sheila «Honey» Lacuna-Pangan, Speaker Martin Romualdez, and the city's 5th District Rep. Irwin Tieng led the groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for the new cancer center at Ospital ng Maynila, which will offer free medical assistance to residents battling cancer.
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — Four suspected New People Army’s (NPA) guerrillas were killed in separate clashes in Batangas and Northern Samar on Sunday, authorities reported yesterday.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Friends and family searched for missing hajj pilgrims on Wednesday as the death toll at the annual rituals, which were carried out in scorching heat, surged past 900.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Diplomats on Tuesday said at least 550 pilgrims died during the hajj, underscoring the grueling nature of the pilgrimage which again unfolded in scorching temperatures this year.
THE World Health Organization (WHO) called out the tobacco industry, saying that Big Tobacco's relentless pursuit of profit results in eight million deaths each year.
COTABATO CITY — Five commuters, among them a one-year-old and a tricycle driver, died when the three-wheeled vehicle carrying them collided head-on with a truck in Barangay Tambler in General Santos City on Sunday afternoon.
ATHENS, Greece — An American was found dead near the Greek island of Corfu on Sunday, media reported, the latest tourist fatality during an unseasonal heatwave as three other visitors were missing.