Cebuana playwright passes away
REVERED playwright, stage director and artist Daisy Brillantes Baad died in her sleep at one of Cebu City’s hospitals at 10:35 a.m yesterday.
REVERED playwright, stage director and artist Daisy Brillantes Baad died in her sleep at one of Cebu City’s hospitals at 10:35 a.m yesterday.
Veteran US lawmaker Frank Lautenberg, the oldest member of the US Senate, passed away on Monday at the age of 89 due to complications from viral pneumonia, according to his office.
He was looking to June 30 to mark the end of his 25 long years of service in the local government in Alcoy town in southern Cebu.
A Hong Kong Chinese businessman has bagged multimillion-peso projects involving the production and delivery of the country’s new generation banknotes.
The Department of Justice is mourning over the “untimely demise” of Cavite Provincial Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco, whom Justice Secretary Leila de Lima described as “one of the standout members of our National Prosecution Service.”
Former newsman and Press Secretary Raul S. Gonzalez died on May 15 after a long battle with cancer. He was 78.
Daisy Avellana, a pioneering actress, director and writer whose career spanned the emergence and flowering of modern Philippine theater, and whose seminal contributions to the field led to her being declared a National Artist for Theater in 1999, died Sunday morning. She was 96.
Joy Cortes de los Reyes, editor in chief of Malaya Business Insight, died Friday. He was 59.
Primitiva Talag Sioson passed away on Saturday. She was 89. She is survived by her husband, Romeo, daughter Thelma Sioson San Juan, Philippine Daily Inquirer lifestyle editor; son Geraldo; and six grandchildren.
Manuel “Paddy” L. Lascano, a chef and culinary consultant, died on April 10 at Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City. He was 64.
British scientist Robert Edwards, who was awarded a Nobel prize for his pioneering work in developing in vitro fertilization (IVF), died on Wednesday aged 87, his university announced.
The funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher will take place on April 17, current premier David Cameron’s Downing Street office said Tuesday.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday they were saddened by the death of former premier Margaret Thatcher at the age of 87.
