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'Bodies wrapped in plastic bags': Coronavirus panic spreads across provinces
An entire barangay in a Pampanga town is mistakenly banned from entering a supermarket. Batangas residents panic as social media goes abuzz with claims that busloads of infected foreigners are making their way to the province.
Health workers in hazmat suits give coronavirus victim proper Muslim burial
(UPDATED) The burial ceremony is modified in accordance with regulations from the Department of Health
[OPINION] Reconstructing memories of Apo Lakay
Being Ilocano and criticizing the Marcoses are not contradictory
Mugabe finally laid to rest in rural Zimbabwe village
Hundreds of mourners assemble for the burial, which was initially intended to be a private family event
Mugabe's body moved to rural home ahead of weekend burial
After weeks of wrangling between government and his family over the final resting place for the country's founding leader, the Mugabes have opted to entomb him at his birthplace and rural home
Mugabe's family agree to burial at 'heroes' monument
Robert Mugabe's nephew says the traditional chiefs in Mugabe's homestead have made the decision
Mugabe family sets burial for home village, not 'Heroes' shrine
Some family members are still bitter over Zimbabwean ex-president Robert Mugabe's ouster and the role his former ally President Emmerson Mnangagwa played
UNESCO adds Bahrain burial mounds to World Heritage List
There are some 11,774 burial mounds, says UNESCO, while another 15 sites include 17 royal mounds built as two-story towers
Egypt's former president Morsi quietly buried in Cairo
The Islamist leader is buried at a cemetery in eastern Cairo's Medinat Nasr
Syrian refugee father and son laid to rest as New Zealand burials start
(3rd UPDATE) Hundreds of mostly Muslim mourners gather at a cemetery in the southern city of Christchurch to lay to rest Khalid Mustafa and his 15-year-old son Hamza
George H.W. Bush, president and servant-statesman, is laid to rest
'The 41st President of the United States of America, George Herbert Walker Bush, has reached his final resting place,' says family spokesman Jim McGrath
The week in photos: November 17-23, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
De Lima slams Marcos on 2nd anniversary of hero's burial
The conviction of Imelda Marcos is a clear statement that dictator Ferdinand Marcos is not a hero, says detained Senator Leila de Lima
Kofi Annan to receive state burial in Ghana on September 13
'It's going to be a major event for our country... I expect many leaders to be present,' says Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo
After 18 years, Tagum soldier killed in Erap's all-out war gets hero's burial
Technical Sergeant Claudio Forrosuelo died fighting the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Maguindanao in 2000
[OPINION] My year that was
I, who have lived in and loved this country for so long, have become heart broken. 2017. A very bad year. And yet 2017 has been the best of times.
Slain Nueva Ecija priest Tito Paez laid to rest
At the Santo Niño Cemetery, the crowd sings Filipino patriotic songs 'Bayan Ko' and 'Pilipinas Kong Mahal'
Filipinos slam Marcos a year after hero's burial
The Philippines marks the first year since dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried a hero upon the orders of President Rodrigo Duterte
LOOK: Protesters bring shovels near Marcos grave
'Unearth the dictator,' says an anti-Marcos group a year after the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was given a hero's burial
Marcos not a hero, critics assert a year after hero's burial
'Honors undeserved do not transform the undeserving,' says former solicitor general Florin Hilbay
A year after Marcos burial, minority senators honor protesters as 'true heroes'
'On this day, let us choose to remember not the burial but the people who rose to the call: protesters who showed a strong sense of hope, pride, and solidarity,' say minority senators a year after dictator Ferdinand Marcos was given a hero's burial
'Geriatrics' in gov't can learn from TIME teen influencer Shibby de Guzman
'Shibby has shown us that we don’t have to have hundreds of thousands of followers...to be recognized in the world – distinction follows where we choose to be decent and conscientious human beings,' says Senator Leila de Lima
Thousands to attend burial of Cebu's Cardinal Vidal
The Philippines' 3 living cardinals – Cardinal Tagle, Cardinal Rosales, and Cardinal Quevedo – will also pay their last respects to Cardinal Vidal
#WalangPasok: Duterte declares Oct 26 holiday in Cebu for Vidal's burial
(UPDATED) President Rodrigo Duterte issues Proclamation Number 333 to allow Cebuanos to pay their last respects to Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal
The week in photos: September 30-October 6, 2017
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
36 human remains laid to rest in mass burial in Marawi
This is the third batch of remains buried in the area. They were recovered from the main battle area in Marawi City.
IN PHOTOS: Reynaldo de Guzman's burial
The boy found with 30 stab wounds is laid to rest on September 13 2017
Carl Arnaiz buried: 'Salamat sa mga naniniwalang inosente siyang tao'
On the day of the 19 year old s burial the Arnaiz family gets an assurance from Malacañang that there will be an impartial and transparent probe into his death
28 unidentified bodies retrieved from Marawi battle zone laid to rest
UPDATED Residents looking for missing family members are encouraged to submit their DNA samples to see if they will match the specimen retrieved from the cadavers
WATCH: Who is Kian?
Kian delos Santos is only a name to many Filipinos His friends share how he lived his life with them
WATCH: Hundreds join funeral march for Kian delos Santos
Supporters of Kian delos Santos and critics of the Duterte administration s war on drugs join the march while others wait for the vehicle bearing the slain teenager to pass by
Supreme Court upholds hero's burial for Marcos
In a 10 5 vote the Supreme Court denies the motions for reconsideration filed by groups opposing the burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani
Mass burial for bodies recovered in Marawi battle zone
The remains of 27 unidentified bodies recovered in the battle zone in Marawi are finally buried in a mass burial
4 suspected Maute fighters, 2 victims buried in Iligan City
The bodies of the 4 Maute members are unclaimed prompting the city government of Iligan to bury them in a government built apartment type graveyard
Jose Calida's many hats for friend Rody
(UPDATED) Calling himself the 'tribune of the people,' Solicitor General Jose Calida has visited a drug lord in jail and faced the Supreme Court – all to bring down a Duterte critic
Midas Marquez: Marcos burial sound, no need to convene Congress on ML
Court Administrator Midas Marquez is applying to be the next associate justice of the High Tribunal
WATCH: Thousands gather to commemorate EDSA 31
Those who gathered at EDSA 31 not only commemorated the People Power Revolution but protested the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos
IN PHOTOS: Anti-Duterte groups relive EDSA People Power uprising
Protesters raise several issues as they commemorate the 31st EDSA People Power uprising
The essence of EDSA: Change begins with us
We don t need false prophets of change who claim that they are the people s last hope The change that we so desire begins with us
Anti-Marcos group: Quiet EDSA anniversary rites part of revisionism
The BlockMarcos Movement accuses the Duterte administration of downplaying the struggles of those who fought the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos
War on drugs, Marcos revival hurting talks – NDF
Negotiators of the government and the communist National Democratic Front of the Philippines are in Rome for the 3rd round of talks
Robredo on Cabinet: 'Hindi ko ipagsisiksikan ang sarili ko'
Iyong Cabinet post kasi position of confidence iyon Kailangang buo ang tiwala sa akin ng Pangulo Vice President Leni Robredo says
[WATCH] 2016: Change is here
From the 2016 Duterte election win the war on drugs the weaponization of the internet Trump’s victory and Manila’s shift from U S to China — it was a year that turned traditional politics upside down Watch Rappler s 2016 yearender
Robredo: I never joined a rally calling for Duterte ouster
Vice President Leni Robredo tells President Rodrigo Duterte to stop imagining plots against him
For his victory, Duterte says he owes Imee Marcos, 3 other governors
The President also names Jose Zubiri and Abet Garcia as among the governors who helped him win
2016 on X: From political to personal
From the elections and the Marcos burial to various advocacies and campaigns the X community saw an increase in civic participation from netizens
2016: The year the Marcoses had it so good
How the Marcos family has come full circle 3 decades after being ousted from Malacañang
Marcos burial in textbooks? We'll include 'critical side' – Briones
Education Secretary Leonor Briones says students will also learn why 5 Supreme Court justices voted against the hero s burial for Ferdinand Marcos
Conclusion: Time for pro-democracy forces' agenda
The November 25 and 30 mass actions have confirmed two things: first the existence of a critical mass of warm bodies to comprise the pro democracy movement; and second the emergence of young people or millennials as a new force to reckon with
