OMG! Philippines web designer names his son HTML in honour of his profession Hypertext Mark-up Language Rayo Pascual – or HTML for short – was born in Bulacan in the Philippines last week The baby’s father, Mac Pascual, said unusual names are a tradition in his family His own name stands for Macaroni 85, he … Read more
Covid rule-breaker dies after Philippines police ‘made him do 300 squats as punishment’ for going out to buy water after 6pm Darren Penaredondo, 28, died April 3 in the Philippines after suffering seizures He had been arrested on the night of April 1 after breaking curfew to buy water Police allegedly forced him to do … Read more
‘I keep getting stabbing chest pains, Doctor…’: Man discovers he has a blade buried in his torso 15 months after knife attack in the Philippines Kent Ryan Tomao, 25, was stabbed 15 months ago in Kidapawan, Phillipines Went to public hospital where the doctors stitched his wound and didn’t X-ray During X-ray for a new … Read more
PHE spots ANOTHER Covid variant ‘from the Philippines’ as officials detect two more cases of Brazilian strain Filipino variant, named P.3, shares mutations with Kent and South African strains Picked up in two people in England, one of whom had international travel links Two more cases of Brazil variant been spotted in London and West … Read more
A Philippines police chief has been sacked for claiming an air stewardess was gang-raped and murdered, but her family insist he was telling the truth. Christine Dacera was found dead in a bathtub at the Garden City Grand Hotel in Makati, Philippines on New Year’s Day. Eleven men were provisionally charged with rape and murder … Read more
Canoe conman John Darwin, 70, who was jailed with first wife after faking his death in £679,000 insurance scam is being ‘bankrolled’ by second spouse who’s 23 years his junior in Philippines John Darwin, 70, vanished in March 2002 as part of a £679,000 insurance scam The conman from County Durham faked his own death … Read more
Jersey potato farmers fly in workers from the Philippines to stop crops rotting in the fields and plug gap left by Romanian and Polish migrants after Brexit Crops have gone to waste this year due to a shortfall in seasonal farm pickers Usually around 98 per cent of seasonal pickers in the UK come from … Read more
Two more countries have banned incoming UK flights ahead of Christmas Eve after the identification of a new Covid strain in Britain. Singapore will ban entry to UK travellers from Wednesday night. Health officials in the Philippines say they will also suspend flights from the UK from Christmas Eve, until December 31. It brings the … Read more
Teenage mother is left with huge swelling across her face and can barely see out of one eye after she squeezed a spot on her nose The painful swelling is making it hard for Mary Ann Regacho, 17, to see properly She first noticed the blackhead on her nose last year and eventually squeezed it … Read more
Teenager is left with huge swelling across her face and can barely see out of one eye after she squeezed a spot on her nose in the Philippines The painful swelling is making it hard for Mary Ann Regacho, 17, to see properly She first noticed the blackhead on her nose last year and eventually … Read more