KUCHING – Sarawak war hero Awang Raweng will have a state funeral on Monday (September 21) and will be laid to rest at the Heroes Memorial, Malaysian Armed Forces Veterans Affairs Department Sarawak director Sarawak Major Pahot Joll confirmed. The late Awang was 91-years-old when passed away yesterday at his son’s residence in Sri Aman. Pahot said that his men …

LOS ANGELES – Chadwick Boseman, the star of Marvel’s movie Black Panther, has died at the age of 43 after his 4 year battle with colon cancer. The Black Panther star did not publicly discussed his health conditions. He was first diagnosed with the disease in 2016 but continued to do Hollywood films. According to the statement posted on the …

Metro Manila – Veteran filmmaker and one of Philippine cinema’s greats died on Thursday morning. He was 76. Ricky Gallaga, his brother, told Visayan Star Daily that the award-winning director passed away at the Riverside Medical Center this morning due to “complications arising from past health conditions”. Gallaga was best known for his film Oro, Plata, Mata (1982) which bagged …

KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian doctor who worked at Birmingham’s Women Hospital, England has died of Covid-19. Dr Vishna Rasiah, known affectionately among his colleagues as Vish, is a Malaysian consultant neonatalogist at the hospital. He was described as a highly-skilled expert well loved by his colleagues and a respected figure in the Birmingham community. According to Sarah-Jane Marsh, the …

A patient of Manila Doctors Hospital, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, has died, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The confirmed death is the patient confined to ID PH35 at Manila Doctors Hospital in Manila City. The Philippine health department referred to the 35th patient who was a 67-year-old Filipino with no history of travel. The said Filipino has been …

SEREMBAN – A Foodpanda delivery rider died yesterday evening in a head on collision at Kampung Lambar near here. The victim, Muammar Gaddafi Jamalludin died on the spot from head injuries sustained during the crash. Nilai district police chief Supt Mohd Nor Marzukee Besar said the crash involved the rider’s Honda Wave motorcycle and a Nissan Terrano and a Perodua …

According to the hospital’s director on Wednesday, a Chinese national under investigation for suspected novel coronavirus infection has died in San Lazaro Hospital. San Lazaro Hospital director Dr. Edmundo Lopez stated at a press briefing with officials from the Department of Health that it was not known if the 29-year-old male patient died of nCoV. Lopez said the cause of …