Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:50:51 +0000
Last July, Glen Todd extended an interest-free $1-million loan to fund purse money and keep races going at east Vancouver’s Hastings Racecourse over the summer of 2021, while the industry continued to battle pandemic-prompted business woes.
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 05:36:42 +0000
DENNIS Garcia, a member of the 70s OPM band “Hotdog”, passed away, his daughter said on his Facebook account. He was 69. “For those of you who knew my father, it grieves me to inform you all that he passed away [Saturday night],” Isa Garcia wrote. “Our grief at his sudden passing is infinite and now […]
Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 04:57:17 +0000
Cesar Pelli, the Argentine architect and creator of Malaysia’s Petronas Towers and New York’s One World Financial Center
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 11:55:52 +0000
SYDNEY: Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister Bob Hawke died Thursday aged 89. “Today we lost Bob Hawke, a great Australian — many would say the greatest Australian of the post-war…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 10:09:56 +0000
FORMER Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairman Karina Constantino-David died on Tuesday night. She was 73. In a statement, David’s family announced her passing “with utmost grief.” “Much of her life…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 06:00:21 +0000
THE House of Representatives on Tuesday paid its last respects to its former Speaker Prospero “Boy” Nograles, whose leadership paved the way for a genuine “House of the People.” The necrological services…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 01:07:55 +0000
BUSINESSMAN Victor Vincent “Vicvic” Villavicencio, founder of several eat-all-you-can restaurants in the Philippines, succumbed to a heart attack. He was 67. Sen. Richard Gordon, a close friend of Villavicencio, confirmed…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:34:59 +0000
LOCAL auditing firm Sycip, Gorres, Velayo and Company’s (SGV) former chairman David Balangue has died. He was 67. Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) Executive Director Arnold Salvador confirmed to The…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 09:17:44 +0000
FORMER matinee idol and San Juan representative Jose Mari Gonzalez passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday from pneumonia and cardiac arrest. He was 80 years old. Aster Amoyo, publicist…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 06:19:41 +0000
A popular Filipino comedian passed away after what was to be his final performance on Saturday. He was 46. Jonathan Aguilar Garcia, known on screen as Chokoleit, had a show…READ
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