Former basketball player and coach Carlos “Caloy” Loyzaga passed away on January 27, 2016. He was 85. ABS-CBN Sports Channel reported. Loyzaga was a two-time Olympian as part of the Philippines men’s national basketball team. Loyzaga is undoubtedly the greatest Filipino to ever play basketball. He died around 7 a.m. at the Cardinal Santos Medical […]
Category: Obituary
John Araneta — Born to Eternal Life
October 3, 1945 — March 1, 2016. Mr. Araneta belongs to Ateneo Grade School Class 1958, High School Class 1962 and College Class 1966. He once told me that members of our college class is on a steady decline. Many have passed away since he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and he […]
Untimely demise of Ambassador Willy C. Gaa
This is to inform the Filipino Community in Australia of the untimely demise of Ambassador Willy C. Gaa on 8 December 2015 due to illness. He was 69 years old.
Artists don’t die; they remain etched in our hearts. by Dr. Mars Cavestany
The news of Edd Aragon’s passing away very recently came to me at time when I had just been discharged from the hospital following another angiogram. Up to this writing I have had no solid facts as to the real cause but a friend said he was last found to be complaining of shortness of […]
Life is like a journey on a train by Joly Benitez
Life is like a journey on a train… with its stations… with changes of routes… and with accidents!
Rest in Peace — Nick Meissner by Richard J. Ford
Nick Meissner was a popular Filipino community leader who was not even a Filipino — he was Hungarian.
Caricaturist & illustrator born to eternal life
World class artist Edd Aragon died peacefully in his sleep last month on October 10, 2015.
Conrado Antonio, 79
Attorney Conrado Antonio passed away on August 1, 2015 at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City.
Filipinas Agullana Opilas, 92
Filipinas Agullana-Opilas, widow of the late Col. Vicente Zamora Opilas (ret), passed away 24 July at the Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City.
Bataan Death March Survivor passes at age 94
It is with great sadness that the Gaerlan Family announces that our beloved father and hero, Luis Gaerlan, Jr. passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at 12:39AM at the age of 94 (born December 29, 1919).
Stanhope Gardens Parishioners will miss Fr. David Hume
Very often, this much-loved priest of St. John XXIII parish in Stanhope ends mass with a comment about St. George Illawarra team. He was also a big fan of the State of Origin Series and was probably jubilant over the 6-4 win of NSW over the Queensland.
Doña Irene Velasco Kelly would have been 99
There are not too many people on this planet who are blessed with longevity but Doña Irene comes from such a family.