The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the bill seeking to provide free funeral services to poor Filipino families. Senate Bill No. 2965, also known as the Free Funeral Services Act ...

Chinese-Thai Community Performs Funeral for Unclaimed Dead Posted: May 30, 2025 | Last updated: May 30, 2025 The Hsiu-Kou-Ku is a Buddhist ritual performed periodically by Thailand's Chinese ...

A long-serving funeral home worker in Thailand has caused ... The site is where many Thai-Chinese families bury their dead. Recently, the worker took more than 10 small gold nuggets to a local ...

Several local funeral homes are now stepping in to offer free memorial services. “We’re going to take care of their families, and when we take their loved one in our care, we’re going to ...

Following the Thai school bus inferno, AFP also reported on the funeral prayers for the 20 children and three teachers killed. A huge display of white flowers adorned 23 coffins, which were topped ...

LAN SAK, Thailand – Weeping parents placed flowers and toys on the coffins of 20 children killed in a Thai school bus inferno as five days of funeral prayers began on Oct 3. Three teachers also ...

A representative of the Thai royal family poured water on the coffins - a Buddhist funeral rite that symbolises purification - and placed wreaths. Police have not determined the cause of Tuesday's ...

Families and friends of the dead, who tearfully recalled the children’s short lives, were joined at their funeral in the small central Thai town of Lan Sak by a representative bearing a wreath ...

Relatives placed foods, clothes and toys on some of them. A representative of the Thai royal family poured water on the coffins - a Buddhist funeral rite that symbolises purification - and placed ...

Thai police are investigating whether Tuesday’s fire on the bus, which was carrying six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students, was caused by negligence, and filed initial ...