Terminally ill Peru woman demands right to euthanasia
Ana Estrada, a 42-year-old Peruvian psychologist who is almost completely paralyzed by a terminal illness and yearns to be legally allowed to end her own life, rides her motorized wheelchair through her home in Lima, Peru. (AP) LIMA, Peru — A Peruvian woman who is almost completely paralyzed and requires round-the-clock care for a terminal […]
More tourist events reset amid virus scare
HUGGABLE A giant teddy bear made of flowers at the top of downtown Session Road is one of many flower carpets and landscape displays of the Baguio Flower Festival. Most of its activities, including street dancing and float parades, have been moved to March due to the 2019 novel coronavirus scare. —EV ESPIRITU BAGUIO CITY—The […]
Chinese visitors sneak into Mindanao resorts
DAVAO CITY—Despite the travel ban on tourists from countries with confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), visitors are still able to sneak into some popular destinations in Mindanao without going through the mandatory 14-day quarantine. But while the Department of Health (DOH) only imposed the quarantine on persons who showed flu-like symptoms after arriving […]
Pampanga court orders arrest of 2 ‘ninja cops’ for perjury
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—A municipal trial court here on Friday ordered the arrest of two of the so-called ninja cops for perjury in connection with the release of a Chinese suspect in a drug sting operation in 2013. The court also set a bond of P18,000 each for SPO1 Ronald Bayas Santos and PO3 Romeo […]
Top DICT execs bury hatchet for now
A rift between top officials of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), which over the past week exposed the shadowy use of confidential funds late last year, appeared to have been resolved at the request of President Rodrigo Duterte. On Friday, Information and Communications Technology Secretary Gregorio Honasan II and Undersecretary for operations […]
‘Mystery riders’ to entrap illegal ‘habal-habal’ drivers
“Mystery riders” are being deployed in the metropolis to catch drivers of motorcycles that are not yet authorized to operate as public transport. The tactic was revealed on Friday by the technical working group (TWG) in charge of an ongoing road safety test involving a limited number of accredited motorcycles-for-hire. ADVERTISEMENT The TWG called out […]
Duterte restricts movement of pork products
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to restrict the movement of pork and products to curb the spread of the African swine fever (ASF). Administrative Order No. 22 mandates the strict implementation of “National Zoning and Movement Plan for African Swine Fever” of the Department of Agriculture (DA) […]
Tarlac town rejects OFWs coming from virus-hit China
TRAVEL BUSINESS AS USUAL A travel and tours fair is held at a shopping mall in Pasay City on Friday, with one of the staff members wearing a medical mask for protection, despite the new coronavirus scare that has made frequent travelers and vacationers think twice. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday […]
MIAA asks passengers’ family, friends to say farewells at home
In support of government efforts to contain and prevent the possible spread of the virus in the country, the management of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on Friday called on the public to refrain from coming in groups to meet or send off their friends and relatives in the terminals. “If your family or friends […]
Journalist, 4 rights activists arrested in Tacloban raids
‘SAME PATTERN’ That’s how allied groups regard Friday’s police raids in Tacloban City targeting a journalist and four activists, now dubbed the “Leyte 5.” A poster demanding their immediate release went online shortly after their arrest. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Activist groups as well as the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) demanded the immediate […]