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Palace on indictment of Garin, several others over “Dengvaxia deaths”: The wheels of justice have begun to grind

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Saturday, March 2, welcomed a Department of Justice panel’s decision to indict former Health Secretary Janette Garin and several others, saying it only meant “the wheels of justice have begun to grind for the victims and families of children who died allegedly because of the Dengvaxia vaccine…” According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the defendants should  welcome the “opportunity to clear their names and raise whatever defense they have in relation to […]

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Road accident deaths swell to 1.35 million each year: WHO

by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Road accidents kill someone every 24 seconds, with a total of 1.35 million traffic deaths around the world each year, the World Health Organization said Friday, demanding global action. The number of fatalities annually has swelled by around 100,000 in just three years, with road accidents now the leading killer of children and young people between the ages of five and 29, the UN health agency […]

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Superbugs to ‘kill millions’ by 2050 unless countries act

  by Patrick Galey Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Millions of people in Europe, North America and Australia will die from superbug infections unless countries prioritize fighting the growing threat posed by bacteria immune to most known drugs, experts predicted Wednesday. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned of “disastrous consequences” for public healthcare and spending unless basic hospital hygiene is boosted and unnecessary antibiotic use slashed. Drug-resistant bacteria killed more […]

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Opposition senators seek probe into deaths of nine sugarcane farmers in Negros Occidental

(Eagle News) — Minority senators are seeking a probe into the deaths of nine sugarcane farmers in Sagay, Negros Occidental on Oct. 20. In filing Senate Resolution No. 929, Senators Leila de Lima, Francis Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, Antonio Trillanes IV and Franklin Drilon urged the government to look into the killings they believe were perpetrated by “powerful landowners..” Earlier, leftist groups said landowners related to political clans were behind the killings of the […]

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Garin sues Ubial over Dengvaxia mess

(Eagle News) — Former Health Secretary Janette Garin has filed criminal charges against her successor, Paulyn Ubial, over the Dengvaxia mess. In a complaint filed before the Department of Justice, Garin sued Ubial for  reckless imprudence resulting in homicide, apparently blaming her for the deaths allegedly associated with the controversial dengue vaccine. Garin took note of Ubial’s move to expand the dengue immunization program  from a school-based program to a community-based project. According to Garin, “deaths were […]

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Hundreds of children among victims of ongoing Syrian enclave bombing

    Hundreds of children were among the injured and dead in the ongoing air strikes on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta in Syria where the civilian death toll from seven days of bombing rose to more than 500. With support from Russia, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on the ceasefire to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries and medical evacuations, but the measure did not specify when the truce would go […]

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UPDATED: At least 2 killed, 12 injured–including congressman and wife—in grenade explosions in Abra

(Eagle News) — At least two people were killed and 12 others–including a congressman and his wife—  were injured after two grenades exploded at a public gathering in Abra early Thursday. Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, director of the Cordillera Administrative Region, said the attack–which he  said could have targeted Abra Rep. Joseph Sto. Nino Bernos and his wife, Abra Mayor Mitzie Bernos— took place around 1:30 a.m. in La Paz. Carranza said in an interview […]

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Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Pollution claimed the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report published on Friday. Almost all the deaths, 92 percent, happened in low- and middle-income countries, it said, with air pollution the main culprit, felling 6.5 million people. Almost half of the total toll came from just two countries — India and China — researchers […]

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30 killed as wildfires rage in Portugal and Spain

by Thomas Cabral Agence France Presse LISBON, Portugal (AFP) — At least 27 people have died in fires which have ravaged forests in northern and central Portugal over the past 24 hours, rescuers said Monday, as three people were killed in Spain in blazes sparked by arsonists and fanned by Hurricane Ophelia. In Portugal, Prime Minister Antonio Costa declared a state of emergency as more than 4,000 firefighters fought some 20 major fires still raging […]

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AFP Chief Año says Duterte “very happy” over neutralization of Hapilon, Maute; says President to visit Marawi “anytime soon”

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is “very happy” the military has neutralized local terrorists Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute in Marawi. This is according to Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Eduardo Año, who spoke in a press conference on Monday, hours after the deaths of the two terrorists who led the assault on the city in Mindanao in May that prompted Duterte to declare martial law in Mindanao. “(The President) is very […]

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AFP chief Año: Omar Maute, Isnilon Hapilon trying to seek refuge in another building when killed

(Eagle News) — Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon were attempting to transfer to another building with their hostages when the military assaulted them in the main battle area in Marawi early Monday. According to Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Eduardo Año, the two terrorist leaders were trying to get to the two boats they had asked their hostages to make but they couldn’t get to where these were because the military had sealed off […]

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Guard burns four toddlers to death in Brazil horror

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — A Brazilian nursery school guard burned four toddlers and their teacher to death after spraying them with alcohol and setting them alight Thursday in an attack which horrified the nation. Dozens of people were also hurt in the blaze while the guard, who was reported to be mentally ill, died after succumbing to his own burn injuries. The tragedy occurred in a modest quarter of Janauba, a city of […]

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