RITUAL VS COVID – Gabay, a ‘mambunong’ (Igorot priest), offers to ‘Kabunyan’ (native god) the bile of pigs that were butchered during an ancient cleansing and healing ritual in Barangay Tam-awan, Baguio City for the protection of the members of the media in the Summer Capital of the Philippines who
Published May 6, 2021, 4:55 PM
BAGUIO CITY – Twenty-one horses that tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) and bacterial infections at the Wright Park and Camp John Hay trails here are set to be euthanized or permanently isolated.
HORSES FOR RENT – A pony boy tends to his horses while awaiting riders at Wright Park in Baguio City. (Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN)
This was confirmed by City Veterinary and Agriculture Office (CVAO) which found out after the laboratory examination that 21 out of 58 horses tested positive for EIA while four had bacterial infections.
The horses serve as one of the main attractions in the country’s “Summer Capital” – primarily for horse-back riding.
(Photo by Tabuk City PS/via Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN)
Kalinga Provincial Police director Police Col. Davy Limmong said a concerned citizen tipped off the arrival of a vehicle coming from Tinglayan, this province, and carrying marijuana bricks.
Limmong said the troops, headed by Police Lt. Col. Radino Belly, immediately put up a checkpoint.
But the driver of the Mitsubishi Adventure that was carrying the marijuana bricks turned left 200 meters away from the checkpoint in an apparent bid to get away.
Sensing it was the target they were waiting for, the troops chased the vehicle that was heading to the irrigation area.
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(Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN)
The NCR, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal will remain under the enhanced community quarantine until April 11 to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the region.
In a statement released Wednesday night, April 7, Lingap Gabriela urged the national government to “heed the people’s calls” and focus on measures aimed to improve the country’s pandemic response.
“Health professionals and various people’s organizations are reiterating the importance of #FreeMassTestingNow. The government, through its surrogates, is claiming that mass testing is an impossible feat noting the country’s ‘limited resources.’ This is categorically untrue given the bloated military and intelligence budget in this fiscal year’s General Appropriations Act,” the group stressed.