CEBU CITY
About a third of more than 600 inmates of the Mandaue City Jail have suffered from flu-like symptoms since last week, and a health official warned the ailments could spread faster in such congested quarters. Officials from the Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas visited the jail Sunday to collect swab samples from about 177 inmates, as a precaution against influenza A (H1N1). Most of these inmates suffer from pre-existing conditions, one factor that has turned an otherwise mild flu into a potentially fatal illness.
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MANILA
Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni, who was released by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Maimbung, Sulu after holding him captive for nearly six months, arrived Sunday morning here from Zamboanga City.
The plane carrying Vagni, 62, landed at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City past 11 a.m. Accompanied by the crisis committee that negotiated with the bandits for his release, the Italian was welcomed by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Italian ambassador Rubens Anna Fedele.
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The mayor of Palompon, Leyte has issued an order deputizing fish wardens, police and staff from the Human Ecological Security Group to stay in Kalanggaman Island, which the municipality has taken back from Celso delos Angeles of the Legacy Group.
Palompon Mayor Eulogio Tupa said a clean-up drive in the island is set next week. They will invite government and non-government organizations (NGOs), civic groups, academe and concerned individuals to participate in the coastal clean-up.
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