* Filipino caretaker murders eight May 20, 2008
Neighbors gather at a house owned by the Pili family after a caretaker of a vegetable farm went on a shooting spree yesterday in Calamba, Laguna Province, the Philippines ... They were sleeping inside their homes in Calamba town in Laguna Province when the attacker opened fire with an M-16 rifle, said Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas, the Laguna provincial police chief ... Chief Superintendent Ricardo Padilla identified the suspect as Adan Defiesta, caretaker of a vegetable farm in Calamba who... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Philippines Shooting Leaves Five Kids Dead May 20, 2008
Five of the dead are children between the ages of four and 12 who were sleeping inside their homes in Calamba town when an unidentified attacker opened fire with a M-16 rifle, said the Laguna provincial police chief, Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas. Rojas says the lone suspect escaped, and police are investigating. (CBS News -- World)
Gunman kills eight in Philippines May 20, 2008
The man, reportedly drunk, opened fire in Calamba with a M-16 rifle, and escaped from the scene before he could be arrested by police. Six other people were wounded, after two houses next door to each other came under fire. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Arroyo orders wage boards to convene over pay hike Apr 14, 2008
"Because in the increase in cost in the price of fuel and rice, we are calling for a meeting of the regional wage boards all over the country so that every region discussed on how we help the workers cope with the rising price of oil and rice," Arroyo said in a speech Monday in a visit to the Yazaki-Torres Manufacturing Plant in Calamba City, Laguna. Workers in the private sector in Metro Manila received a P12 increase in their daily wage last August 28 under Wage Order No. 13, bringing the... (Inquirer.net)
Over 1200 hospitalized in Philippine typhoid outbreak Mar 6, 2008
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III told a press conference that a blood test of 221 patients in Calamba city confirmed 27 cases of typhoid fever, a bacteria-caused disease that usually invokes severe weakness, lethargy and perforation of the intestines ... Rutelly Cabutin, the administrator of local Red Cross, earlier told Xinhua that the first batch of patients with suspected syndromes were admitted in hospitals of Calamba city in the tourist province of Laguna around Feb. 16. (Xinhuanet, China)
Typhoid outbreak hits more than 1,400 in Philippines Mar 5, 2008
Extra medical teams have been sent to assist doctors and conduct disease surveillance in Calamba, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said ... The outbreak was concentrated in five adjacent villages in Calamba, about 34 miles from Manila, and the salmonella bacteria that caused the illness may have been spread via the water system, based on the speed at which the outbreak grew, he said. (USA Today -- News)
* World News Quick Take Mar 4, 2008
The number could rise further as officials in Calamba City in Laguna Province continue to track down the source of the disease, provincial Red Cross administrator Rutelly Cabutin said. "It is quite alarming because the disease was not confined to one village, but is spread out in 18 villages," she said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
