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Almost two weeks after Typhoon Frank hit Panay, residents like this elderly woman and her granddaughter in Pavia, Iloilo have yet to return to their typhoon-ravaged homes.
(Photo by Tara Yap)
Leptospirosis Kills 2 in City
By Jeehan V. Fernandez
THE dreaded leptospirosis claimed its first casualty in Mandurriao district, Iloilo City mayor Jerry Treñas said yesterday.
“There was a confirmed leptospirosis death in Mandurriao. The City Health Office (CHO) confirmed the victim was already sick before the flood but had helped clean their house. The victim had been admitted to the hospital last June 27 but expired July 2,” Treñas told reporters without naming the victim.
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Suspect in foreign national shooting yields
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
THE suspect in the shooting of a foreign national in Guimaras Island Tuesday surrendered to the police yesterday.
Jines Publico of Brgy. Oracon, Sibunag, Guimaras yielded to Senior Supt. Leo Puertollano, Guimaras police director, three days after he shot Swedish national (not British as earlier reported) Per Ake Heideman in the said village, Puertollano and the Sibunag police chief headed by Senior Insp. Reuben Siason presented Publico to Chief Supt. Isagani Cuevas, Police Regional Office-6 director, and the media at Camp Delgado yesterday.
Heideman is now in stable condition at the Iloilo St. Paul’s Hospital after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds in his arms and body.
 Police regional director Isagani Cuevas (left) and
Guimaras provincial police director Leo Puertollano
(center) present Jines Publico, the gunman of a
Swedish national. (FAA)
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