Wednesday, April 16, 2008 (Philippines)

Queues and law enforcers are a familiar sight in Metro Manila. Here, in a suburb of the capital, a soldier with high-powered firearm keeps order at a distribution center of cheaper NFA rice. The Government is taking steps that the rice crisis won’t escalate into a political problem.(AP photo) UNETHICAL and scandalous. That’s how several doctors described the behavior of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) doctors and nurses during the operation to remove a perfume canister from the anus of a male patient. Doctors involved in the operation were seen laughing boisterously during the operation, which was recorded on video. A video clip was later uploaded to the video sharing website YouTube. [full story]