Tuesday, July 10, 2007 (Philippines)

Rainbow Lories peck at a ripe banana through the wires of their cage, their last meal, as they were exterminated Monday, at the National Bureau of Investigation office, part of a big shipment of wildlife species from Indonesia confiscated from smugglers. At left, a kangaroo mouse is lifted from its cage. It was to be exterminated too. (Sun.Star Davao/Rene B. Lumawag) SPECULATIONS fly here and there on the true condition of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's health. After declaring last month the possibility of him going under the knife for the pain in his shoulder brought about by a motorcycle accident a few years back, nothing much has been heard of Duterte's health status. Pinoy Votes: Sun.Star Election 2007 Coverage View here the list of local winners [full story]