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Thursday, May 08, 2003 (Philippines)
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(The Sun.Star website is updated every 1 a.m., Philippine time and as often as news alerts from the network come in. If you are having difficulty getting the updates, click on the refresh button of your browser. -- Editors)
| TWINS JOINED AT BELLY are doing well, four months after their separation. Mark and Joseph Dagoro were admitted at the Cebu Doctors Hospital 18 hours after they were born in Ormoc City. A 20-member team operated on them last New Year’s Day, the first successful “operative separation” in Cebu. (FOTOS CONTRIBUTED TO SUN.STAR) |
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MANILA -- President Arroyo urged the public Wednesday to remain calm following the discovery of seven fresh cases of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), bringing the total number of people affected with the disease to 10.
Panic over Sars may cause more damage than the actual disease, other government officials warned Wednesday.
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Top Stories
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Bride-to-be jumps off hotel, survives
| CEBU -- A woman jumped from the fifth floor of a downtown hotel in Cebu City after a brief confrontation with her American fiance Wednesday afternoon. |
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Talomo River overflows; 120 families evacuated
| DAVAO -- More than a hundred families temporarily vacated their residence after a flashflood hit different parts of Davao City Wednesday morning following a torrential downpour. |
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3 die; vice mayor, 5 others hurt in mishap
| CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Three died on the spot while six others, including a vice mayor and a councilor, were injured when a government-owned vehicle they were riding fell off a 100-meter ravine in Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga, police reported Wednesday. |
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