Baby thrown out of cruising taxi

Police investigators were puzzled over a strange phenomenon of the killing of three infants in separate incidents in Manila for two consecutive days since Sunday.

On Tuesday, a newborn baby girl mysteriously survived after she was thrown from a moving taxicab by her 15-year-old mother in Sta. Ana, Manila.

A commuter initially thought the infant to be a doll. However, she was surprised when she found the baby who still has umbilical cord. She immediately hailed a passing police mobile car which chased the speeding taxicab with license plates TVG-767.

Police found a 15-year-old girl with blood between her legs, accompanied by her grandmother and an uncle on board the taxicab.

The young mother was rushed to the Ospital ng Maynila, together with the baby girl. Except for bruises, the baby is alive and healthy.

Police are presently questioning the mother’s companions to determine their participation in the attempted killing of the baby.

Earlier that day, another newborn baby girl was found in the roof gutter of a warehouse in Binondo, Manila.

The baby was given first aid treatment but later expired at the Gat Andres Bonifacio Hospital.

Police said an electrician of the Crown warehouse located beside the Gold Rich Mansion condominium heard a loud thud at the roof of the warehouse. When he checked it out, he saw a baby girl and a placenta placed inside a plastic bag at the roof.

A 21-year-old single mother was charged with infanticide for the death of her newborn baby girl whose body was found half-submerged in a shallow canal in Sta. Mesa, Manila on Sunday morning.

Police said the baby’s cause of death was “asphyxia by drowning,” indicating the baby was still alive when placed at the flowing water of the canal.

Ivy Belvis admitted giving birth to the baby inside the comfort room of the boarding house at around 2 to 3 a.m. Sunday. She claimed she thought the baby was dead when she was born since it did not cry. – Nestor Etolle