Andrea Rosal allowed to attend baby's wake

MANILA, Philippines - A Pasig City court on Tuesday allowed Andrea Rosal, the daughter of the late Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army spokesman Roger Rosal, to attend the wake of her baby in Manila.

The court allowed Rosal, now detained at the Camp Bagong Diwa, in Taguig City, to attend the wake of her baby Diona Andrea at the IFI Cathedral, Taft Avenue, Manila.

Rosal will be allowed to stay at the wake for three hours, from 2 p.m. up to 5 p.m., on May 21, Wednesday.

The court, however, denied Rosal's request to attend her baby's burial on May 22.

Rosal, who was then seven months pregnant, was arrested by authorities in a house in Caloocan City on March 27 for murder charges.

The two-day old Diona Andrea died at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Philippine General Hospital in Manila last Sunday due to hypoxemia or oxygen deficiency in the blood.

Rights group Karapatan blamed the jail authorities for the death of the Rosal's baby, claiming she was not given the proper medical attention since her arrest.