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The city police is still clueless on Saturday’s murder of two city residents by still unidentified suspects armed with assault rifles.

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Tension lingers in areas near the disputed 60-hectare fishpond in a coastal district in nearby Parang town in Maguindanao, where three villagers have been killed by gunmen in a series of recent attacks.

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Actress Janelle Manahan panicked after receiving court documents sent to her “safehouse” through registered mail by the lawyer of murder suspect Ramona Bautista on Wednesday, her lawyer said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096410 [AuthorName] => Aie Balagtas See [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270553 [Title] => ‘Amoebiasis, not cassava poisoning’ [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) ruled out cassava poisoning as the cause of the hospitalization of a Muslim couple in Cotabato City over the weekend.

Epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said the DOH’s Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit found Nasrudin Salem and his wife, Fatima, to be suffering from diarrhea secondary to amoebiasis.

"We coordinated with our people in the field. They found out that the patients ate contaminated cassava. They were actually suffering from amoebiasis," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269872 [Title] => What makes cassava poisonous? [Summary] => Just how lethal can a native delicacy long enjoyed by Filipinos be?

Toxic experts are eyeing cyanide as the likely cause of the poisoning of at least 110 mostly grade-school children in Bohol after they ate tasty treats made from cassava flour last Tuesday.

Thirty children died after eating the merienda. And recess will never be the same again.

According to the Plant Resources of Southeast Asia (PROSEA), a cassava’s tubers (roots) and leaves contain hydrocyanic acid (HCN).
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724776 [AuthorName] => Rudy Fernandez and Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259147 [Title] => Dengue cases down 58% [Summary] => From Jan. 1 to July 15, the Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 4,243 dengue cases, a 58 percent decrease from the number registered during the same period in 2003.

DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said the decrease could be attributed to the efforts of the DOH and local government units to eliminate the possible breeding sites of aedes agypti, or mosquitoes that transmit dengue.

"It also seems that the public has become vigilant in cleaning their surroundings. They helped in getting rid of these breeding sites," he said in an interview.
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This developed as DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said the DOH is monitoring two suspected SARS cases at the San Lazaro Hospital and at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine.
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"We advise the public not to wade in flood if they have an open wound. If they can’t help it, they better wear mid-leg boots for their own protection," DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said.

Leptospirosis is one of the diseases that commonly surface during the rainy season. Its symptoms are fever, body and muscle pains.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207890 [Title] => DOH alarmed at possible SARS case [Summary] => Doctors of the Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) will talk with hospital officials in Hong Kong to find out the medical background of an overseas Filipino worker suspected to be suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Dr. Troy Gepta, an epidemiologist at the DOH, said they wanted to know if the woman, who is confined in a government hospital in the Ilocos Region, was afflicted with the killer disease while she was in Hong Kong.
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The DOH is extending the observation period for treated SARS patients because of the possibility they may suffer a relapse.

DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said the advisory was issued yesterday on the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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The city police is still clueless on Saturday’s murder of two city residents by still unidentified suspects armed with assault rifles.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-04 13:00:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 867044 [Title] => Attacks alarm villagers in Maguindanao town [Summary] =>

Tension lingers in areas near the disputed 60-hectare fishpond in a coastal district in nearby Parang town in Maguindanao, where three villagers have been killed by gunmen in a series of recent attacks.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-15 16:59:59 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 773784 [Title] => Ramona's lawyers send papers to Janelle's safehouse [Summary] =>

Actress Janelle Manahan panicked after receiving court documents sent to her “safehouse” through registered mail by the lawyer of murder suspect Ramona Bautista on Wednesday, her lawyer said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096410 [AuthorName] => Aie Balagtas See [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270553 [Title] => ‘Amoebiasis, not cassava poisoning’ [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) ruled out cassava poisoning as the cause of the hospitalization of a Muslim couple in Cotabato City over the weekend.

Epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said the DOH’s Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit found Nasrudin Salem and his wife, Fatima, to be suffering from diarrhea secondary to amoebiasis.

"We coordinated with our people in the field. They found out that the patients ate contaminated cassava. They were actually suffering from amoebiasis," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269872 [Title] => What makes cassava poisonous? [Summary] => Just how lethal can a native delicacy long enjoyed by Filipinos be?

Toxic experts are eyeing cyanide as the likely cause of the poisoning of at least 110 mostly grade-school children in Bohol after they ate tasty treats made from cassava flour last Tuesday.

Thirty children died after eating the merienda. And recess will never be the same again.

According to the Plant Resources of Southeast Asia (PROSEA), a cassava’s tubers (roots) and leaves contain hydrocyanic acid (HCN).
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724776 [AuthorName] => Rudy Fernandez and Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259147 [Title] => Dengue cases down 58% [Summary] => From Jan. 1 to July 15, the Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 4,243 dengue cases, a 58 percent decrease from the number registered during the same period in 2003.

DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said the decrease could be attributed to the efforts of the DOH and local government units to eliminate the possible breeding sites of aedes agypti, or mosquitoes that transmit dengue.

"It also seems that the public has become vigilant in cleaning their surroundings. They helped in getting rid of these breeding sites," he said in an interview.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 210466 [Title] => RP decries wrong WHO website update [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) cried foul yesterday over an update made by the World Health Organization (WHO) on its website that linked two cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) to the Philippines.

This developed as DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said the DOH is monitoring two suspected SARS cases at the San Lazaro Hospital and at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207850 [Title] => DOH warns vs leptospirosis [Summary] => With the onset of the rainy season, the Department of Health (DOH) has warned people with open wounds not to wade in floodwaters to prevent getting infected with leptospirosis.

"We advise the public not to wade in flood if they have an open wound. If they can’t help it, they better wear mid-leg boots for their own protection," DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said.

Leptospirosis is one of the diseases that commonly surface during the rainy season. Its symptoms are fever, body and muscle pains.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207890 [Title] => DOH alarmed at possible SARS case [Summary] => Doctors of the Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) will talk with hospital officials in Hong Kong to find out the medical background of an overseas Filipino worker suspected to be suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Dr. Troy Gepta, an epidemiologist at the DOH, said they wanted to know if the woman, who is confined in a government hospital in the Ilocos Region, was afflicted with the killer disease while she was in Hong Kong.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205422 [Title] => ‘Recovered SARS cases need 2 weeks home confinement’ [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) has advised patients recovered from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) to go on a two-week home confinement after being released from quarantine.

The DOH is extending the observation period for treated SARS patients because of the possibility they may suffer a relapse.

DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said the advisory was issued yesterday on the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO).
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1746572 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo and Marichu Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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