Health department moves to collect, identify bodies

The Department of Health (DOH) has set up a quick system for managing the collection of bodies in the typhoon-ravaged areas of Leyte and Samar provinces. The DOH has convened a meeting of forensic...

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Leyte mayors prepare mass graves to protect the living

On Friday, November 15, Melvin Lasi buried his grandfather a day after his body was found under the rubble of his neighbor’s house. It’s been a week since the old man was killed by Super Typhoon Yolanda...

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Search for missing a hellish routine after typhoon

John Lajara peers under a slab of crumbled concrete, lifts a sodden white teddy bear then drops it back into the filth. He reaches again into the rubble and pulls out a boot, a treasured find in this...

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Bus tragedy: samples collected for DNA test

Doctors from the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hubli, have completed the task of collecting samples from the seven charred bodies — victims of Thursday’s bus tragedy near Haveri —...

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