The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has declared the Philippines free from avian influenza or bird flu less than a year since the fatal animal disease crept back into the poultry farms of the country. As of January 8, the country is now free of the last remaining A (H5N6) strain of the...
FAITH ON THE GROUND Noel R., 33, a construction worker who lost his job, on Plaza Miranda imploring the Black Nazarene’s mercy. (Ali Vicoy) Your employer? No, he’s disappeared. Malacañang ? A senator, your congressman? Your mayor and barangay captain? No—he can’t even get a bus ride...