endIndex: Proper medicolegal death investigation requires a science-first, multidisciplinary approach that employs a cadre of vetted, qualified, and impartial experts and focuses on fact-finding surrounding the death event. Illustration by JL JAVIER
Editor’s note: Dr. Matthew Go is a forensic anthropologist currently working at the U.S. Department of Defense agency tasked with identifying and repatriating the remains of all missing military personnel from past armed conflicts. His scholarly focus has been developing both the research and professional practice of forensic anthropology in the Philippines as a means to improve the outcomes of medicolegal death investigations. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
January 13, 2021
Instagram/Christine Dacera
The botched investigation into the death of a Filipino flight attendant during a New Year’s Eve party has sparked accusations of police incompetence in a case that has gripped public attention, fuelling outrage against a force that has become notorious under the government of President Rodrigo Duterte for summarily arresting and in some cases shooting to death people who have been implicated in crimes without being properly investigated.
The Makati City police in Metro Manila investigating the case at first announced that the victim, Christine Dacera, 23, had been drugged, raped and murdered by her companions as they partied overnight at the City Garden Hotel, violating Covid-19 quarantine restrictions.
Published January 13, 2021, 6:57 PM
Economic experts threw Wednesday their all out support to the House of Representatives’ efforts to amend the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution to make Philippines “more foreign investment-friendly” and to “accelerate” the country’s economic recovery.
Former National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director general Dr. Ernesto Pernia said it is “right time” to launch the economic Charter change.
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
“Because as you can see, although the economy has really been clobbered by the pandemic, it is recovering slowly––it is getting out of the hole little by little––and we need to accelerate that getting out of the hole,” he told the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments’ first hearing on Resolution of Both Houses No. 2, principally authored by House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco.
Published January 12, 2021, 7:23 AM
The Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors are releasing four players in their fold.
In a social media post late Monday, the team bid goodbye to Royse Tubino, Regine Arocha, Aie Gannaban and Marist Layug to free agency in the Philippine Superliga.
“Your time as Lady Realtors was short but memorable to the Sta Lucia family for sure. Thank you, Royse, Regine, Marist and Aie!” the post read.
“We wish you the best in whatever is next. May you find GREENER pastures that will lead you to more GOLDEN moments.”
All four were signed last season before pandemic forced most tournaments to be cancelled.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath of office of Benjamin Abalos Jr. as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority at the Malacañang Palace on January 11, 2021. SIMEON CELI/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
MANILA – Former Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos took his oath before President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Abalos served as mayor for 15 years, from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2016, and as the city’s lone representative in Congress from 2004 to 2007. Abalos will now face his new challenge as the chairman of MMDA, a position that his father, Benjamin Sr., also held from 2001 to 2002.