rescue

Doctors extract baby from pregnant victim of fatal crash

SINGAPORE — Doctors here extracted a premature baby from a Malaysian victim of a fatal road crash that happened in Jurong West on Saturday. The woman, who has been identified as Goh Chieh Ting, 25, was six months pregnant when…

Mom refuses to rescue trapped son—as it would damage her BMW

SINGAPORE — A woman in China has been slammed online after she prevented firefighters from breaking the window of her luxury car in order to rescue her trapped three-year-old son. China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported that the…

Big businesses join relief drive

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines’ largest corporations have joined efforts to bring relief to tens of thousands of survivors of the worst natural calamity to hit the country. Conglomerates have already activated programs meant to deliver aid to areas…

MMDA sends teams to Leyte for rescue, relief, clearing operations

MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has sent four teams to Tacloban and Ormoc in Leyte and Borongan in Eastern Samar to help in the ongoing rescue and clearing operations, particularly areas hit the…