Ipinamahagi ng Department of Health (DOH0 ang 390,000 bivalent vaccine laban sa coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) na donasyon ng Lithuania.
Binanggit ni Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa sa isang briefing sa Palasyo kahapon na ang karamihan sa mga bakuna ay ipinamahagi sa National Capital Region habang ang iba naman ay ibinahagi sa iba’t ibang rehiyon.
Ang mga matatanda, mga may co-morbidity, at health care workers ang mga prayoridad sa pagbabakuna gamit ang bivalent vaccine bilang booster shots, ayon sa ulat.
Ang mga prayoridad na populasyon ay dapat mabakunahan kaagad dahil ang mga bivalent na dosis ay may anim na buwang shelf-life mula sa araw ng delivery, ayon kay Herbosa.
Bagaman idineklara na ng World Health Organization na ang Covid-19 ay hindi na isang pampublikong krisis sa kalusugan, ipinunto ni Herbosa na hindi dapat maging kampante ang publiko sa pakikipaglaban sa virus at dapat silang magpabakuna o tumanggap ng booster shots.
Ipinaliwanag niya na ang pagkakasakit ay maaaring magdulot pa rin ng kamatayan, lalo na sa mga taong may co-morbidity.
Sa pag amin na hindi sapat ang mga dumating na donasyong bakuna, sinabi niya na ang DOH ay nakikipag-usap upang makakuha ng karagdagang donasyon at pinag-iisipang mag-angkat ng karagdagang bakuna.
Gayunpaman, may mga “hadlang at isyu,” na maaaring magpabagal sa proseso ng pangangalap ng bakuna, aniya.
Nauna dito, iniulat ng DOH na darating ang 1.002 milyong dosis ng bivalent na bakunang Pfizer mula sa COVAX Facility sa Marso.
Dahil sa pagtapos ng deklarasyon ng state of calamity dahil sa Covid-19, ang mga clauses on indemnification and immunity from liability sugnay na matatagpuan sa mga kasunduan sa mga bansa at/o mga manufacturer na nag-donate ay nanatiling mga hadlang sa paghahatid ng mga donasyong bivalent vaccine.
LONDON. Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record,” decades after the band broke up, Paul McCartney said Tuesday.
McCartney, 80, told the BBC that the technology was used to separate the Beatles’ voices from background sounds during the making of director Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary series, “The Beatles: Get Back.” The “new” song is set to be released later this year, he said.
Jackson was “able to extricate John’s voice from a ropey little bit of cassette and a piano,” McCartney told BBC radio. “He could separate them with AI, he’d tell the machine ‘That’s a voice, this is a guitar, lose the guitar’.”
“So when we came to make what will be the last Beatles record, it was a demo that John had that we worked on,” he added. “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI so then we could mix the record as you would do. It gives you some sort of leeway.”
McCartney didn’t identify the name of the demo, but the BBC and others said it was likely to be an unfinished 1978 love song by Lennon called “Now and Then.” The demo was included on a cassette labeled “For Paul” that McCartney had received from Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, the BBC reported.
McCartney described AI technology as “kind of scary but exciting,” adding: “We will just have to see where that leads.”
The same technology enabled McCartney to “duet” virtually with Lennon, who was murdered in 1980, on “I’ve Got a Feeling” last year at Glastonbury Festival.
The singer-songwriter is set to open an exhibition later this month at the National Portrait Gallery in London featuring previously unseen photographs that he took during the early days of the Beatles at the start of “Beatlemania,” when the band rose to worldwide fame.
The exhibition, titled “Eyes of the Storm,” showcases more than 250 photos McCartney took on his camera between 1963 and 1964 — including portraits of Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Lennon, as well as Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
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This story has been corrected to show that the title of McCartney’s photo exhibition is “Eyes of the Storm,” not “Eye of the Storm.”
Lian, Batangas. Isang lalaking negosyanteng Singaporean ang napatay matapos pagbabarilin ng hindi pa nakikilalang mga salarin sa bayang ito sa Batangas noong Lunes ng gabi.
Sinabi ni Captain Alfredo Anadia, deputy chief ng Lian Municipal Police Station, na ang biktima na dayuhang negosyante ay si Chen Kin Tey, 66 anyos at taga-Singapore.
Ayon kay Anadia, galing si Tey sa Lian Public Market at pauwi na nang biglang barilin ng mga suspek.
Nalaman na malapit na siya sa kanyang tindahan niya nang biglang lumitaw ang mga salarin at barilin ang biktima ng malapitan habang siya’y naglalakad sa Brgy. Poblacion 2 bandang alas-6:10 ng gabi.
Ang matandang negosyante ay tinamaan sa ulo na naging sanhi ng kanyang agad na pagkamatay.
Sinabi ni Anadia na isa o dalawang gunman ang posibleng may kagagawan ng pamamaril at mabilis na tumakas patungong Brgy. Poblacion 1 matapos nilang patayin ang dayuhang trader. “Walang saksi sa lugar ng krimen dahil sa maulap na panahon, umuulan, at madilim na gabi,” ayon kay Anadia.
Samantala, ayon sa mga residente, narinig nila ang tunog ng putukan sa lugar ng krimen bago natagpuan ang patay na biktima.
Patuloy ang imbestigasyon ng mga awtoridad sa insidente.
MIAMI. Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and refusing government demands to give them back.
The history-making court date, centered on charges that Trump mishandled government secrets that as commander-in-chief he was entrusted to protect, kickstarts a legal process that could unfold at the height of the 2024 presidential campaign and carry profound consequences not only for his political future but also for his own personal liberty.
Trump approached his arraignment with characteristic bravado, posting social media broadsides against the prosecution from inside his motorcade en route to the courthouse and insisting as he has through years of legal woes that he has done nothing wrong and was being persecuted for political purposes. But inside the courtroom, he sat silently, scowling and arms crossed as a lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf in a brief arraignment that ended without him having to surrender his passport or otherwise restrict his travel.
The arraignment, though largely procedural in nature, was the latest in an unprecedented public reckoning this year for Trump, who faces charges in New York arising from hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign as well as ongoing investigations in Washington and Atlanta into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 race.
He’s sought to project confidence in the face of unmistakable legal peril, attacking the Justice Department special counsel who filed the case as “a Trump hater,” pledging to remain in the race and scheduling a speech and fundraiser for Tuesday night at his Bedminster, New Jersey, club. He stopped on his way out of Miami at Versailles, an iconic Cuban restaurant in the city’s Little Havana neighborhood where supporters serenaded Trump, who turns 77 years old on Wednesday, with “Happy Birthday.”
Even so, the gravity of the moment was clear.
Until last week, no former president had ever been charged by the Justice Department, let alone accused of mishandling top-secret information. The indictment unsealed last week charged Trump with 37 felony counts — many under the Espionage Act — that accuse him of illegally storing classified documents in his bedroom, bathroom, shower and other locations at Mar-a-Lago and trying to hide them from the Justice Department as investigators demanded them back. The charges carry a yearslong prison sentence in the event of a conviction.
Trump has relied on a familiar playbook of painting himself as a victim of political persecution. But Attorney General Merrick Garland, an appointee of President Joe Biden, sought to insulate the department from political attacks by handing ownership of the case to a special counsel, Jack Smith, who on Friday declared, “We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone.”
Smith attended Tuesday’s arraignment, sitting in the front row behind his team of prosecutors.
The court appearance unfolded against the backdrop of potential protests, with some high-profile backers using barbed rhetoric to voice support. Trump himself encouraged supporters to join a planned protest Tuesday at the courthouse. Though city officials said they prepared for possible unrest around the courthouse, there were little signs of significant disruption.
While Trump was not required to surrender a passport – prosecutor David Harbach said he was not considered a flight risk, a likely recognition of his status as a presidential candidate – he was directed to not discuss the case with any witnesses. That includes Walt Nauta, his valet and close aide, who was indicted last week on charges that he moved boxes of documents at Trump’s direction and misled the FBI about it. He did not enter a plea Tuesday because he did not have a local lawyer with him.
The magistrate judge who presided over the arraignment directed Trump not to discuss the case with any witnesses, including Nauta, but said they can discuss work.
Even for a man whose post-presidential life has been defined by criminal investigations, the documents probe had long stood out both because of the volume of evidence that prosecutors had seemed to amass and the severity of the allegations.
A federal grand jury in Washington had heard testimony for months, but the Justice Department filed it in Florida, where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is located and where many of the alleged acts of obstruction occurred. Though Trump appeared Tuesday before a federal magistrate, the case has been assigned to a District Court judge he appointed, Aileen Cannon, who ruled in his favor last year in a dispute over whether an outside special master could be appointed to review the seized classified documents. A federal appeals panel ultimately overturned her ruling.
It’s unclear what defenses Trump is likely to invoke as the case moves forward. Two of his lead lawyers announced their resignation the morning after his indictment, and the notes and recollections of another attorney, M. Evan Corcoran, are cited repeatedly throughout the 49-page charging document, suggesting prosecutors envision him as a potential key witness.
In the indictment the Justice Department unsealed Friday most of the charges — 31 or the 37 felony counts — against Trump relate to the willful retention of national defense information. Other charges include conspiracy to commit obstruction and false statements.
The indictment alleges Trump intentionally retained hundreds of classified documents that he took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office in January 2021. The material he stored, including in a bathroom, ballroom, bedroom and shower, included material on nuclear programs, defense and weapons capabilities of the U.S. and foreign governments and a Pentagon “attack plan,” prosecutors say.
Beyond that, prosecutors say, he sought to obstruct government efforts to recover the documents, including by directing Nauta to move boxes to conceal them and also suggesting to his own lawyer that he hide or destroy documents sought by a Justice Department subpoena. ___
SEOUL, South Korea. A British man was detained after climbing more than half way up the world’s fifth-tallest skyscraper in Seoul with only his bare hands on Monday, authorities said.
More than 90 emergency police and other personnel were dispatched to the 123-story, 555-meter (1,820-foot) -tall Lotte World Tower, after the man was spotted scaling the building on Monday morning, the Seoul fire agency said in a statement.
The man, in his 20s, reached the 72nd floor, which is about 310 meters (1,020 feet) high, before officials took him to a gondola lift and moved him inside the building, the statement said.
South Korean media identified the man as free climber George King-Thompson. The reports said he was carrying a parachute and told police that he wanted to BASE-jump from the top of the building.
Fire and police authorities didn’t immediately confirm the man’s name or his motive.
King-Thompson was arrested in 2019 after scaling the Shard in London — the U.K.’s tallest skyscraper at 310 meters (1,017 feet) — after the owners of the building pressed charges against him for trespassing. He was sentenced to six months in prison and served three.
In 2021, he climbed the 36-story Stratosphere Tower, a residential block in east London’s Stratford neighborhood and reached the top in less than half an hour. He said he picked the building because he was shocked by the flash floods that recently hit the area and wanted to raise awareness to the seriousness of climate change.
Police confirmed they took custody of the man but didn’t provide further details.
The Lotte Property & Development, which operates the tower, said the man didn’t suffer any major injuries. The fire agency statement said he suffered a cut on his skin on the right knee.
In 2018, French climber Alain Robert, known as “Spiderman” for his daring stunt, was also detained after climbing the 75th floor of the Lotte World Tower. Lotte officials said they heard he was eventually released and left South Korea after they told police they didn’t want to press charges for obstruction or trespassing.
The Lotte Property & Development said company officials were expected to discuss what to do with the British man.
BACOOR CITY, Cavite. Dalawang indibidwal ang kasalukuyang nasa ospital matapos ang isang buy-bust operation na nagresulta sa isang engkwentro sa Brgy. Zapote 2, sa lungsod na ito kahapon ng hapon.
Si Patrolman Mark Paolo Quizon, isang batang pulis na nasa Intelligence Unit ng Bacoor City Police, ay tinamaan ng dalawang bala sa kanyang dibdib at kamay. Samantala, si Alberto Cezar, isa sa mga target na drug suspect, ay nasapol ng bala sa kanyang kamay.
Ayon sa ulat mula sa opisina ni Cavite Provincial Police Office director Col. Christopher Olazo, naganap ang operasyon ng drug bust bandang alas-2:30 ng hapon. Layunin ng intelligence group ng Bacoor Police na arestuhin ang mga suspek na si Cezar at Eugene Palicpic, kilalang drug pusher sa lugar.
Nang papasok pa lamang ang grupo sa lugar, sila ay sinalubong agad ng sunud-sunod na putok mula sa mga suspek. Dahil dito, si Patrolman Quizon ay agad na tinamaan ng bala.
Bagamat sugatan, nagawa pa ni Quizon na makipagpalitan ng putok at tinamaan niya sa kamay si Cezar, ang isa sa mga suspek.
Sa kabila ng sugatang kondisyon, tumakbo si Cezar at mga kasama nito, na humantong sa ilang minuto ng habulan. Nakorner si Cezar ng mga pulis habang nakatakas naman ang kanyang kasama.
Narekober sa lugar ng engkwentro ang isang caliber.45 na may serial number 1546340, dalawang cal. 45 fired cartridge case, pitong 9mm fired cartridge case, tatlong fired deformed bullets, dalawang metallic fragment, isang transparent plastic sachet na naglalaman ng mahigit 12 gramo ng shabu na nagkakahalaga ng P81,600, at iba pang mga kasangkapang pang-drugs.
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Microsoft from completing its deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard, the latest antitrust challenge to the proposed merger but one that could hasten its conclusion.
The FTC’s Monday filing in a federal court in San Francisco seeks a restraining order and injunction to stop Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of the California gaming company behind hit franchises such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft.
Microsoft, maker of the Xbox game system, has been struggling to win worldwide approval for the deal with just over a month before the deadline to close it, according to the contract it signed with Activision.
“We welcome the opportunity to present our case in federal court,” said a statement Monday from Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice chair and president. “We believe accelerating the legal process in the U.S will ultimately bring more choice and competition to the market.”
The FTC already took Microsoft to court to block the merger, but that was before the U.S. agency’s in-house judge in a trial set to start on Aug. 2. That administrative process doesn’t preclude the parties from closing the deal.
The contract between Microsoft and Activision required the deal to close by July 18, but the FTC’s latest action seeks to stop that from happening.
“Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have represented in the past that they cannot close their deal due to antitrust reviews of the transaction in other jurisdictions,” the FTC said in a statement Monday. “But Microsoft and Activision have not provided assurances that they will maintain that position. In light of that, and public reporting that Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are considering closing their deal imminently, we have filed a request for a temporary restraining order to prevent them from closing while review continues.”
Microsoft’s other main obstacle is in the United Kingdom, where antitrust regulators have also taken action to block the acquisition.
The all-cash deal announced in January 2022 has been scrutinized by regulators around the world over fears that it would give Microsoft and its Xbox console control of Activision’s hit franchises and give it an unfair boost in the emerging business of cloud-based game subscriptions. It could be the priciest tech industry merger in history.
Fierce opposition has been driven by rival Sony, which makes the PlayStation gaming system.
Microsoft sought to counter the resistance by striking a deal with Nintendo to license Activision titles like Call of Duty for 10 years and offering the same to Sony if the deal went ahead.
European regulators representing the 27-nation bloc approved the deal last month on condition that Microsoft make some promises meant to boost competition in the cloud-based gaming market. A number of other countries, including China, Japan, Brazil and South Korea, have also approved it.
But the blockbuster deal has remained in jeopardy because of the surprise April decision by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority and the ongoing case in the U.S.
Microsoft in late May filed an appeal of the British regulator’s decision and has also voiced strong public opposition directed at top government officials.
U.S.-based consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, an opponent of the deal, welcomed the FTC’s move Monday.
“Although the agency has already used its authority to block the merger through administrative proceedings, Microsoft is pushing to culminate the purchase of Activision before the agency can finish its process,” said a statement from Public Citizen’s competition policy advocate Matt Kent. ”“By filing in federal court to enjoin the transaction, the FTC is showing that it won’t back down in the face of Microsoft’s escalatory tactics.”
Muling magpapatupad ng malaking dagdag-presyo sa mga produktong petrolyo ang mga kompanya ng langis sa bansa simula bukas, Hunyo 13.
Sa isang abiso na inilabas ng mga pangunahing kompanya ng langis tulad ng Pilipinas Shell, Petron Corporation, Seaoil, PTT Philippines, Total Philippines, Unioil, Petro Gazz, at Phoenix Petroleum, ipatutupad nila ang dagdag na presyo na P1.20 kada litro ng gasolina, P1.40 kada litro ng diesel, at P1.30 kada litro ng kerosene. Ang mga ito ay magsisimula alas-6 ng umaga bukas.
Bukod sa mga nabanggit, magkakaroon din ng pagtaas sa presyo ng petrolyo sa parehong halaga ang Caltex (CPI) na magsisimula alas-12:01 ng madaling araw, at ang CleanFuel na magsisimula alas-4:01 ng hapon.
Ang malaking pagtaas sa presyo ng mga produktong petrolyo ay bunsod ng patuloy na paggalaw ng mga presyo sa pandaigdigang merkado. Ito ay epekto ng iba’t ibang dahilan tulad ng pagtaas ng demand at ang mga pagbabago sa produksyon ng langis sa iba’t ibang panig ng mundo.
Ang pagtaas na ito sa presyo ng petrolyo ay maaaring magdulot ng dagdag na pasanin sa mga mamimili, partikular na sa mga may sasakyan at mga negosyo na naka-depende sa transportasyon. Maraming indibidwal at sektor ang apektado ng mga pagtaas sa presyo ng langis, at maaaring magdulot ito ng domino effect sa iba pang aspeto ng ekonomiya.
CANBERRA, Australia. The driver of a bus was charged Monday after the vehicle carrying wedding guests rolled over on a foggy night in Australia’s wine country, killing 10 people and injuring 25 in the nation’s most deadly road accident in almost 30 years, police said.
Brett Button has been in custody since the accident Sunday night and will appear in court on Tuesday on multiple charges of dangerous and negligent driving, a police statement said.
It was Australia’s most deadly road accident since 1994, when a bus skidded on its side across a highway and down a steep embankment in Brisbane, killing 12 people and injuring 38.
Sunday’s crash happened just after 11:30 p.m. in foggy conditions at a roundabout on Wine Country Drive in the town of Greta in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales state north of Sydney.
The guests had attended a wedding at the Wandin Estate Winery and were heading to their accommodations in the town of Singleton, Chapman said. One guest told Seven News it had been a nice day and a fairytale wedding.
A motorist who drove past the crash scene, identified by Australian Broadcasting Corp. only as Alison, said the fog was so heavy she could not make out the colors of the flashing lights of police cars, ambulances and fire trucks.
“The fog was terrible,” she told the ABC. “You could barely see in front of you.”
Of the 25 people injured, one was in critical condition and several others remained in hospitals, the state government said. The conditions of the others were described as stable.
Police had said 18 passengers escaped injury. But they later said there were only 36 people on the bus: the 10 dead, the 25 injured and the driver. The 18 were the least seriously injured among the passengers taken to hospitals.
Police Commissioner Karen Webb said investigators have not yet determined what caused the bus to roll on its side.
“The cause may not be known for some time. It will require scientific examination,” Webb told reporters.
Whether passengers were wearing seatbelts also “will come under scrutiny,” Webb said.
Chapman said rescuers smashed the front window to remove people from the wrecked bus.
Linq Buslines, which provides school bus and event charters, owned the bus involved in the crash, media reported. Its website says all its buses are equipped with seatbelts.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked first responders and offered government support to victims and their families, saying the “mental scars of this will not go away.”
“For a joyous day like that, in a beautiful place, to end with such terrible loss of life and injury is so cruel and so sad and so unfair,” Albanese told reporters.
“People hire a bus for weddings in order to keep their guests safe. And that just adds to the unimaginable nature of this tragedy,” he said.
Jay Suvaal, the mayor of Cessnock, said the crash was “truly horrific.”
“We are a major wedding and tourist destination in the Hunter Valley, and so there will be people from all over the state and the country that have been to these areas and have probably done similar things,” he said. “I think it will send shock waves right through the broader community.”
Greta is in the heart of the Hunter Valley wine region, a picturesque area dotted with vineyards and restaurants. It was the first wine region established in Australia.
The wedding was in the middle of a long weekend, with Monday a public holiday across most Australian states.
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Perry reported from Wellington, New Zealand.
Police inspect underneath of a bus that rolled onto its side near Greta in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia, Monday, June 12, 2023. The bus carrying wedding guests rolled over on a foggy night in Australia’s wine country, killing and injuring multiple people, police said. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
BOGOTA, Colombia. Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then braved the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers, bringing a happy ending to a search-and-rescue saga that captivated a nation and forced the usually opposing military and Indigenous people to work together.
Cassava flour and some familiarity with the rainforest’s fruits were key to the children’s extraordinary survival in an area where snakes, mosquitoes and other animals abound. The members of the Huitoto people, aged 13, 9 and 4 years and 11 months, are expected to remain for a minimum of two weeks at a hospital receiving treatment after their rescue Friday.
Family members, President Gustavo Petro as well as government and military officials met the children Saturday at the hospital in Bogota, the capital. Defense Minister Iván Velásquez told reporters the children were being rehydrated and cannot eat food yet.
“But in general, the condition of the children is acceptable,” Velásquez said. They were traveling with their mother from the Amazonian village of Araracuara to San Jose del Guaviare when the plane crashed in the early hours of May 1.
The Cessna single-engine propeller plane was carrying three adults and four children when the pilot declared an emergency due to an engine failure. The small aircraft fell off the radar a short time later and a search for survivors began.
“When the plane crashed, they took out (of the wreckage) a fariña, and with that, they survived,” the children’s uncle, Fidencio Valencia, told reporters outside the hospital. Fariña is a cassava flour that people eat in the Amazon region.
“After the fariña ran out, they began to eat seeds,” Valencia said.
Timing was in the children’s favor. Astrid Cáceres, head of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, said the youngsters were also able to eat fruit because “the jungle was in harvest.”
An air force video released Friday showed a helicopter using lines to pull the youngsters up because it couldn’t land in the dense rainforest where they were found. The military on Friday tweeted pictures showing a group of soldiers and volunteers posing with the children, who were wrapped in thermal blankets. One of the soldiers held a bottle to the smallest child’s lips.
Gen. Pedro Sanchez, who was in charge of the rescue efforts, said that the children were found 5 kilometers (3 miles) away from the crash site in a small forest clearing. He said rescue teams had passed within 20 to 50 meters (66 to 164 feet) of where the children were found on a couple of occasions but had missed them.
“The minors were already very weak,” Sanchez said. “And surely their strength was only enough to breathe or reach a small fruit to feed themselves or drink a drop of water in the jungle.”
Petro called the children an “example of survival” and predicted their saga “will remain in history.”
Two weeks after the crash, on May 16, a search team found the plane in a thick patch of the rainforest and recovered the bodies of the three adults on board, but the small children were nowhere to be found.
Sensing that they could be alive, Colombia’s army stepped up the hunt and flew 150 soldiers with dogs into the area, where mist and thick foliage greatly limited visibility. Dozens of volunteers from Indigenous tribes also joined the search.
Soldiers on helicopters dropped boxes of food into the jungle, hoping that it would help sustain the children. Planes flying over the area fired flares to help search crews on the ground at night, and rescuers used speakers that blasted a message recorded by the siblings’ grandmother telling them to stay in one place.
The announcement of their rescue came shortly after President Gustavo Petro signed a cease-fire with representatives of the National Liberation Army rebel group. In line with his government’s messaging highlighting his efforts to end internal conflicts, he stressed the joint work of the military and Indigenous communities to find the children.
“The meeting of knowledge: indigenous and military,” he tweeted. “Here is a different path for Colombia: I believe that this is the true path of Peace.”
Damaris Mucutuy, an aunt of the children, told a radio station that “the children are fine” despite being dehydrated and with insect bites. She added that the children had been offered mental health services.
Cáceres told reporters officials agreed with the children’s relatives to allow for “spiritual work” at the jungle and the hospital “ if there was no immediate emergency action” needed. She said musicians and musical instruments relevant to the children’s culture will be allowed in the hospital.
Officials praised the courage of the eldest of the children, a girl, who they said had some knowledge of how to survive in the rainforest and led the children through the ordeal.
Before their rescue, rumors swirled about their whereabouts. So much so that on May 18, Petro tweeted that the children had been found. He then deleted the message, claiming he had been misinformed by a government agency.
The children told officials they spent some time with the dog, but it then went missing. That was a rescue dog that soldiers took into the jungle. The military was still looking for the dog, a Belgian Shepherd named Wilson, as of Saturday.
Petro said that for a while he had believed the children were rescued by one of the nomadic tribes that still roam the remote area where the plane fell and have little contact with authorities.
As the search progressed, soldiers found small clues that led them to believe the children were still alive, including a pair of footprints, a baby bottle, diapers and pieces of fruit that looked like they had been bitten by humans.
“The jungle saved them,” Petro said. “They are children of the jungle, and now they are also children of Colombia.”
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Garcia Cano reported from Mexico City.
In this photo released by Colombia’s Armed Forces Press Office, a soldier stands in front of the wreckage of a Cessna C206, May 18, 2023, that crashed in the jungle of Solano in the Caqueta state of Colombia. The discovery of footprints on May 30 of a small foot rekindled the hope of finding the children alive after their plane crashed on May 1. Soldiers found the wreckage and the bodies of three adults, including the pilot and the children’s mother. (Colombia’s Armed Forces Press Office via AP, File) In this photo released by Colombia’s Armed Forces Press Office, soldiers and Indigenous men tend to the four Indigenous children who were missing after a deadly plane crash, in the Solano jungle, Caqueta state, Colombia, Friday, June 9, 2023. Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday that authorities found alive the four children who survived a small plane crash 40 days ago and had been the subject of an intense search in the Amazon jungle. (Colombia’s Armed Force Press Office via AP)
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