Articles By Esther Tanquintic-Misa

2013 Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreak At Australia’s Wesley Hospital Linked to 2011 Case

2013 Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreak At Australia’s Wesley Hospital Linked to 2011 Case

This year's current outbreak of legionnaires' disease at Australia's Wesley Hospital could be linked to a death two years ago.

Russian Duma Approves Unanimously Adoption Ban on Foreign Gay, Same-Sex Couples, Putin Expected to Sign Into Law

Russian Duma Bans Foreign Gay, Same Sex Couples Adoption of Russian Babes

Russia's Lower House of Parliament, or the Duma, has unanimously approved to support a bill that bans foreign gay, same-sex couples to adopt Russian orphans. The bill is also expanded to prohibit single foreign nationals from adopting as long as they came from a country where same-sex marriage is legal.

Yet Another Bombing Spree: 31 Dead, 57 Wounded in Baghdad Double Suicide Bombings

Yet Another Bombing Spree: 31 Dead, 57 Wounded in Baghdad Double Suicide Bombings

A double suicide bombing spree inside a Shiite mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday has killed 31 and wounded 57 others.

Philippine Embassies in Jordan, Kuwait, Syria Alleged as Prostitution Dens for OFWs in Distress, Sex in Exchange for Repatriation

Philippine Embassies in Jordan, Kuwait, Syria Alleged as Prostitution Dens for OFWs in Distress, Sex in Exchange for Repatriation

Officials in the embassies of the Philippines located in Jordan, Kuwait and Syria have been alleged to have formed prostitution rings to sexually abuse female distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in exchange for their repatriation.

The northern part of Queensland state in Australia could be in for a possible tsunami threat after a group of researchers discovered a collapsing sea floor at the Great Barrier Reef.

Make or Break, Australia Maintains World Heritage Site Status for Great Barrier Reef But Only Until 2014, Unless…

Australia was able to preserve the World Heritage Site status for its renowned Great Barrier Reef, but only for until 2014. And unless Canberra can present concrete ways and measures to satisfy UNESCO on how it plans to protect the reef, the World Heritage Site status could easily be changed and included into the body's list of endangered places next year.

Floods Spurred By Heavy Monsoon Rains Washes Homes, Trigger Landslides in India, More Than 50 Feared Dead

Floods Spurred By Heavy Monsoon Rains Washes Homes, Trigger Landslides in India, More Than 50 Feared Dead

At least more than 50 people in northern India are feared dead after their homes were swept away by ravaging floods brought about by incessant heavy monsoon rains over the past days. The worst hit were the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

Air New Zealand Unveils New Shark-Finned Airbus A320 Planes

Air New Zealand Unveils New Shark-Finned Airbus A320 Planes

Air New Zealand has unveiled during the 50th Le Bourget Paris Air Show its brand new shark-finned Airbus A320 aircraft planes.

Sting Operation Yields 41 Online Child Predators, Including 1 Female, from Florida and San Francisco Bay Areas

Sting Operation Yields 41 Online Child Predators, Including 1 Female, from Florida and San Francisco Bay Areas

A sting operation for online child predators carried by police operatives in the lead up to this weekend's recently concluded Father's Day celebration had yielded 41 arrests, including 1 female. The operation spanned several counties throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and central Florida.

The air in Beijing tastes of car fumes and coal dust, two of the main sources of pollution

China’s One Giant Step to Clear Air Will Take 18 Years to Materialize

China may have become finally aggressive in combating its pollution-riddled air and environment, but it would take at least 18 years for the zooming super-power to realise the fruits of its labor and be finally able to eat it too.

Four More Die From SARS-Like MERS Virus in Saudi Arabia, Death Toll in KSA Rise to 32

Saudi Arabia SARS-Like Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Kills 4 More, Death Toll Rises to 32

The death toll from the SARS-like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia has risen to 32, as the kingdom's Health Ministry disclosed on Monday that four more have recently succumbed to the fatal disease.