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October 2015

Manila bus hostage taker shot dead

No one is hurt in the incident. Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada lauds Manila policemen for their speedy response. Manila police shot dead a hostage taker of an Alabang-bound public bus along Taft Avenue on Thursday, October 8.

Why there is a paramedics' strike in Netherlands?

Ambulance crews announce nationwide strike for today Paramedics across the Netherlands will hold their first-ever nationwide work stoppage on Wednesday, the FNV union announced on Tuesday. Ambulance crews will only respond to dispatch…

Bigger stretcher needed: Obese woman died at home

Bristol woman who died was too large to fit in ambulance, inquest told SOURCE: BRISTOL POST - An emergency response to an obese woman who died after being taken ill at home was delayed, because paramedics had to search for a bigger…