BASILAN 19

 

The C130 aircraft carrying the body of 19 soldiers killed in Basilan arrives at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City.

 

Pallbearers carry the casket of one of the soldiers killed on the nine hour clash.

Soldiers salutes on their fallen comrades.

 

Veronica Magno, 49, and Leopoldo Magno, 57, parents of killed Private First Class Jordan Magno, weeps as she see for the first time the dead body of his son at the mortuary of Libangan ng mga bayani in Taguig.

 

PHOTOS BY RICHARD REYES

THE PHILIPPINES' 7TH BILLIONTH BABY

7 BILLIONTH BABY. Danica May Camacho, the Philippines’ symbolic seven billionth baby, yawns as she lies on top of her mother Camille after they were wheeled out of the delivery room of Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila on Sunday midnight. The Philippines is now the 12th most populous country in the world with 94.9 million people. © RICHARD REYES (01/11/11)