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Some of the 67 olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings freed in the waters of Tayabas Bay from shores of Sariaya town in Quezon province early in the morning of March 3, 2021 by local officials and fisherfolk. Photo from Sherwin Rosales LUCENA CITY –– At least 1,723 baby sea turtles, locally known as “pawikan,” had been freed to their natural habitat in Tayabas Bay off Sariaya town in Quezon province since the start of this year. On March 3, another 67 newly hatched olive ridley sea turtles were released in the coastal village of Bignay 1 of the town, according to Sherwin Rosales, a fisheries technician at the municipal government’s agriculture office. Rosales said it was the last batch of baby turtles that were returned to the bay this hatching season. Similar events took place in other coastal villages, but some have not been documented by the municipal agriculture office, he said. Late last year, more than 1,000 baby sea turtles were also freed in Tayabas Bay. During the ... » Learn More about 1,723 baby turtles released in Tayabas Bay

Director Steven Soderbergh of “The Knick” speaks during HBO’s portion of the 2014 Television Critics Association Cable Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California July 10, 2014. Image: Reuters/Kevork Djansezian LOS ANGELES  — The Oscars ceremony next week will have the look and feel of a movie, giving winners more time for speeches, while coronavirus masks will play a major role, producers of the show said on Saturday. The coronavirus pandemic and a trio of new producers have led to a reinvention of the traditional show where the world’s highest movie honors are handed out before a seated theater audience of more than 4,000 A-list stars and industry executives. Much of the April 25 ceremony will instead be held at the Art Deco Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, where a stage is being built and where presenters will be doing more than opening an envelope with the winner’s name. “It’s not going to be like anything that’s been done before,” director Steven Soderbergh, who ... » Learn More about Oscars show reinvented as a movie — with masks, longer speeches

PARIS: After a year working brutally long hours on the "COVID front-line", hospital interns in France are at breaking point, to the extent that some of them have even committed suicide, according to a national union. "These interns are invisible, but they are front-line soldiers," hospital clinical psychologist Anne Rocher told AFP. France has over 300,000 medical student interns, whose average age is 25. In theory, they work 48-hour weeks, "but nobody cares" about that, said Marie Saleten, one of the interns and vice-president of the union for Paris hospitals interns. According to a study carried out over a three-month period in 2019 by the national interns' union ISNI, 58-hour weeks were actually the norm. But with the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic that figure has risen to around 80 hours per week, according to Saleten. "They are on call 24 hours a day, and during the pandemic you don't get to shut your eyes, not even for a micro-nap," said ISNI chief Gaetan ... » Learn More about COVID-19 pandemic leaves French hospital interns at breaking point