Hi, My Name Is...38

This series is titled "Hi, My Name Is..." but in this edition no one has a name. They are all abandoned babies.

Hi, my name is Virgilio Terado Jr. At 5:30 am Tuesday my wife found an abandoned baby in our garage. The umbilical cord had not even been cut. We immediately took the infant to the hospital. This is the second abandoned baby in recent days. The DSWD is concerned about this trend and has encouraged women who do not want their babies to contact them. 

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/04/23/another-newborn-baby-found-abandoned-in-cebu

Another newborn baby was found left inside a box in northern Cebu Tuesday morning, just days after an abandoned baby was also found in the province's famed Bantayan Island.

Local officials at Barangay Sambag, Bogo City were shocked to see the said baby boy, which was left inside the garage of the village's chief Virgilio Terado Jr. 

Terado's wife discovered the abandoned infant at around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Bogo City police chief Lt. Col. Joan Arnoco said the baby's umbilical cord had not been cut off.

“The captain called us and we immediately sent our Women and Children Protection Desk personnel to check on the situation,” said Arnoco.

The infant was sent to a nearby hospital for assessment and treatment.

This is the second incident this week that a newborn was left abandoned in Cebu.

Last Sunday, another baby boy was left at a Catholic church in Bantayan Island.

Because of the two incidents, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sounded the alarm on abandoned infants in the province.

“We want to let parents know that if they are not ready, they can always talk to our social worker to plan and guide them in raising their child,” said DSWD-7 Regional Director Shalaine Lucero.

Lucero said among the reasons why infants may be abandoned include unwanted pregnancy, teenage pregnancies, being victims of rape, among others.

“We can guide them instead of them leaving the newborn anywhere which is a big risk,” she added.

As of writing, the DSWD said its personnel were already tracing the relatives of the abandoned babies. 

“They are posting, just in case a parent or relative [takes] ownership but if not we will take the babies to our center in Cebu City for adoption,” Lucero added.

Hi, our names are Vilma Jemes Sayre and Raul Taritas. I gave birth at home and I did not hear it cry so I thought it was dead. I wrapped it up in my dress and fell asleep. Unbeknownst to me my partner Raul put the baby in a sack and dumped it several meters from our house. But the baby was not even his. I already have five children and don't know who the father of this baby is because I worked as a prostitute. 

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/509733/newborn-found-alive-in-sack-mother-thought-baby-dead

A couple was arrested for allegedly abandoning a newborn baby in a dumpsite in Liloan town, northern Cebu on Monday, June 12.

Police in Liloan confirmed that an infant, still attached to its umbilical cord and placenta, was found inside a sack in a dumpsite in Brgy. San Vicente early Monday morning. The baby is currently confined in a health center there.

Police Major Eric Gingoyon, chief of Liloan Police Station, said they arrested Vilma Jemes Sayre and Raul Taritas, a live-in couple, around 11 p.m. on Monday.

Sayre and Taritas were accused of abandoning the newborn, who was discovered by a child scavenging the area, said Gingoyon.

Based on initial findings from the police, Sayre gave birth to the child on Monday dawn. She believed the infant was dead, as it did not cry as most newborns do.

In an interview with Cebu-based radio station, dyHP, Sayre pointed to Taritas as the one responsible for ‘disposing off’ of the newborn.

Due to poverty, the mother had not undergone any pre-natal checkup after learning she was pregnant with her sixth child. She added that her partner also threatened her multiple times if she even attempted to go to a healthcare worker for a check-up.

According to Sayre, Taritas is not the infant’s father, and the baby may have been an ‘accident’ when she briefly engaged in prostitution before.

“Nagvasectomy naman sad siya (paghuman sa among ika-lima nga anak). Masuko siya kung mugawas daw ko magpapre-natal kay mauwaw daw siya (nga di siya ang amahan),” she said.

She admitted resorting to prostitution to provide for her family, which includes her, Taritas, and their two children. The couple had a total of five children, three of whom had been already transferred to their grandparents’ care.

When Sayre’s partner learned about her pregnancy, he got mad. They also frequently fought, said Sayre.

“Sige ra mi ug away. Iyaha man kong baharan nga patyun kung magpapre-natal sad ko. Kung mahubog, manghagis,” she explained.

When she gave birth to the child last Monday, Sayre was the only one left inside their house in Brgy. San Vicente.

Taritas went out to claim his income from a nearby junkyard while her two children scavenged for scraps like metal and plastic bottles to earn money.

Eventually, Taritas returned home and found his partner weak, and the infant right underneath her legs. The newborn had not been crying, leading the couple to assume the baby was dead.

“Wala sad ko nakapapre-natal, mao to (nagtuo mi nga patay na ang bata)… Niana man dayun siya (Taritas) nga siya na balaha mu dispose sa bata,” added Sayre.

Police managed to trace Sayre and Taritas after the child who reported the discovery to barangay officials in San Vicente also claimed to have seen Taritas walking away from the dumpsite hours before.

According to Gingoyon, the abandoned newborn in Liloan is in good health condition.

Sayre and Taritas will be facing cases of Frustrated Infanticide.

Hi, I don't have a name. I didn't even get the chance to properly mature in my mother's womb. I am a five month old fetus that was found in a green bag dumped on the side of the road. 

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/5/male-fetus-dumped-in-batangas

A five-month-old fetus was found in Barangay San Joaquin here on Tuesday, July 4.

Police received a call from the Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) desk of the barangay informing them that a male fetus was found inside a green eco-bag.

Women and Children Protection Desk investigators Police Corporals Arvin Olis and Maricel Malabuyuc proceeded to the barangay to investigate.

The fetus with a length of eight to nine inches was taken to the Eternal Homes Cemetery.

Police are conducting an investigation to find out who dumped the fetus.

Hi, I don't have a name. I am a newborn baby whose mother put him in a bag and dumped him on the side of the road. 

https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1962757/cebu/local-news/fetus-found-in-carcar-city

A FETUS was found along the roadside in Sitio Mabugnao, Barangay Guadalupe, Carcar City, southern Cebu at 6:40 a.m. on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Lieutenant Colonel Ardioleto Cabagnot, chief of Carcar City Police Station, told SunStar Cebu that a woman who opened the water meter valve discovered the newborn baby placed in a carton with umbilical cord still attached and half of its body already gone, which was believed to have been dragged by a dog.

The fetus was buried at the Carcar public cemetery.

Cabagnot said they are conducting an investigation to identify the culprit.

Hi, I don't have a name. I was growing in my mother's womb but she did not want me. Instead of taking care of me when I was born she stuffed me in a box. Then she stuffed the box into a bag and tried to kick it down a drain to hide me. But people saw her and could smell the bag. They opened it and found my rotting corpse with the umbilical cord still attached. 

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/871711/baby-found-in-bag-woman-tried-to-kick-into-sampaloc-drainage/story/

An infant was found dead inside an ecobag which a woman tried to push into a drainage in Sampaloc, Manila.

According to Mariz Umali's report on "24 Oras", the woman was caught on CCTV on Wednesday morning at the corner of España Boulebard and Maria Cristina Street.

She was seen in the video placing an object inside the drainage and kicking it a number of times to push it in.

What she did was also witnessed by residents, who complained of the foul smell from what they to be trash thrown into the drain.

A street sweeper then alerted barangay authorities.

When they opened the box inside the ecobag, they saw the baby still with the umbilical cord.

"The woman's identity is still being ascertained. It cannot be said whether she was the mother or ordered but it was clearly an intentional abortion because if not, she would have been taken to the hospital and not to the canal," said Police Staff Sergeant Danny Kabigting of the Sampaloc Police Station.

Hi, I don't have a name. But at least I still have a life. My parents did not want me so they abandoned me in a multicab. The authorities placed me in an orphanage while the cops look for my parents. 

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/493159/3-month-old-baby-found-in-abandoned-multicab-in-labangon

Police in Cebu City are now tracing the identities of the people who left a three-month-old baby in an abandoned vehicle in Brgy. Labangon.

Authorities confirmed finding a female infant inside a multicab in Sitio Capucolan, Barangay Labangon, Cebu City last Sunday evening, March 12. 

Social workers from the Department of Social Welfare Services (DSWS) immediately rushed the baby to the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) to determine her health condition.

Fortunately, the baby was healthy, authorities said. She is now under the custody of an orphanage in South Road Properties (SRP). 

In the meantime, police at the Punta Princesa Police Station (Station 10) has conducted an investigation to identify the individuals who left the infant in the area. 

Hi, I don't have a name. I am a newborn boy. As soon as I was birthed my mother wrapped me up and abandoned me at a sugar cane plantation. She didn't even take the time to remove the umbilical cord or placenta. My cries alerted one of the workers who went looking for the sound and found me. 

https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/7/newborn-baby-boy-found-at-a-sugarcane-field-in-negros

A sugarcane worker found a newborn baby boy in a sugarcane plantation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 5.

The worker heard a baby’s cry, prompting him to search for the origin of the noise.

According to investigators,  the worker, upon checking, saw the baby wrapped in a piece of cloth, with the umbilical cord and placenta still attached to him.

Sagay police chief Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr. said the baby was taken to a hospital for medical examination.

Indiape said they are investigating some individuals who might be responsible for leaving the baby in the area.

Hi, I don't have a name. As soon as I was born my mother placed me in a box and then placed the box inside a garbage bag. Then she tossed the garbage bag in a dumpsite which is where a garbage collector found my remains. 

https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/7/lifeless-infant-found-at-negros-dumpsite

A dead newborn baby girl was found in a garbage dumpsite in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 5.

According to authorities, the infant was wrapped in a black garbage bag and was placed inside a box.

Kabankalan police chief Police Lt. Col. John Joel Batusbatusan said that a garbage segregator found the dead infant.

Policemen have no lead yet as to the identity or identities of individuals who dumped the baby.

Police have already coordinated with the City Health Office, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and Women and Childrens Protection Desk (WCPD) for the proper disposition of the baby.

Hi, my name is Norberto Benedicto. I was walking home from my fishpond when I heard a baby crying. I searched for the origin of the noise and found an abandoned newborn baby girl. She is now with the Rural Health Unit and the cops are looking for her parents. 

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1197168

An elderly businessman found an abandoned newborn girl in a remote area of Zamboanga Sibugay province, a top police official said Saturday.

Col. Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, said Norberto Benedicto, 80, found the baby girl in a banana plantation in Purok Paradise, Barangay Baluran, Tungawan town at about 5:50 p.m. Friday.

Benedicto told the police that he was on his way home from his fishpond when he heard the baby’s cries, prompting him to scour the place.

Mallo said the baby girl is now under the care of the Tungawan Rural Health Unit.

He has ordered an investigation to determine who abandoned the infant.

The Revised Penal Code has corresponding fines and imprisonment provisions for abandoning minors.

Hi, my name is Joven Nuga. At a local cemetery I found a newborn baby boy in a sack. His umbilical cord was still attached. The former mayor alerted the authorities and now they are looking for the baby's parents. 

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/01/04/2235114/newborn-abandoned-quezon-cemetery

A newborn baby boy was found in a cemetery in this town on Monday.

Police received a call from former mayor Cesar Isaac III that a certain Joven Nuga of Barangay Dungawan Central found the newborn in a sack.

The baby’s umbilical cord was still attached.

The newborn was brought to the Ginayangan Community Medicare for treatment.

Police are reviewing footage of closed-circuit television cameras in the cemetery to identify who left the baby.