Abandoned baby arrived on plane

A NEWBORN baby was found in a rubbish bag that was apparently unloaded from a plane that landed yesterday at Manila airport from the Middle East, Philippine officials said.

Security officials brought the baby boy, who was covered in blood and wrapped in tissue paper, to an airport clinic, where doctors and nurses examined him and cleaned him up, wrapped him in cloth and gave him a bottle of milk.

"After he was cleaned, he let off a soft cry," airport nurse Kate Calvo said. "He was healthy and his vital signs were OK, according to our doctors."

A security officer noticed something moving in a rubbish bag that was reportedly unloaded from a Gulf Air plane that arrived from Bahrain and found the baby inside.