Thursday, December 01, 2005 (Philippines)

Around 129 prisoners detained at the Lanao del Norte Bureau of Jail Management and Penology built and lighted a big star behind bars that symbolizes peace, hope, freedom, and prosperity amid conclusion of the Mindanao Week of Peace. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Richel V. Umel) ONE of the largest media organizations in the country voiced optimism on a court's judgment over the slaying of their comrade journalist Edgar Damalerio saying it was a "small victory." Jose Torres Jr., chairman of the Commission for the Protection of Journalists of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), said the Cebu Regional Trial Court convicted Wednesday Guillermo Wapille, a former police officer, for the murder of Damalerio. [full story]