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Saturday, September 18, 2004 (Philippines)
| Reynaldo Andus (right) stands with eyes closed during the reading of the 37-page decision. (Left, inset) Thelma Chiong of the Crusade Against Violence comforts one of the daughters. (SunStar Cebu photos/Amper Campaña) |
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A SEAMAN was sentenced to die 26 times by lethal injection for raping his teenage twin daughters in 1998.
This is the first time that a Cebu City Regional Trial Court imposed such heavy penalty for the heinous crime of incestuous rape.
Reynaldo Andus, who is in his mid-40s, could only say “lisura” (so difficult) while the 37-page decision of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 15 Judge Fortunato de Gracia Jr. was being read yesterday.
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Alfie Ouano wins in PCL elections
IT WAS a long wait into the night for the rts of the Philippine Councilors’ League elections in Cebu, but incumbent president Michael Miranda of Medellin already conceded to Alfred “Alfie” Ouano of Consolacion.
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Lawyer held, freaks out
ARMED with a bench warrant, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 operatives yesterday arrested lawyer Daryll Roque Amante Jr. in Dumaguete City for failing to appear in the arraignment and pre-trial of a frustrated homicide case he is facing.
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SC shuts down courts for heinous crimes nationwide
THE Supreme Court (SC) has resolved to close all heinous crimes courts, including the ones here in Cebu, to put a stop to the killing of judges in some parts of Luzon and Eastern Visayas.
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