Monday, March 07, 2005 (Philippines)

TOUGH. After brandishing two knives and daring anyone to a duel, Vincent Abala, 25, gets shot by a policeman-cousin and ends up in a hospital instead. (CONTRIBUTED FOTOS) AFILIPINA bride arrived home in a box yesterday, while her Dutch husband stayed home in Holland to face a first-degree murder charge filed by the police. The family of Vene-randa Paña Tenwin-kel, 33, wailed when they saw her coffin being unloaded at the cargo area of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport and vowed to do everything to obtain justice. Alma, 59, Veneranda’s mother, said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has agreed to their request for an autopsy so they will find out how Veneranda died. [full story]