Thursday, June 16, 2005 (Philippines)

Captured fugitive Rey Torres, billed as Cebu City’s “Most Wanted Man”, grimaces in pain because of his wound in the leg inflicted by police who arrested him. Torres said he was shot although he surrendered and insisted he pulled only one robbery, out of 15 heists blamed on him.(Sun.star photo/Allan Defensor) Lawmakers investigating a wiretapping scandal will send a letter asking President Arroyo to either admit or deny that it was her voice in a recording that hints of election fraud. The House committees on public information, national defense, justice, suffrage, and public order and security also agreed to send similar letters to First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, Commission on Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano and other people whose conversations were allegedly wiretapped. [full story]