Saturday, October 01, 2005 (Philippines)

Outstanding individuals category finalists in the Third Triennial Awards of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.: (from left) Margarita de la Cruz of Tacloban City, Domingo Tadena of Davao City, Fr. Roberto Lyson, OMI, of Pikit, North Cotabato, and Hadja Bainon G. Karon Of Cotabato City. (Sunstar photo/Allan Defensor) Cebu City’s traffic system went haywire in the past week because it was allegedly sabotaged by disgruntled City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) personnel. Citom, though, averted disaster by deploying enforcers and repairing the system. The stunt proved disastrous, however, for seven Citom employees who were dismissed on the suspicion that they were behind the trouble. [full story]