Monday, October 31, 2005 (Philippines)

Two girls use water and a handkerchief to cope with the heat, while waiting to join their parents in a ship’s boarding queue. Ports and bus terminals were extra busy during the weekend, as crowds headed home for the All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day break.(Sun.star photo/Amper Campaña) A barangay fiesta in Minglanilla town turned bloody after a councilman and his cousin were shot dead by a man they accosted for speeding. Gilbert “Bobet” Cañares, 42, a councilor of Barangay Tunghaan, died of two gunshot wounds in the head an hour after he was taken to a private hospital in Cebu City. Gilbert’s cousin Antonio Cañares Jr., 35, a former tanod in the barangay, died before reaching the nearby South General Hospital. A bullet hit his heart. [full story]