Thursday, November 24, 2005 (Philippines)

FEMALE PROTESTER stands beside the pictures of U.S. Marines during a rally in Olangapo City. Left-wing women protesters yesterday began picketing the prosecutor’s office where a preliminary investigation opened on allegations that six American soldiers raped a Filipino woman. The victim, however, reportedly wanted to delete the rape portion of her complaint. That means, the case will collapse. (AP Photo) UNLESS Cebu’s largest power distributor and its supplier come to terms tomorrow, low-voltage problems and rotating brownouts could plague Cebu as it hosts the 23rd Southeast Asian Games and prepares for the holidays. The Cebu Private Power Corp. (CPPC) will stop delivering electricity to the Visayan Electric Company Inc. (Veco) “at exactly 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 26, 2005,” the CPPC said in a letter to the Cebu City Council. [full story]