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Thursday, June 08, 2006 (Philippines)
| Victims list in the summary executions in Cebu City continues to grow, with killers unstopped by the police, encouraged, defended or tolerated by local officials, and undaunted by the concern of the US government. Death of victim # 163 Niel Borinaga is mourned by live-in partner and child (inset).(Sunstar photo/Jovy S. Taghoy) |
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Alone masked man gunned down a suspected snatcher near the barangay hall in Tejero, Cebu City shortly before noon yesterday.
Niel Borinaga, 28, was killed a week after the US government raised its concern on the unabated vigilante-style killings in the city.
Borinaga is considered the 163rd victim since the killings started on Dec. 22 2004. None of the previous cases has been solved.
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Task force under Razon to assess threats to security
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is making early security preparations for the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in December.
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Rise of illegal executions seen
As Congress moved closer to abolishing the Death Penalty Law, a church official in Cebu and one of the authors of the law warned that its removal could encourage vigilante attacks and other crimes.
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Dads attend court hearing
All the Lapu-Lapu City councilors and barangay captains allied with Mayor Arturo Radaza showed up in court yesterday, wearing uniform T-shirts in gray and blue, to support the mayor’s fight for his political party’s presence in the City Council.
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