Saturday, June 24, 2006 (Philippines)

President Arroyo at St. Luke’s Hospital. With laptop to tell she’s back working, the President says she may check out of the hospital today. If not, the scheduled signing into law of the bill abolishing the death penalty will be held at the hospital.(PCPO photo) While he was sleeping, a 36-year-old laborer was gunned down on top of a fishmonger’s table at 3 a.m. yesterday in the Taboan Public Market in Barangay San Nicolas, Cebu City. He was the 167th victim since a rash of vigilante-style attacks started in December 2004. SPO2 Rey Cuyos identified the fatality as Ernesto “Erning” Allera, who died of a single gunshot wound in the head. [full story]