Monday, June 26, 2006 (Philippines)

A GRAVE SITUATION. The tombs of Barangay Lorega find new life, as park benches of sorts and a play area for the neighborhood’s children. (Sun.Star Photo/Ruel Rosello) HUNDREDS of activists held a vigil outside Congress as they prepared to file a new impeachment case against President Arroyo today, when a one-year limit on filing complaints ends. They lined up, armed with pillows and sleeping mats, before the door of a House official assigned to receive impeachment complaints. President Arroyo left yesterday for Europe, where she will visit the Vatican for a brief audience with Pope Benedict XVI, bearing news of her abolition of the death penalty. [full story]