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Thursday, October 12, 2006 (Philippines)

Frat war erupts anew: Tau shot

A TAU Gamma Phi member was injured while two other fraternity members-–one from Tau Gamma and one from Alpha Kappa Rho (Akrho)-were arrested after a shooting that disrupted a town fiesta in Naga, Cebu last Tuesday.

Naga in the south was celebrating the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

The incident at 9:20 p.m. last Tuesday happened more than two weeks after officials of Akrho and Tau Gamma gathered at the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CCPO) and drafted a covenant, seen as a first step to forging peace between the rival fraternities.
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A worker at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) takes a side glance but only for a moment, hoping with the other builders to complete on time the most-talked-about construction of the year. It looks like a photo-finish but most everyone is rooting for its turnover on Nov. 15. A media center on the second floor is scheduled to open first on Oct. 30.(Sun.star photo/Allan Cuizon)

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