Friday, March 07, 2008 (Philippines)

RUBY JADE. Richie Ruba with photo of his sister Ruby Jade M. Ruba. Ruby Jade was scheduled to graduate from a nursing course on March 30. (Sun.Star Photo/Amper Campaña) OVER a cellular phone, a robber shot and killed past midnight yesterday a nursing student just three weeks shy of her graduation. Ruby Jade Magpatoc Ruba, 20, was attacked along Gov. Roa St. in Barangay Capitol, Cebu City. At the time of the attack, she was working on a case study she had to finish in order to graduate. More than two hours after that attack, a 60-year-old Dutch national was taken to a private hospital after a robber shot him in the neighboring Barangay Camputhaw. [full story]