Monday, October 18, 2004 (Philippines)

These boys show off the fish they caught at Times Beach, which they said they will sell for P20. It took them the whole morning to catch these fish. (Sun.Star Davao/Seth delos Reyes) GOVERNMENT foresters reportedly seized last week several illegally cut logs in Abejod, a barangay of Cateel, Davao Oriental, acting on a complaint lodged by a lady barangay tribal chieftain. The tribal chieftain, Ermelita M. Latiban, a resident of Sitio Magobahong, Abejod, later executed an affidavit before Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Rolando L. Acido in the town of Baganga, accusing Cateel Vice Mayor Aristotle Abella of being behind the alleged illegal logging operation in her barangay. [full story]