Friday, May 20, 2005 (Philippines)

Members of church and progressive organizations in Davao City pay tribute to Reverend Edison Lapuz (inset) during the prayer/vigil for the young pastor of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines on Wednesday night. Lapuz was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in San Isidro, Leyte on May 12. (Sun.Star Davao/Rene B. Lumawag) THE 22-year-old female, one of the three suspected rebels slain in a clash between government troops and New People's Army (Army) members in Bukidnon Saturday, was not a student of the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU). ADDU registrar Rene Villarente denied military reports that one of the three slain rebels, identified as Jane Quintos of San Fernando in Bukidnon, was an Ateneo student based on a school ID card found in her possession. [full story]