Tuesday, September 06, 2005 (Philippines)

The Bagobo horse fight may have been scratched out from the Kadayawan Festival this year because of some legal problems, but the practice continues as seen in Jose Abad Santos town of Davao del Sur, whose residents are mostly B'laans and Manobos. (Sun.Star Davao/Seth delos Reyes) THE National Bureau of Investigation with the City Treasurer's Office (CTO) arrested a City Hall employee, who is a son of a former councilor, on accusation of issuing fake parking tickets to drivers near a mall along Duterte Street, Friday. Janel Banzon, 36, plantilla employee at the CTO, was arrested in an entrapment operation, said City Administrator Wendel E. Avisado. [full story]